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Acid mine waste and trout don’t mix

Published in Conservation, Science

The North Star Mine in Silverton, Colo. Mining plays an important part to Colorado’s history. Many mountain towns were founded upon mining and some still rely on it as an economic driver. But it also left a legacy of damage and destruction to many headwater streams and rivers around the state. Trout Unlimited’s mine reclamation program balances maintaining the

Restoring hope

Published in Conservation

I would generally advise not spending the day before you head to Canada for a week long fishing trip with your 13-year-old son, and other TU supporters, in another state. But that is what I did the week before last. If you worry for the future of our country, attend next year’s Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation

Restoring hope

Published in Uncategorized

I would generally advise not spending the day before you head to Canada for a week long fishing trip with your 13-year-old son, and other TU supporters, in another state. But that is what I did the week before last. If you worry for the future of our country, attend next year’s Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation

Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers

7/24/2000 Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Trout Unlimited’s 2000 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Fund 47 Stream Recovery Projects Contact: 7/24/2000 — — Washington, D.C.. Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater conservation organization, today announced recipients of the 2000 Embrace-A-Stream (EAS) grants, distributing

Seeking treasure in Apache trout country

Published in Fishing

On bended knee, I brought the fish to eye level. Apache trout have a unique feature in their eyes, an easy giveaway of a genetically pure Apache. They appear to have a black stripe or mask through each of their eyes, due to two small black dots on either side of the pupil. Truly one-of-a-kind.

C2 Cattle Ranch steps up to save salmon, steelhead in Oregon’s Salt Creek

Published in Uncategorized

Krumweide point-of-diversion, Salt Creek, Rogue River watershed, Oregon. Photo Brian Barr/RRWC By Chrysten Lambert Southern Oregon is an angler’s paradise. Here, we are blessed with multiple species of game fish—native redband trout, steelhead and salmon primary among them. As in many other parts of the West, many of these species—particularly those that require cold water

If you love fishing, give the fish a break

Published in Uncategorized

By Kirk Deeter Word is out that the water temperatures in some stretches of important rivers like the Roaring Fork and the Colorado have climbed above 70 degrees, and that’s not good news for trout. Water that warm stresses the fish. And if you pull them around by their faces at this time, you add

TU senior producer honored by OWAA

Published in Trout Talk, Boats

Josh Duplechian on a photo shoot in southwest Colorado. Scott Willoughby photo. As a rule of thumb, the media team at TU doesn’t talk about itself–we’re in the business of making great content and putting the spotlight on other people who fix and protect rivers. But as editor-in-chief of TU, I am grateful every day

Trout Unlimited protests Wyoming Range lease sale

3/20/2006 Trout Unlimited protests Wyoming Range lease sale March 20, 2006 Contact: Tom Reed, (406) 522-7291 ext. 104, treed@tu.org; Cathy Purves, (307) 332-6700, cpurves@tu.org Trout Unlimited protests Wyoming Range lease sale Natural gas development would impact critical native trout and big-game habitat and impact the local recreation economy JACKSONA natural gas lease sale planned next

TU announces expansion of its abandoned mine cleanup efforts across the West

3/30/2006 TU announces expansion of its abandoned mine cleanup efforts across the West March 30, 2006 Contact: Chris Wood, TU Vice President for Conservation, (571) 274-0601 Ted Fitzgerald, TU American Fork Canyon Project Manager, (801) 465-9949 Chris Hunt, PLI Communications Director, (208) 552-0891 x 714 TU announces expansion of its abandoned mine cleanup efforts across

A Native Odyssey – Hoofing it for Rio Grande cutthroat

Published in Uncategorized

Editor’s Note: Five students from the TU Costa 5 Rivers Outreach Program have embarked on a once-in a-lifetime journey in pursuit of 18 native trout species, all on public lands. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Fishpond and Post Fly Box, these students will tell the stories of our

$2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law

10/13/2000 $2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law $2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law TU Praises Montana Congressional Delegation Contact: 10/13/2000 — — Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Conservation Programs, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 October 13, 2000. Arlington, VA . . . Two million dollars in crucial whirling disease

TROUT UNLIMITED CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF THE MIDWEST'S DRIFTLESS AREA

4/01/2005 NEWS RELEASE Embargoed until: 1:00 p.m. CST, April 1, 2005 For more information: “Duke” Welter 715-579-7538 Laura Hewitt 608-250-3534 Steve Kinsella 651-647-1545 TROUT UNLIMITED CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF THE MIDWEST’S DRIFTLESS AREA Minneapolis, MN – A wide scale restoration of the streams and rivers of the Midwest’s Driftless Area will bring enormous environmental and