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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2016 Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, (970) 903-3010 Scott Roberts, scott@mountainstudies.org, (865) 382-2993 Randy Scholfield, rscholfield@tu.org, (720) 375-3961 Trout Unlimited, MSI launch Animas River monitoring After Gold King spill, aquatic bug life offers clues to the health of the river (Durango)Trout Unlimited, Mountain Studies Institute and partners today announced plans for…
Want to know what 30 of Trout Unlimited’s state councils had to say about national monuments? Here’s the full text of their official comments, submitted July 10. July 10, 2017 Monument Review, MS-1530 U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Comments of Trout Unlimited on DOI-2017-0002, Review of Certain National…
Volunteers plant trees along a small stream in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. Healthy riparian buffers are important for streams. By Steve Moyer Healthy trees, in addition to Trout Unlimited members and mayflies, has to be high on a trout’s best friends list. That is why TU is applauding Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for…
The problem is, our short-term memory has real consequences for conservation as we continually reduce our expectations and drop the bar far too low.
Their business exists to serve the local folks who love to hunt and fish here and the people who come from all over the world to experience the Grande Ronde country. They’re hunters and anglers themselves, and they’re concerned about the future of fish in their home water. Like John says, “Time has taught us that we can either have wild fish in the Grand Ronde or we can have dams on the Lower Snake. We can’t have both.”
March 23, 2018 For immediate release Contact Shauna Stephenson / Trout Unlimited (307) 757-7861, shauna.stephenson@tu.org Trout Unlimited commends passage of spending bill Bill will fund important conservation priorities across the country WASHINGTON D.C. – A spending bill that will fund important conservation priorities such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund, funding for restoration of…
By Dave Ammons Keith was my favorite and most loyal fishing buddy, mostly because he never judged. He paid no mind to a bad mend, a snag on the back cast, or a unnatural drift. He just loved observing quietly from the water’s edge. Keith recently drove with me to Colorado, riding in the back…
Baseball players have a “walk-up” song as they step toward the plate. So, what’s going through your head once you’ve climbed into the waders, strung up your rod and are ready to fish?
Trout Unlimited and our Klamath partners have worked for more than two decades to get to this point in restoring the Klamath River and the fisheries, economies and cultures that depend on it.
Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned hunting and fishing businesses are part of a thriving outdoor recreation industry that contributes $887 billion annually to the U.S. economy. We are writing in support of the Antiquities Act of 1906 and to request that it be used responsibly and in a way that supports the continuation of…
Gila Trout: (Oncorynchus gilae gilae) Species Summary and Status: The Gila trout is one of the rarest trout species in the United States. The historical distribution of the Gila trout originally included nearly 620 miles of small stream habitat within two separate population centers: one in the upper Gila River basin in western New Mexico, and…
By John McMillan When we steelhead anglers think of steelhead water, we think of big, muscular rivers like the Skagit, Umpqua and Eel. We don’t usually think of small streams we can step across or even streams that go dry in the summer. We should. Those s mall streams — even ones that intermittently go…
“The combined impact of these factors shows us the four lower Snake River dams and the reservoirs behind them take a heavy toll on Snake River salmon and steelhead.” Of these known impacts, only some can be quantified. Those in support of maintaining the dams often cite statistics regarding the high percentage of juvenile fish…
Trout Unlimited, Round Valley Indian Tribe, California Trout laud PG&E’s action, pledge support for proposed path to two-basin solution For Immediate Release November 17, 2023 ContactCharlie Schneider, California Trout – cschneider@caltrout.org (707) 217-0409Matt Clifford, Trout Unlimited – matt.clifford@tu.org (406) 370-9431President Lewis “Bill” Whipple, Round Valley Indian Tribes – lwhipple@council.rvit.org (707)354-2395 North Coast, Calif. – Today,…
“The Price of Water” details the long-term process, costs and partnerships required to open up the river to recreation in Central Utah
Photo courtesy of FUDR By David Kinney A new long-term deal is in sight on the Upper Delaware, and its drafters say it would address concerns about the effects of erratic flows and high temperatures on the river’s wild trout fishery. The broad outlines of the 10-year agreement were announced this week at a meeting…
What I’m about to say might bother some people and as a professional photographer for over 20 years I can’t believe I’m even thinking about saying it.
It’s time to stop taking photos of our fish while in the boat.
Contact:Erin Mooney, (215) 557-2845 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Didymo in the Delaware: Trout Unlimited Issues Caution to Anglers Anglers should practice clean angling practices to help prevent spread of rock snot. BUSHKILL, Pa. With today’s National Park Service announcement that didymo, or “rock snot,” has recently been discovered in the Upper Delaware River, a popular area…
Contact:Kate Miller, (503) 827-5700 x16, kmiller@tu.orgRob Masonis, (206) 491-9016, rmasonis@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU: Hastings Bill Stifles Innovation, Collaboration on Dam Operations Background: On August 1, 2012 representative Doe Hastings (R-WA-4) introduced HR 6247 the “Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012.” This bill aims to promote hydropower production by…