While council officers and the board often drive the council vision and set the strategy, the council committees are where the work of turning these goals into actions and identifying the tasks to implement, take place. As a committee member, you have stepped up to drive the work forward towards making streams healthier, connecting kids
Fundraising Committee Duties All of the great conservation mission work your local chapter accomplishes requires resources to be successful. The Fundraising Committee is typically tasked with planning the major money-raising events, ranging from the traditional banquet and grant applications, to newer types of fundraisers, such as online auctions, crowd-funding, major donor friendraisers and more. Recruiting
Of the national forests where oil and gas development potential data exist, only 11 percent have high/medium energy potential
“Historically, for one reason or another, things have been relatively slow to move for the Eagle Lake rainbow trout and in Lassen County,” she explained. “But after a slow start, momentum is building, and funding is flowing for this species in the area.”
How groundwater may help Garden State trout weather climate change in streams like Lopatcong Creek.
“Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them.” – Steve Maraboli By Tasha Sorensen March 6, 2020 *Public comment period closes on Tuesday, March 10th. Read on to learn about the proposal and how to make your voice heard.* What’s Happening? Have you ever thought to yourself,
“It is crucial that as a community and a nation we take care of the land and river that acts as an oasis for this prize fish because if we don’t, we are at risk of losing one of the most beautiful and complex ecosystems. While many rivers have seen a loss in native cutthroat, the Snake watershed has managed to remain as a native cutthroat dominated river, and that is something worth protecting.”
FFA president joins Trout Unlimited and other partners to urge passage of infrastructure funding to ensure water security in the West By Laura Ziemer and Pat O’Toole It’s not every day that you see municipal, agricultural, and conservation interests coming together around big, substantive issues. Last month, these diverse interests jointly urged Congress to include resources for water, forestry and ecosystem
TU partners with NOAA to prioritize high-impact restoration projects in anticipation of salmon returning
For immediate release June 27, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU government affairs, smoyer@tu.org, 571-274-0593 Randy Scholfield, Trout Unlimited communications, 720-375-3961, randy.scholfield@tu.org Senate reauthorizes program that helps farmers and ranchers conserve water Program helps ease impacts of long-term drought in Colorado River Basin Washington D.C.The Senate voted Monday to reauthorize a program that helps farmers and
By Chris Wood Last week, I saw a video celebrating the removal of the Tack Factory Dam on Third Herring Brook in Massachusetts. Like all dam removals, it involved many partners especially the North and South Rivers Watershed Association, local TU chapters, the MA/RI Council, NOAA, and Steve Hurley of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
March 21, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jenny Weis, Alaska communications director, Trout Unlimited, (952) 210-7095 or jweis@tu.org U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open brief opportunity for public to shape analysis of Pebble Mine plan Anglers and fishing business owners urge comprehensive, thorough impact analysis and extended comment period. ANCHORAGE, AK -The U.S. Army
Contaminated abandoned mine drainage polluting the Animas River near SIlverton, Colorado. Trout Unlimited photo. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood testified before Thursday the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on the need for legislation and funding to facilitate the cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines. Click here for
Editors note: This is the third in a three part series looking at the myths perpetuated in the national discussion about national monuments and the Antiquities Act. By Corey Fisher The issue of national monuments and the Antiquities Act tends to elicit passionate responses, both for and against. It also spurs misconceptions. Here are some
/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/4.png Editors note: This is the third in a three part series looking at the myths perpetuated in the national discussion about national monuments and the Antiquities Act. By Corey Fisher The issue of national monuments and the Antiquities Act tends to elicit passionate responses, both for and against. It also spurs misconceptions. Here are
By Ty Churchwell Just eight miles from Durango’s city limits is the 107,000-acre Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Wilderness. Enacted in 2014, the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act is the result of a community coming together for a favorite backyard playground for locals and a destination for America’s public land visitors who flock to the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado each year. Prior to the passage of the
November 17, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian J. Johnson, California Director(415) 385-0796; bjohnson@tu.org Sam Davidson, Communications Director(831) 235-2542; sdavidson@tu.org Trout Unlimited lauds Governors Newsom and Brown, Warren Buffett, Tribes for clearing path to Klamath River dam removal States of California and Oregon demonstrate “timely and critical leadership” in resolving issues related to transfer of
In 2020 Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the Huron-Manistee National Forest, ran a program that employed interns on three Wild and Scenic Rivers. The interns represented both Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service, informing river users of the regulations, providing information on coldwater resources as well as Wild and Scenic designations and Leave No Trace principles. Interns were stationed at river landings to check permits (where required) and educate
Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss sub-species) Species summary and status: Redband trout are subspecies of rainbow trout and exist in two well-defined geographic regions. The Columbia River redband trout is found in Montana, Washington, and Idaho, and the Great Basin redband trout is found in southeastern Oregon and parts of California and Nevada. The redband is similar
1/30/2001 TU Will Give New Interior Secretary Benefit of the Doubt TU Will Give New Interior Secretary Benefit of the Doubt Commits to Working With Her to Conserve Trout and Salmon Habitat Contact: 1/30/2001 — — Contact: Steve Malloch, Counsel: (703) 284-9415 Steve Moyer, Vice President for Conservation Programs: (703) 284-9406 January 31, 2001…Arlington, VA…Despite
