This Wednesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining will hear a slew of bills, four of which are of particular importance to TU members and supporters
Eagle Lake rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum) Species summary and status: Eagle Lake rainbow trout are a lake dwelling subspecies of rainbow trout found in Eagle Lake and its tributary streams on the east side of the Sierra Nevada in Lassen County, California. First described by J. O. Snyder in 1917, Eagle Lake rainbow trout were
4/14/2000 Atlantic Salmon Public Comment Period Ends: What Happens Next? Atlantic Salmon Public Comment Period Ends: What Happens Next? Contact: 4/14/2000 — — Background Once thriving in rivers throughout New England, the last wild Atlantic salmon are now reduced to a few dozens of adult fish in a handful of Maine rivers. The state of
7/19/2001 Trout Unlimited Applauds Salmon Planning Act Trout Unlimited Applauds Salmon Planning Act Contact: 7/19/2001 — — JULY 19, 2001 (PORTLAND, ORE.) Trout Unlimited, the nations largest trout and salmon conservation organization, today voiced its support for a bi-partisan bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives calling for planning and actions necessary to recover
01/15/2008 Comprehensive agreement for Klamath Basin restoration proposed, sets stage for hyrdropower agreement and dam removal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2008 CONTACT: Severn Williams California Trout 510-336-9566, C 415-336-9623 Chuck Bonham, Trout Unlimited 510-528-4164, C 510-917-8572 Steve Rothert, American Rivers 530-478-5672, C 530-277-0448 Brian Barr, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy 541-482-4459 x
Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, Communications Director, (907) 230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Major Salmon River Restoration Project Completed in Alaska’s Tongass National ForestTrout Unlimited Hails Harris River and Fubar Creek Project as Model for Future Work in America’s Salmon Forest Juneau, Alaska Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, today applauded the completion of a
Contact:Peter Anderson, (208) 345-9800 or (208) 850-4664 (cell)panderson@tu.org Warren Colyer, (435) 753-3132wcolyer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Hails Victory for Oneida Narrows Trout Fishery IDWR decision ‘underscores that collaboration and partnerships are the future of water management in the West’ Boise Trout Unlimited hailed a decision by the Idaho Department of Water Resources to deny
Contact:Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen’s Act Clears Major Hurdle WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted early on Saturday to advance the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525), a broad-based package of legislative measures that promotes public hunting and angling access, habitat conservation and strongly funded resource management. The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation
Contact: Tim Bristol, Director, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, at tbristol@tu.org or (907) 321-3291 For immediate release USDA Moves Toward Ceasing Large-Scale Old-Growth Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest But Forgets about the Fish Forest Service Should Rapidly Move to Manage the Tongass for its Billion Dollar Fishing Industry JUNEAU, ALASKA In response to an announcement
TROUT UNLIMITED PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 12, 2016 Contact: Steve Moyer: (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org, (TU National) Randy Scholfield, (720) 375-3961, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org Trout streams to benefit from RCPP grants WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout streams from Minnesota, Wisconsin and New Hampshire to Oregon and Idaho are about to get a big boost thanks to
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
Trout Unlimited worked with the Ramsay family to restore an important creek for both native cutthroat trout and farmlands in southwestern Wyoming. Jackson Ramsay photo. By Jackson Ramsay In August of 2000, a wildfire ripped through the rugged country of southwest Wyoming. At the time it was the largest fire burning in the United States.
“I remain hopeful that I will be able to pass on to my grandchildren all the pleasures of life in an unspoiled West. Perhaps hope should be replaced by a stronger word. It is a matter of obligation.” — Cecil Andrus By Chris Hunt I first met Cecil Andrus in the early 2000s at an
By Mark Taylor “We’re moving.” My parents delivered the news to me and my sister in the spring of 1986, while we were away at college in the Midwest. While it was a little odd to think that I’d never go back to the home I grew up in, I was excited about the new
Monday, July 17, 2017 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Lee Mabey, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 208-557-5784, lmabey@fs.fed.us TROUT UNLIMITED AND CARIBOU-TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST PARTNER TO RESTORE TINCUP CREEK FOR NATIVE FISH JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF) announced today the
I was around 8 or 9 when I last participated in a fishing derby. Whenever we had a big runoff and the city let the Santa Fe River run, Game and Fish would make some pools with sandbags and dump in a few loads of stockers. The river was just a block away from my house,
Photo: USFWS/Joshua Winchell In this age of boundless partisanship, something remarkable happened this summer. A smart, forward-thinking piece of legislation addressing climate change was introduced that is sponsored by two Arizona congressmen from opposite ends of the political spectrum: Republican Paul Gosar, who rode the Tea Party wave into Congress in 2010, and Democrat Raul
As Ben Bulis stepped up to the podium at the annual industry breakfast, the opening event of the International Fly Tackle Dealer show, he looked out at a ballroom full of people. As the president of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, Bulis had to grin. “There are more people in this room today than
More than 2,000 anglers from across the country have registered, generating $40,000 in funds for native cutthroat conservation work Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Contacts: Brett Prettyman, Trout Unlimited, 801-209-5320, Brett.Prettyman@tu.org Faith Jolley, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 385-266-2640, fjolley@utah.gov More than 2,000 anglers from across the country have registered, generating $40,000 in funds for native
This is a special week for steelhead anglers, and others who care about the magnificent sea-run form of rainbow trout in its native range of the Pacific Northwest. On Friday at 5 p.m. PST, Wild Steelheaders United will launch “Rising from the Ashes,” a new film on the resurgence of summer steelhead in Washington’s Elwha
