12/22/2008 Windy Gap Firming Project contains glaring planning gaps December 22, 2008Contact: Mely Whiting, Trout Unlimited Western Water Project, (720) 470-4758 David Nickum, Colorado Trout Unlimited, (303) 440-2937 x101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Windy Gap Firming Project contains glaring planning gapsDraft EIS fails to adequately assess environmental impacts Denver The proposed Windy Gap Firming Project contains…
For a young family like theirs, the notion of losing salmon and steelhead runs in this iconic American river is simply unacceptable. These fish are too special, this place is too special for us to sit by and watch as these fish simply disappear. “Wild Rivers Coffee is with Trout Unlimited all the way on this proposal,” Marshall says. “We believe these fish are a legacy for our children and future generations of Americans to enjoy and pass on. That’s what conservation is all about.”
12/13/1999 Removing Dams Has Many Benefits, New Report Says Removing Dams Has Many Benefits, New Report Says More than 465 Dams Already Taken Down Nationwide Contact: 12/13/1999 — — Restored Rivers Result in Fish and Wildlife Habitat, Financial Savings, Improved Public Safety, and Revitalized Communities Removing dams is often the most effective way to restore…
1/9/2000 The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: Aquaculture The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: Aquaculture Contact: 1/9/2000 — — SALMON AQUACULTURE The Maine Conservation Plan fails to adequately address the threats posed to wild salmon stocks by the aquaculture industry. The lack of progress being made on addressing these threats, outlined below, has been cited by the…
The long campaign to remove four old dams and recover the Klamath River’s legendary salmon and steelhead runs nears completion.
About us Living Waters Fly Fishing is a Texas-based fly shop dedicated to conservation and education. The business started in 2006 solely as a fly fishing guide service, but in June of 2008, Living Waters Fly Fishing opened the doors of Round Rock’s first and only fly shop. The business is operated by guide and…
Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” which is available online for overnight delivery. Fishing big rivers can be intimdating. Large rivers contain complex patterns of habitat, some or all of which contain fish. The best way to approach a bigger water body is to almost partition it in your mind…
4/24/2007 Oregon sportsmen travel to D.C. in support of Copper-Salmon Wilderness proposal April 24, 2007 Contact: Mike Beagle, (541) 538-9167 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oregon sportsmen travel to D.C. in support of Copper-Salmon Wilderness designation WASHINGTON, D.C.Three southwest Oregon anglers and a Trout Unlimited field coordinator are in the nations capitol this week to lobby the…
Contact:Erin Mooney, (215) 557-2845, emooney@tu.orgJeff Reardon, (207) 615-9200, jreardon@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Penobscot River restoration project to open 1,000 miles of habitat to salmon Arlington, VA Today’ marks the beginning of the removal of the 200-year old Great Works Dam on Maine’s Penobscot River…
By Tom Reed It doesn’t take long after the bar is open before the first drink order comes in. Hey Tom, can you make me a Smith River Special? You bet buddy. A Smith River Special is cranberry juice with a splash of club soda and a slice of lime and Gordon, 7, loves them.…
More water in Colorado’s Yampa River, thanks in part to TU. Photo courtesy of The Steamboat Pilot. One of Trout Unlimited’s strengths across the board—from its volunteers on the ground in their home waters to its policy staff working the halls of government—is its ability collaborate to solve the challenges faced by trout and salmon…
Editor’s note: TU sent a handful of college students to the Pacific Northwest for this year’s TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey to study and fish in the Columbia River basin. The Odyssey team’s journey started in typical Pacific Northwest fashion, a little bit of sunshine, and a fair amount of rain. We set out the…
There’s no better time to start
Growing up as a midwestern kid from the suburbs I didn’t know much about the outdoors. Being from Ohio we didn’t camp a lot. Rivers were a bit foreign to our family of six. Don’t get me wrong, we fished, swam and rode bikes until the streetlights came on but there’s nothing in that equation that prepared me for navigating moving water.
9/27/2006 Judge Upholds Klamath Restoration Requirements September 27, 2006 Contact: Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited, 510-528-4772 Steve Rothert, American Rivers, 530-277-0448 Curtis Knight, California Trout, 530-859-1872 Kelly Catlett, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155, ext 223 Glen Spain, PCFFA, 541-689-2000 Judge Upholds Klamath Restoration Requirements Sacramento, CA Conservation groups working to restore the Klamath River hailed the…
By Jack Williams We love our big iconic rivers: the Snake, the Rogue, the Umpqua, the Klamath, the Gunnison, the Madison, the Salmon, and the Henry’s Fork to name but a few. These waters invoke passion among anglers, river runners, and all those who appreciate the beauty of wild, clean rivers. But just like anything…
“The Provo River stakeholders mimicked a model of collaboration seen often but not enough in other parts of the West. We found a win-win scenario that worked within the existing system. We’ve worked with a water supplier whose primary goal is to use all their water allocation in the best use possible and a corporation striving to make rivers and streams around where they use water and do business healthier. That’s a formidable partnership moving forward to keep people, businesses, and our fish happy.”
After the release of the final environmental impact statement by the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration last week, Trout Unlimited’s President and CEO, Chris Wood, issued the following statement: “We need big, bold actions, including removal of the lower Snake River dams, if we are to rebuild Snake River…
The fact is that since the construction of the dams, we have never been able to get enough adults to the Snake River’s high-quality spawning waters to keep these fish off an extinction trajectory.
A side-by-side before and after illustration shows how much water was added to help sportfish in the Provo River thanks to extra flow from an endangered fish program. Photos by Brian Wimmer/Alpine Anglers TU Chapter. By Brett Prettyman Anglers are almost always the first to notice issues in the environment. When anglers on the popular…
Eroding banks along the Bridge to Bridge project area By Chris Wood The sign behind the two-person Trout Unlimited office in Hailey, Idaho, reads, “Parking for Trout Unlimited only. If towed, call Dick York Towing.” It is an inside-Hailey joke as Keri York’s Dad ran Dick York Towing—the only towing business in the Big Wood…
