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11/10/2005 November 10, 2005 Contact: John Ross, TU Virginia Council Chair, (540) 592-7020 U.S. House of Representatives Approves Funds for Restoration of Penobscot River Chairman Wolf (R-Virginia) plays critical role in assuring funds Washington The United States House of Representatives has approved $500,000 for the restoration of the Penobscot River. These funds were approved as
I’ve often wondered if some of the water running past me in rivers has been there before. What I mean by this is, has one single drop of water that has brushed my leg or boat made it all the way to the sea, evaporated, gone to the clouds and somehow made its way back to the same drainage? A silly thought for sure, and probably unlikely. But perhaps it’s happened
Hardly a day goes by that our team doesn’t get asked “Why don’t they build fish ladders?” (they have!) or “Aren’t salmon doing great?” (they are not.) This week, we’re answering them on Instagram.
Canoe Ridge Vineyard As legend has it, explorers Lewis and Clark noticed a ridge resembling an overturned canoe on their historic 1805 Columbia River journey. Today, that landmark is known as Canoe Ridge Vineyard, the namesake location of one of Washington State’s most recognized wine producers. Established in the Horse Heaven Hills in 1989, followed
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. On the road to Cougar Dam in Blue River, Ore., there is a dirt road in Willamette National Forest that leads you to a squiggly hand-drawn “Road
California’s Owens River offers prettier sections. There are certainly reaches of this stream where an angler can find larger trout. There are many places on this river where you will not hear and feel electric diodes buzzing like murder wasps in the background. In fact, fishing the deep, dark-walled gorge this river carved over millennia
TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries
Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit realizes values of fly fishing
3/12/2007 Energy leases along Beaverhead disregard value of priceless trout fishery March 12, 2007 Contact: Michael Gibson 406-543-0054 michael@montanatu.org Corey Fisher 406-721-1002 cfisher@tu.org For immediate release: Energy leases along Beaverhead disregard value of priceless trout fishery DILLON, Mont.The Bureau of Land Managements proposal to lease 27,000 acres along southwest Montanas Beaverhead River for eventual oil
Contact: Paula Piatt, Trout Unlimited Eastern Sportsmen Organizer, 570-886-1609 Mark Taylor, Trout Unlimited Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Upper Delaware one of 10 special places WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited is featuring the Upper Delaware River watershed in a new report highlighting outstanding public fishing and hunting areas in the Central Appalachian region that are
What would Theodore Roosevelt do? He’d protect Browns Canyon. By Corey Fisher The green drake hatch on Penns Creek. Browns slurping midnight Hex on the Pere Marquette. Salmonflies on Montana’s Madison River. The brown drakes of Silver Creek. These are some of America’s most celebrated moments in fly-fishing, but Mother’s Day caddis on Colorado’s Arkansas
At Trout Unlimited, we usually celebrate when dams come out and rivers are made whole again. We’ve been part of some of the greatest reconnection efforts ever seen, from the Elwha in Washington to the Penobscot in Maine. Removing dams in our country is … fashionable, if not vital for healthy river function and the
The Yellowstone – longest undammed river in America. The very heart of the West. And you can fish it! Join me tomorrow at 2 PM MDT on Instagram Live @troutunlimited when we talk with Dan Gigone from Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston, MT.
A lot of anglers don’t know that trout swim in the cold, clear rivers of South Africa—brown trout are common, having been planted in African waters well over a century ago. And Trevor Sithole, who lives in the village of Thendela in the KwaZulu province of South Africa, guides anglers for browns in his local
The Red Moose Lodge provides a unique setting on the banks of the Pere Marquette River, a river nationally known for it’s scenic beauty and year round fishing opportunities. It’s spacious rooms provide the perfect opportunity to relax and enjoy the many activities that Baldwin Michigan has to offer. Situated at the headwaters of the
Chad turned to his wife Erin, “If I don’t make it back, I died doing what I love.” It was well-spoken and sealed with a kiss. The Class III rapids of the canyon are far from the roughest or most consequential white water in the state, though they have proven deadly. As with many things, it’s better to be safe than sorry when drifting for adventure and a sense of freedom in
Climate change is water change. A warmer climate impacts nearly every facet of the water cycle: increased evaporation and transpiration deplete water from the land, rivers, lakes, oceans, and forests. Warmer air retains more water that is later released through intense precipitation events that are more likely to cause flash flooding and run-off pollution.
TU and partners are suing to protect endangered salmon and steelhead as two California dams await decommissioning.
As TU founder Art Neumann famously stated, “Take care of the fish and the fishing will take care of itself.” But we’re predominantly fly fishing, after all. So what about the bugs? Who’s looking after them? As it turns out — on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, anyway — the U.S. Geological Survey is doing just that. It may mark the dawn
TU’s Jake Lemon sees promise in a stream anglers breeze past to get to the Pere Marquette.
