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TU helping with Boardman Dam removal in Michigan

Published in Import

Trout Unlimited has been acting as a sub-contractor to provide construction oversight of the Boardman Dam Removal river restoration project in Traverse City, Mich., an effort that will continue through early 2018.    The Boardman Dam, originally constructed in 1894 as a hydropower generation dam, had no fish passage capabilities.   The project is one of three dam removals on the…

Trout and Trees: restoring Michigan’s streambanks

Published in Conservation, Community

By Matthias Bonzo Last year TU began to implement a project we’re calling “Trout and Trees.” Funded by a grant from the USDA State and Private Forestry – Landscape Scale Restoration Initiative, the project seeks to improve near stream (riparian) habitats coupled with instream habitat work to provide as complete restoration to a degraded site…

Rivers and roads: Connecting people … and fish

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By Laura MacFarland A majority of Wisconsin’s 115 fish species, including trout, need to move throughout a watershed seasonally or at varying stages in their lifecycle to feed, find cooler water, avoid predators, and reach spawning habitat. Rivers, long and linear in nature, are vulnerable to habitat fragmentation thanks in part to our immense network…

TU completes first phase of Tippy Dam site bank restoration in Michigan

Published in Conservation

By Matthias Bonzo  Trout Unlimited was part of a multi-partner project this year at an eroding stream bank located along the Manistee River below Tippy Dam in Wellston, Mich. The site, known as the Tunk Hole, was eroding severely due to intense foot traffic from recreational use. This area receives some of the highest angler pressure in…

New culvert opens habitat on Big Cannon Creek in Mich

Published in Conservation

A new large box culvert on Big Cannon Creek reconnected more than 8 miles of high-quality coldwater habitat. By Jeremy Geist Trout Unlimited completed five culvert improvement projects on trout streams in Northern Michigan in 2018, reconnecting more than 19 miles of high-quality habitat. One of the projects addressed a severe road-stream crossing on Big…

TU commends passage of spending bill

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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…

Upper Midwest Regional Rendezvous Resources

Thank you to the 75+ volunteers who joined us in Illinois for the 2019 Upper Midwest Regional Rendezvous! We had a great event sharing information, learning from one another, from partners and TU staff and developing strategies and tactics to take home to our local chapters and state councils. As you can see from Rodney…

Matt Heron Fly Fishing takes you to the Truckee

Published in Community

I suppose there are people – perhaps many people – who do not immediately think of fly-fishing when the hear the word “California”. There was a time when I might not have, either. But I’m over that now, mostly because of great people like my friend Matt Heron.

Visualize the path of a rain droplet from source to sea

Published in Boats, Featured, Fishing

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

Taking action to protect the places we live and love

Published in Conservation

This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By…

TU’s top 10 conservation campaigns of 2019

Bristol Bay  The clear, cold rivers of the Bristol Bay region in southwest Alaska support some of the strongest remaining salmon runs in North America. These waters entice anglers, tourists and other outdoor enthusiasts from around the globe to view rare and majestic wildlife, marvel at an untouched landscape, and chase trophy rainbow trout and salmon. The region is under imminent threat…

Trout Tips: Now is the time for lake trout

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

A lake trout from Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Chris Hunt. I live within a two-hour drive of Yellowstone Lake, the site of one of the greatest environmental tragedies involving native trout in recent memory. In 1994, a non-native lake trout was caught and documented in Yellowstone Lake. Just over a decade later,…

TU teams with Forest Service for habitat programs in Michigan

Published in Conservation

A mechanical grip hoist is used to reposition trees and woody material in the stream channel in the Little Manistee River. By Jeremy Geist  Trout in streams in the Huron-Manistee National Forest are gaining access to more and better stream habitat. Working with U.S. Forest Service staff, TU field technicians have been inventorying and managing wood…

Fly of the week: Half and Half

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I have a secret. I’ve never fished in saltwater. I’ve just never had a chance. In fact, I’ve barely fished in the ocean at all. However, I recently moved to a new house just a few blocks from Lake Michigan, and not far from a handful of renowned carp flats — which I’ve been told…

Media Teleconference: TU releases '10 Special Places' report

ALLegany RedHouse Fishing youth _ALL_ (24a) copy[1].jpg Media Teleconference: New Trout Unlimited report features public fishing and hunting areas in East at risk from shale gas development Dec. 17, 2014 Contact: Mark Taylor, mtaylor@tu.org, 540-353-3556 MEDIA ADVISORY: Trout Unlimited releasing full 10 Special Places report Report focuses on protecting iconic public fishing and hunting areas…