Today we released a short film, “Hooked: Inspiring Youth, Creating Opportunity” by Fly Out Media By: Jenny Weis Celebrating its tenth class in 2018, the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing & Guide Academy is a weeklong riverside course, which, through volunteer instructors, teaches fly-fishing, tying, customer service and guiding basics, river etiquette, leadership, conservation and fisheries…
It might be fair to say that Alaskans love coffee as much as we love our wild salmon. Coffee helps us get through the long, dark winters, and it powers our fast-paced and adventure-filled summer days. For the Trout Unlimited staff based in Anchorage, coffee is an everyday requirement, and we know that without it, our efforts to protect…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2017 Contact:Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimiteds Alaska Program (907) 230-7121Brian Kraft, Alaska Sportsman’s Lodges, (907) 276-7605 (office) or (907) 227-8719 (cell) Opposition to the Pebble Mine Grows Stronger ANCHORAGE, Alaska Sportsmen and business owners throughout the Bristol Bay region and Alaskans remain steadfast in their opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine…
If you have the thirst for 30 inch rainbows and rivers clogged with wild salmon then you are likely familiar with the Alaskan gem known as Bristol Bay. And if you are familiar with Bristol Bay then you likely are familiar with the Pebble Mine proposal and maybe have even submitted comments on it. But,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jenny Weis, Trout Unlimited (952) 210-7095 or jweis [at] tu [dot] org HUNDREDS OF OUTDOOR SPORTING BUSINESSES, GROUPS CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DENY IMPORTANT PERMIT FOR PROPOSED PEBBLE MINE WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 250 national outdoor sporting businesses and organizations, representing millions of hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts who…
The House of Representatives took dramatic and much-needed action Wednesday, and voted 233-201 in support of a measure that, if passed by both chambers of Congress, would prohibit continued investment by the Army Corps of Engineers in processing the permit application for the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska. TU members and supporters were essential…
Southline Industries USA is helping you restock your “No Pebble mine” apparel while giving back to our efforts to permanently protect Bristol Bay. 50% of proceeds from apparel is being donated to Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay efforts.
Recently, Trout Unlimited teamed up with Omaze, a company that organizes giveaways that give back, to raise money and support for the Save Bristol Bay campaign. Entering to win a 4 night stay at TU Business Member, Alaska Sportsman’s Lodge, Omaze randomly selected a winner who ended up being a TU member- Fred Cheatham from Carlsbad, California!
In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls and became president. Some of you may recall what I wrote to you back then: While most of the conservation community turned their backs, we engaged the Trump administration over the next four years to protect Bristol Bay. Our advocacy was key to helping persuade them to deny…
Fishing and hunting groups (and Tucker Carlson) are all telling President Trump: Pebble is the wrong mine for Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Just after the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted former Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Nick Ayers. In the tweet, Ayers opposed the Pebble mine and called on mine’s key permit to be denied.
Trout Unlimited has teamed up with Omaze, a company that organizes giveaways that give back, to offer one lucky winner and a friend a getaway fly-fishing adventure in Bristol Bay.
July 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice president of Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited (571) 274-0593 Tim Bristol, Director of Trout Unlimiteds Alaska Program (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited releases statement regarding attacks on Bristol Bay and Clean Water in House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Suite of bad bills would ignore Alaskans, fishermen and…
11/24/2006 Sport Fishing Industry Leaders Blast Pebble Mine Proposal November 24, 2006 CONTACTS: Tim Bristol, Trout Unlimited, (907) 321-3291 Robert Ramsay, American Fly Fishing Trade Association, (706) 355-3804 Jim Bartschi, Scott Fly Rods, (800) 728-7208 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sport Fishing Industry Leaders Blast Pebble Mine Proposal Full-Page Ads in Fish Alaska and Fly Fisherman Magazines…
Cartoon by Michael O’Meara The past several months the Pebble Partnership, who aims to develop the highly controversial and widely opposed Pebble Mine in Bristol, Bay Alaska, has been touting their new mine plans to Alaskans in hopes of winning them over with new “smaller ” and “safer” design claims. Alaskans see through the rhetoric…
April 30, 2014 Contact: Tim Bristol, TU Alaska Director, (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pebble response to EPA predictable, desperate attempt to save mine Tired message of government overreach doesnt hold water in face of science, public sentiment BRISTOL BAY, Alaska: The Pebble Limited Partnerships response to the initiation of the Clean Water Act section…
An early-morning scroll through my twitter feed woke me up much faster than the first couple sips I’d had on my coffee.
Photo by Tim Romano Step 1: Take a deep breath. Really. Have you done it? Ok good. Now keep reading. On Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted Pebble’s application for permits to mine in Bristol Bay. Step 2: repeat step one. The fact that the Pebble mine proposal even got this far is…
Heidi and a Bear Trail Lodge client with a nice Bristol Bay rainbow. Photo courtesy of Heidi Wild Re-posted from the Peninsula Clarion. By: Heidi Wild In 2018, Bristol Bay broke the record of returning wild sockeye salmon. As the rest of the state closes to salmon fishing, Bristol Bay is breaking records. I’m stunned…
A good friend of mine worked with a women’s group at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago one summer during college. The federal prison famously has these tall, 5-inch wide windows, originally made to be narrow enough that they didn’t require bars. My friend told me that when new women moved in, they complained…
