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Protecting Watersheds: Hermosa Creek to lead by example

Contact : Ty Churchwell (970) 903-3010, tchurchwell@tu.org Shauna Sherard (307) 757-7861, ssherard@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Protecting Watersheds: Hermosa Creek to lead by example Sen. Michael Bennet introduces rare legislation that will preserve and entire watershed for sportsmen and all users DURANGO — A stakeholder-driven collaborative effort came to fruition Wednesday when Sen Michael Bennet, D-Co,

Work continues on Connecticut’s Salmon Creek

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By Tracy Brown It was another productive year for restoration and outreach work on Connecticut’s Salmon Creek. Work on Salmon Creek continued through the spring and summer with activities kicking off in late April with the Salmon Creek Watershed Festival. Located in Salisbury, Conn., Salmon Creek — also known as the Salmon Kill — has

Trout Unlimited Launches New Home Rivers Initiative on Michigan's Rogue River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 Trout Unlimited Launches New Home Rivers Initiative on Michigan’s Rogue River Project to restore urban watershed near Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Mich. – Trout Unlimited has launched a new watershed-scale restoration project on the Rogue River. Aimed to protect and restore the Rogue

Ecola Creek Native Fish Habitat Assessment

Working with partners such as the local agencies, timber operators, other NGOs, private contractors and the City of Cannon Beach, TU’s science team completed an assessment and set of recommendations focusing on habitat restoration and stewardship projects in the 1,000-acre Ecola Creek Forest Reserve. Using our Conservation Success Index, we produced the Ecola Creek Native Salmonid

Measuring success on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna

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By Shawn Rummel   The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park.   Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous resource for outdoor recreation.

TU launches major restoration effort on Battenkill

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By Jacob Fetterman Stretching from Manchester, Vt., to the Hudson River in New York state, the Battenkill River holds a firm place in fly fishing history.  Beyond the river’s fame and beauty, it has become evident that, without proper stewardship, the wild trout fishery supported by the Battenkill could slip away due to the degradation of quality habitat through factors such as deforestation, sedimentation, channel modification,

Native: Partnership working on upper Gunpowder brook trout

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By Don Haynes When people think of the Gunpowder River in Maryland they invariably think of the 14-mile tailwater section flowing from Prettyboy Reservoir to Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County. But above Prettyboy, from Hoffmanville to Southern York County in Pennsylvania, there are some 60 miles of the Gunpowder mainstem and tributaries that comprise

Childs Brook New Hampshire: A project worth the wait

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Childs Brook, a tributary of the Ammonoosuc River remains challenged by a series of barriers to fish migration on its path to the Connecticut River. However, a major stride for watershed connectivity has been established by recent completion of a culvert replacement project where West Bath Road crosses the stream.  A priority list of culverts

Trout Unlimited receives EPA grant to expand STREAM Girls

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By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited staff in Michigan are excited to announce the expansion of the STREAM Girls program throughout the state thanks to a recently awarded grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education Program.  The goal of expanding Trout Unlimited’s STREAM Girls Program is to educate more than 275 girls, 35 partners and volunteers, and 1,000 community members

TU, Stakeholders Concerned about Changes to Hermosa Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 18, 2014 Contact: Ty Churchwell, 970-903-3010 Keith Curley, 703-284-9428 Hermosa Creek bill passes House Natural Resources CommitteeCongress alters bill, creating concern among stakeholders DURANGO, Colo. Trout Unlimited and other local stakeholders today expressed concern with a substitute amendment released on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that alters key provisions of the Hermosa Creek

Go Rogue with the Rogue Forest Cooperative

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By Jamie Vaughan It’s not by accident that the Rogue River in southern Michigan offers some of the best trout fishing in the state. This urban river, just minutes from sprawling Grand Rapids, boasts robust brown trout populations and some of the Great Lakes finest steelhead, reminiscent of a more remote, northern Michigan trout stream.

Go Rogue with the Rogue Forest Cooperative

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By Jamie Vaughan It’s not by accident that the Rogue River in southern Michigan offers some of the best trout fishing in the state. This urban river, just minutes from sprawling Grand Rapids, boasts robust brown trout populations and some of the Great Lakes finest steelhead, reminiscent of a more remote, northern Michigan trout stream.

New Michigan program connects students with local farm 

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By Jamie Vaughan  In 2018 Trout Unlimited recently kicked off a new pilot program, Seasons on the Farm, in partnership with the Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds, Plainsong Farm, and the Kent Conservation District. Seasons on the Farm aims to provide practical, immersive farm-based environmental education for middle school students in the Rogue River watershed. Through a series