June 16, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, 970-903-3010 Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 San Juan and La Plata County officials say the Animas River cleanup depends on EPA priority and funding (Washington, D.C.) In the wake of the Trump administrations proposed deep cuts to EPA funding, Southwest Colorado leaders flew to…
By Tracy Brown At Trout Unlimited, planting a tree is about so many things. Each spring and fall hundreds of TU volunteers plant trees along our favorite and most precious coldwater streams. It is about the trees. It is about the trout. And it is about engaging with the local community. This spring in New York alone over…
I spent a little time looking through the archive of the hundreds of stories the TROUT team of contributors produced this year, and I am proud and grateful.
Trout Unlimited was a lead negotiator and signatory to the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement under which PacifiCorp will be removing four obsolete dams on the Klamath River. The dams cut off fish access to more than 400 miles of upstream rivers, including spring-fed climate refugia in the shadow of Crater Lake. They also have a…
The world’s largest dam removal project takes another step forward as the reservoirs behind Iron Gate and JC Boyle Dams begin to be drained
Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited sent four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students are exploring the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass National…
By Rob Catalanotto, Laura Ziemer and Steve Moyer After weeks of negotiations, the US Senate and House recently approved a massive appropriations bill to fund the government through fiscal year 2020. The deal averted a government shutdown, which was set to take effect on December 20 had Congress had not taken decisive action. TU field staff…
1/5/2001 Conservationists, Sportsmen Can Both Benefit from Roadless Policy Conservationists, Sportsmen Can Both Benefit from Roadless Policy A press release from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Alliance Contact: 1/5/2001 — — Media Contacts: Robert Munson (406) 887-2052 Kevin Lackey (406) 541-9977 or (877) 770-8722 MISSOULA, MT – “The {U.S. Forest Service] roadless policy can be an…
“The Price of Water” details the long-term process, costs and partnerships required to open up the river to recreation in Central Utah
When it comes to long-term restoration projects, Erin Rodgers measures the passage of time not so much by clocks and calendars, but by kids.
U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (Oregon) and Jared Huffman (California) today sent a letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources urging the committee to take immediate action to schedule a hearing for H.R. 310, The Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act. This bill would permanently protect salmon and steelhead strongholds on the southern Oregon…
05/15/2008 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2008 Contact: Steve Moyer: 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited commends Congress for approving a Conservation Title of the Farm Bill that will help trout…
By Jake Lemon Trout Unlimited is seeking volunteers to help with a program to monitor stream temperatures in the headwaters of the Shenandoah River. TU recently received a $10,000 grant from Virginia Environmental Endowments to engage citizen scientists in the study, which will be conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey. This study will…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Mary Ann King, Stewardship Coordinator, Trout Unlimited, 510.507.0097 Heather and Kirk Hardcastle, co-owners/fishermen, Taku River Reds, 907.209.8424 Scott Becklund, Seafood Manager, Pacific Market, 707.823.4916 Alaska Salmon Delivered to Sonoma County with a Conservation Message (SEBASTOPOL, California, March 15, 2010) – Pacific Market, Taku River Reds, and Trout Unlimited will be collaborating…
An historic mill, and its former owner, are playing a key role in a collaborative effort to save native fish in an important Rogue River tributary. This campaign reached a milestone recently with a formal agreement to sell the mill’s historic water right to Trout Unlimited, with two years to raise the funding.
Trout Unlimited’s Land Conservancy Fund is a matching grant program designed to provide chapters and councils with grants to help with land protection projects, including conservation easements and land trust or agency acquisition and/or ownership of properties that are a priority for native and wild trout and salmon populations. The program is administered by the…
Olsen will lead TU’s trout and salmon conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in the Rockies. Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.— Conservation leader Emily Olsen has joined Trout Unlimited as Vice President for the Rocky Mountain Region, the organization announced this week. Based outside Denver, Olsen will lead TU’s coldwater conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in…
le Creek is the largest tributary of the Wenatchee River subbasin – a tributary to the Columbia River.
Trout and salmon are at a pivotal moment.The threats are enormous, and so are the opportunities. Native trout populations and wild salmon runs are at risk of disappearing. Climate change is upon us. More than 1.5 million miles of America’s trout and salmon waters are degraded.But by working together—collaboratively, strategically, tirelessly—on watersheds across the country,…
In a recent episode, OpenRoad visited one of California’s newest parks, the San Geronimo Commons, to learn about how a former golf course is being transformed into a hub for the local community.
