If you’re ever going to join us for an Instagram Live session – please join us for this one. I’ll be talking with Phil, Rocky and Tia @grizzlyskinsofalaska on Instagram Live @troutunlimited this Friday October 30 at noon AKDT. I promise you’ll love it!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited Alaska, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org Proposed Pebble mine Environmental Impact Statement shows clear impact to American jobs, fisheries, recreation; Orvis, local lodges among groups requesting President to uphold jobs, businesses, sporting paradise. ANCHORAGE, AK — A final environmental analysis for the proposed Pebble mine released today shows
On Monday, June 17, nearly 50 sport-fishing and recreation businesses from the Bristol Bay region submitted a letter to members of Congress urging them to vote ‘yes’ on the House Energy and Water Appropriations bill amendment that would defund the Army Corps of Engineers’ review of Pebble’s key permit application. Click here to tell your
Two great American landscapes face unprecedented threats from very different sources, but both have a bright future if the right decisions are made at the right time
Contact: Tim Bristol, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program Director, 907-321-3291, tbristol@tu.orgPaula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Director of Communications, 907-230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Featured in Prestigious Science JournalStudy’s Main Authors Suggest a Large Mineral Development Such as Pebble Could Pose a Substantial Threat to the Fishery’s Long-Term Health. (Anchorage, Alaska, June 2, 2010) — An
Like many other small business owners in the region, Matt and Meghan are stewards of the most prolific sockeye salmon fishery on the planet. They’re part of a community that supports 20,000 American jobs, a $1.5 billion economy, a world-class hunting and fishing destination, and the subsistence and cultural traditions of the native people of the Bristol Bay region.
05/20/2009 Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen and Crew Call Pebble Mine a Disaster for Alaska; May 20, 2009 Contact: Nelli Williams Program Director Trout Unlimited Alaska Program 907-770-1776 nwilliams@tu.org Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen and Crew Call Pebble Mine a Disaster for Alaska; Celebrity Crab Fishermen ask Gov. Sarah Palin to Halt Project (ANCHORAGE, May
Contact: Nelli Williams, Deputy Director, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, at nwilliamstu@gmail.com or (907) 230-7121 For immediate release American Military Women to Enjoy Once-in-a-Lifetime Fishing Trip to Bristol Bay, Alaska Excursion Designed to Honor Their Service to the Nation ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Four U.S. military service members all women will spend time in Bristol Bay, Alaska, next
Alaska Program Director Nelli Williams recaps last week’s trip to DC to advocate for Bristol Bay with industry reps and local lodge owners.
Nov. 4, 2015 Contact: Nelli Williams, Director of Trout Unlimiteds Alaska Program, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen urge Congress to listen to facts, not Pebble Limited Partnership-funded propaganda campaign The House Science, Space and Technology committee hearing’s review of the EPA process distracts from the mining companys failure to file for permits
The place you catch a rainbow trout as big as a silver salmon is a place you hold with reverence. A place you plan to someday return.
We are officially half way through the Army Corps of Engineers’ 90-day public comment period on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Pebble mine and it is clear that Alaskans are not impressed.
For Immediate Release: Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408, emooney@tu.org Statement by Trout Unlimited on the Obama Administration’s Announcement of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Development Strategy President Obama and Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar announced a strategy today for balancing the development and protection of the country’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The plan
By Chris Wood Some bad ideas rise above others: New Coke, Diet Water, the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. One of the worst ideas of all time? The proposal to build a mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Scientists during the during the Obama Administration said the mine was too
Brian Kraft is an important parter in Trout Unlimited’s work to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed from the proposed Pebble Mine and what would be the largest open-pit mining operation on the planet. He’s the proprietor at Alaska’s Sportsman’s Lodge, and if you think the mine isn’t personal to him, or the staff of guides
Every spring, our friends at Orvis host their annual Orvis Guide Rendezvous. For the last eight years, they’ve been kind enough to invite me. And I love being there. One of the greatest parts of that event is the presentation of awards for outstanding guides, outfitters and lodges. But this year was particularly sweet. It
A few days ago, the people of Wareham, Massachusetts delivered a victory for conservation. They voted overwhelmingly against the wishes of their Town Administrator, and four of their five selectmen, and denied a 775-acre development in the headwaters of Red Brook
This week, TU President and CEO Chris Wood joined three other panelists and helped lead a discussion on the perils presented by the proposed Pebble Mine to the salmon and trout fisheries of southwest Alaska.
ConservAmerica, a “right-of-center” organization that advocates for market-based solutions to environmental challenges, hosted the discussion.
Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403 Tim Bristol, Director, TU Alaska Program (907) 321-3291 Rob Masonis, Vice president for Western Conservation, TU, (206) 491-9016 Steve Moyer, Vice president for Government Affairs, TU (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen Pleased with Decision to put Clean Water Act into Action in Bristol Bay
You may be familiar with the game Taboo. If not, here’s a primer: players take turns drawing cards and trying to get their teammates to say the word on the card by describing what it is without saying that word or a few keywords related to it. I want to share some information about the
