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Thanks Antiquities Act for a great hunting season

Published in Public Lands

After a final trip to hunt Gambel’s quail in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest in February, another hunting season ends. Once shotguns and rifles are given a final cleaning all that remains is storytelling with family and friends. This is often done around backyard barbeques and the dinner table over delicious meals of wild duck, quail,…

Conservation Portfolio

The Conservation Portfolio borrows its approach from financial planning theory by recognizing diverse portfolios can minimize investment losses and maximize returns. The Conservation Portfolio takes inventory of the elements of diversity within a species’ range and identifies essential and missing elements, which, if conserved, can help ensure a species’ persistence. A diverse Conservation Portfolio for…

Honoring a legacy through wild and scenic designation

Published in Featured

This remote section of the Middle Fork of the Gila calls to adventurers who are willing to explore the depths of this incredible place worth permanently protecting. By Dan Roper Restoring watersheds and protecting clean water are at the heart of Trout Unlimited’s work in New Mexico. But to protect our favorite rivers and streams,…

Book review: Streamwalker’s Journey—Fishing the Triple Divide

Published in Travel, Uncategorized

As a western fly fisherman who has never wet a line east of Colorado, I was drawn into Walt Franklin’s account of fishing a variety of rivers and streams near his home along the Pennsylvania/New York border. The watersheds of three rivers – the Genesee, the Allegheny, and Pine Creek – can be traced to…

Public Lands – Protecting America’s Outdoor Heritage

Public Lands Protecting America’s Outdoor Heritage The Value of Public Lands America is home to 640 million acres of public land, including some of the best habitat for trout and salmon in the world. For many people in the western United States, public lands are a fact of life. They are places where families hike,…

U.S. House of Representatives Approves Amendment to Uphold Endangered Species Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org U.S. House of Representatives Approves Amendment to Uphold Endangered Species Act Bipartisan amendment removes rider from appropriations bill. Arlington, Va. Trout Unlimited (TU) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives approval of a bipartisan amendment to uphold Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection…

Hunters, Anglers, Community Leaders Speak out Against Irresponsible Energy Development:Fish and Game Director and former head of NM Oil and Gas Association to speak out against drilling in Valle Vidal

08/16/2005 NEWS ADVISORY For Immediate Release — August 16, 2005 Attention: Assignment/Environment/Outdoor Editor Contact: Chris Hunt, 208/406-9106, chunt@tu.org Hunters, Anglers, Community Leaders Speak out Against Irresponsible Energy Development: Fish and Game Director and former head of NM Oil and Gas Association to speak out against drilling in Valle Vidal Teleconference set for Thursday, Aug. 18,…

4 bills to keep the West wild

Published in Advocacy

With record high temperatures and historically low water levels, we need to conserve and restore 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030

Bears Ears report bad for public lands

Final decision on fate of Bears Ears and 26 additional monuments will come later this summer WASHINGTON D.C. In an interim report released to the public today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommended President Trump revise the boundary of Bears Ears National Monument and give Congress the option of choosing how portions of the…

Fly tying: Holy Grail Caddis Emerger

Published in Fishing, Fly tying

As I write this, I’m tucked into the lodge at Yelcho en la Patagonia in southern Chile, waiting out a torrential rainstorm and reflecting on a week of truly unique fly fishing. We’ve fished Lago Yelcho a number of times, and have floated the upper Rio Yelcho twice, enjoying some truly good fly fishing for…

Public lands, past and future

Published in From the President

September is Public Lands Month, and few places are more important to trout and salmon than our public lands. Half of all the blue-ribbon trout streams in the West, for example, flow across public lands. Our public lands are often the last and best strongholds for many species of native trout and char. My exposure…

Fly fishing contortionist

It’s impressive to think about what our bodies do for us while on the hunt for trout. Clawing our way through thick brush, scooting down steep slopes or lunging to jump from boulder to boulder touches on only some of the contortions we make while fishing.   Watching Toner Mitchell, New Mexico’s water and habitat program…

Bill threatens National Monuments and Antiquities Act

Published in Uncategorized

The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill this week that would alter the very foundation of the Antiquities Act, a tool that has been in use for more than 100 years to protect important cultural and natural resources on public lands. The National Monument Creation and Protection Act, H.R. 3990, was introduced late last…

Short casts: Monuments in peril, gear that gives back, wildlife management

Published in Uncategorized

Browns Canyon National Monument, Colorado. This week, TU volunteers from around the nation are in Washington meeting with their states’ federal delegations asking them to support the Antiquities Act and ensure a bright future for national monuments all across America. Many of th ese monuments harbor excellent fishing and hunting—two fairly new monuments designated during…

Living Waters Fly Fishing stands with TU on Lower Snake

Published in Dam Removal

“Conservation is one of the pillars of the fishing community and as anglers we are meant to be stewards of the aquatic environment. The removal of dams unlocks so much more than just the water they hold – it unlocks the natural potential of anadromous fish. By deconstructing our own creations, we allow nature to rebuild itself in a way that we could never imagine! For this reason, as a business and as anglers, Living Waters Fly Fishing supports the removal of dams on the Snake River.”