By Jake Lemon West Virginia and Virginia are currently experiencing a major buildout of pipeline infrastructure. Pipelines are being constructed across hundreds of miles of rugged and highly erodible terrain, crossing hundreds of rivers and streams in the process. These large-scale construction projects have the potential to degrade aquatic ecosystems and drinking water supplies. This…
We all live downstream — and what happens in the headwaters of our watersheds impacts the quality of our drinking water supply, the health of the local ecosystems, and the quality of life we enjoy. One of the best ways to bring the concept of a watershed to life for youth is by literally tracing…
Join Trout Unlimited and Orvis in helping 17 local TU chapters — made up of members and volunteers like you — restore the rivers they love and unlock $20,000 in cash prizes to support their work. Together we’ve already raised more than $31,000 for these great projects, and with just 48 hours left in the…
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…
Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Contact: Jeff Curtis Western Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 503-827-5700 x. 11 2/27/2002 — Portland, OR/Washington, DC — The Administration, Congress, and federal agencies charged with implementing the federal governments plan to restore imperiled Columbia-Snake Basin…
Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Community Developed Solution Benefiting Humans, Fish Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited (207) 373-0700, (207) 841-7529 (cell) 10/29/2002 — Union, Maine — Today Trout Unlimited and the Sennebec Pond Association, joined by…
Big things happen when committed people decide that failure is not an option
We’ve all been there. But, thankfully, for must of us, nobody was standing by with a video camera. And, for those of us who’ve never been caught on camera failing miserably while fishing, we have this to appreciate. I’ve endured my share, for sure. I took a fly deep in the flesh of my forearm…
These days, it seems like we encounter a lot of distraction – we’re sucked in by problemsthat don’tmatter and daily stressthat haslittle consequence in the grand scheme of things. So for this year’s State of Trout Unlimited speech we decided it was time to get back to our core values. For a few of us,…
There was a time when I thought being a fishing guide would be about the coolest existence a guy could experience. That all changed one rainy Father’s Day weekend some 15 years ago when renowned guide Rod Patch floated me and my wife down the Cardiac Canyon reach of the Henry’s Fork. From bouncing the…
Trout Unlimited is offering free memberships to dads who are new to TU, love to fish (or want to learn) and care about conservation
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…
The West is in the grips of another hot, dry summer, with more than 60 large wildfires currently burning across the region. At the same time, the effects of last year’s fires are apparent in many states; Interstate 70, a major artery for east-west transportation, has been shut down through Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon multiple times in the past two months due to mudslides resulting from last year’s Grizzly Creek fire. The epicenter of the ongoing drought is the Colorado River…
As the largest river restoration effort in history moves forward, Oregon and California plan for fish reintroduction and monitoring
5/9/2001 Conservation Groups Withdraw from Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon Relicensing Process Conservation Groups Withdraw from Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon Relicensing Process Contact: 5/9/2001 — — Groups denounce company’s unilateral changes to process for relicensing dams Contacts: Connie Kelleher, American Rivers: (206) 213-0330, ext. 14 Sara Denniston, Idaho Rivers United: (208) 3 Date: 5/9/2001
Now that you’ve gotten some of the basics down of fly fishing, why we love it, some casts, gear and more, it’s time to go out to the water.
The Tongass National Forest. It is that time of the year again. Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending 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. Starting July…
The Tongass National Forest is often referred to as America’s Salmon Forest because the entire ecosystem depends on salmon in one way or another. Salmon can be traced all the way to the trees, and the cycle runs full circle. Animals that feed on salmon drag the carcasses into forest, effectively applying thousands of pounds…
The Staney Creek region of Prince of Wales Island holds 139,000 acres of Tongass National Forest wilderness. This temperate rainforest is the largest national forest in the country and holds a unique biodiversity rich with fish, terrestrial wildlife and forest vegetation. It also serves as means for tourist recreation, subsistence for the resource dependent communities…
Photo from “Chasing Wild” the new film featuring the Alaska-B.C. transboundary mining issue. Click here to watch the film! By: Erin Heist This time of year in Southeast Alaska the weeks are full of harvesting, processing, exploring, fishing and basking in the lush (unseasonably dry and warm!), summer beauty as we prepare for the winter…
