First of the Klamath dams comes down
All four dams of the Lower Klamath Project will be gone by the end of 2024
Search results for “California Priority Waters”
Video spotlight: Grading PA’s trout streams
This may come as a shock to a lot of anglers out there, but the state with the most miles of trout water isn’t Montana or Colorado. It’s not Idaho or Wyoming or California. It’s Pennsylvania. And in Pennsylvania, folks are serious about their trout water, so much so that state Fish and Boat Commission
Senate bills protect our rivers, address drought
Often referred to as the hardest-working river in America, the Colorado River provides drinking water to 40 million people and irrigation water to 5.5 million acres of farm and ranch land across the Southwestern United States
Trout Unlimited Restructures Across the Rockies
New leadership and investments in people reflect growing federal partnerships and project funding across the region.
Public lands package passes House
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act (H.R. 803). Trout Unlimited strongly supports this legislation, as it will better conserve and restore public lands, watersheds and coldwater fisheries in four Western states and support the country’s commitment to countering the impacts of climate change by protecting at least 30 percent of
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Voices from the River: Counting coho in Russian River floodplains
By Charlie Schneider Note: California’s Russian River is famous among anglers for its steelhead fishery, but in recent years this watershed has been the focus of an intensive effort to recover coho salmon, now one of the rarest native fishes in California. TU grassroots and programs such as the Coastal Streamflow Stewardship Project have been
Everything you need to know: Eagle Lake rainbow trout
Eagle Lake rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum) Species summary and status: Eagle Lake rainbow trout are a lake dwelling subspecies of rainbow trout found in Eagle Lake and its tributary streams on the east side of the Sierra Nevada in Lassen County, California. First described by J. O. Snyder in 1917, Eagle Lake rainbow trout were
2,900 Culverts Required to get to a Proposed Mining Area
The proposed Ambler Road is a giant red flag for fish and wildlife.
Steelhead days
Among the many charms of autumn is the advent of steelhead runs in many rivers. Where I live, on the central California coast, most streams aren’t yet connected to the ocean—until the rainy season begins in earnest, the sandbars that have set up over the summer between their mouths and the salt remain intact. That
Lifelong love affair
Childhood days spent wandering and fishing California’s South Fork Kings River became the foundation of a man’s life as a sportsman-conservationist. By Bill Templin You probably have one of those places in the Great Outdoors that you’ve been visiting since you were very young. For me it’s the South Fork Kings River.SFKingsRiver@oldSwimminHole_Templin.jpg (L) The “old
TU praises new bill to implement key Klamath Basin agreement
Trout Unlimited praises new bill to implement key Klamath Basin agreement Walden legislation “important step” in implementing KPFA CONTACT: Sam Davidson/ Communications Director, California/Klamath Basinsdavidson@tu.org / 831-235-2542 (November 10, 2017) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Trout Unlimited, Americas oldest and largest sportsmens organization dedicated to protecting and restoring trout and salmon and their habitats, applauded todays introduction
Russian River Receives Major National Grant to Benefit Endangered Coho Salmon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Matthew Deitch, Center for Ecosystem Mngmt&Restoration, 510-420-4565 x106, deitch@cemar.org Brock Dolman, Occidental Arts&Ecology Center, 707-874-1557 x206, Brock@oaec.org Kara Heckert, Sotoyome Resource Conservation Dist., 707-569-1448 x104, KHeckert@sotoyomercd.org Lisa Hulette, Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Dist., 707-874-2907, lisa@goldridgercd.org Mary Ann King, Trout Unlimited, 510-649-9987, mking@tu.org Mariska Obedzinski, Univ. of CA Cooperative Extension, 707-565-2621, mobedzinski@ucdavis.edu
Pere Marquette River – A National Treasure
This river is unique. The only river in the Great Lakes Basin without a single dam, she flows free through the Huron-Manistee National Forest from headwater tributaries to the mainstream
All you wanted to know: Redband trout
Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss sub-species) Species summary and status: Redband trout are subspecies of rainbow trout and exist in two well-defined geographic regions. The Columbia River redband trout is found in Montana, Washington, and Idaho, and the Great Basin redband trout is found in southeastern Oregon and parts of California and Nevada. The redband is similar
Trout Creek Project Restores Brook Trout Infrastructure in the Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula outdoor TV show “Discovering” features TU brook trout restoration project.
Carrying your voice in Washington
Trustees launch the Trout Unlimited conservation agenda in the halls of Congress With a new Congress convened and members sworn in, Trout Unlimited is carrying your voice to Washington to stand up for healthy trout and salmon, clean rivers and streams and protected public lands. First to walk the halls this year: members of TU’s
Fresh Coasters
Jumpstarting brook trout restoration on Lake Superior
Conservation funding powers TU California Water Project success – project profiles
TU’s California Water Project is dedicated to improving stream flows in vital waters for salmon, steelhead and trout across the Golden State. On the coast between Eureka and San Luis Obispo, the CAWP develops and implements innovative water storage solutions with agricultural and residential lan downers to help native coho salmon and steelhead runs rebound
The tonic of wildness
If you are active in the outdoors, it’s hard to beat living in the American West. That’s because all states west of the Great Plains have big swaths of public lands available for fishing and hunting. Except when big swaths of extraordinary wildfire shut them down. Right smack in the middle of Public Lands Month.