Bringing the salmon home
On the border of Oregon and California, the largest dam removal ever attempted, anywhere on the planet, is underway on the Klamath River.
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Voices from the River: The plight of California salmon
By Sam Davidson I came across a video recently, on sockeye salmon migrating to the spawn in the Lake Iliamna area in Alaska. The productivity of this region for salmon is nothing short of amazing—and makes the proposed Pebble Mine, looming like the guillotine over the entire Bristol Bay ecosystem, that much more troubling. Watching…
Oregons and Californias Smith River protected from foreign mining interests
Photo by Ken Morrish 20-year mineral withdrawal approved by Interior Contact: Dean Finnerty, Oregon Field Coordinator dfinnerty@tu.org (541) 214-0642 Washington D.C. — Oregon and Californias Smith River got welcome news as the Department of the Interior approved a 20-year mineral withdrawal, protecting the river from proposed strip mining. In recent years, foreign mining companies have…
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…
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Faces of Restoration: Jessica Lockwood
Sitting atop the Colorado River Basin in southwest Wyoming, the Green River boasts incredible fisheries, red desert buttes, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
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…
Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue PG&E over Harms to Salmon and Steelhead on Eel River
For Immediate Release Contact California Trout – Redgie Collins – (415)748-8755 – rcollins@caltrout.org Friends of the Eel River – Alicia Hamann – (707) 382-8859 – alicia@eelriver.org Institute for Fisheries Resources – Glen Spain – (541) 521-8655 – fish1ifr@aol.com Trout Unlimited – Matt Clifford – (406) 370-9431 – matt.clifford@tu.org Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations –…
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…
This Land is Your Land: Growing up on public lands…and sharing that with others
It’s a warm, sunny, southern evening and Zoe Mihalas is in her element, knee-deep in the Davidson River with a fly rod in hand.
This force for native trout and salmon conservation is in Texas. (Yes, Texas.)
The Guadalupe River chapter of TU looks well beyond their state and their (engineered) river to drive important conservation changes for native trout around the nation.
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
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…
Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers
7/24/2000 Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Trout Unlimited’s 2000 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Fund 47 Stream Recovery Projects Contact: 7/24/2000 — — Washington, D.C.. Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater conservation organization, today announced recipients of the 2000 Embrace-A-Stream (EAS) grants, distributing…
A long overdue update: bringing the federal oil & gas program into the 21st century
It is time to update our oil and gas policies – our public lands, waters, wildlife, and communities depend on it – and there is already overwhelming public support for the BLM’s proposed federal reforms.
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…
‘We never give up.’ Watch Chris Wood’s State of Trout Unlimited 2024
We’ve accomplished so much over the past year. Salmon are returning to the Klamath River after the largest dam removal project anywhere. Apache trout are off the endangered species list and on the road to recovery. Good Samaritan abandoned mine cleanup legislation is nearing the finish line. From Vermont to Virginia and the Driftless to…
Wild Steelheaders United and Trout Unlimited Applaud Introduction of Southwest Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2023 Contact: Dean Finnerty, manager, Trout Unlimited Wild Steelhead Initiative (541) 214-064 REEDSPORT, Ore — Wild Steelheaders United and Trout Unlimited (TU) today applauded the introduction of the Southwest Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act (SOWSPA) in the 118th Congress by Rep. Val Hoyle. This bill would provide critical new…
Voices from the River: Pondering gratitude
We’ll always have to fight for our public lands, but we should be grateful we have them in the first place. Photo by Chris Hunt. By Scott Willoughby It has been said that the hardest math to master is the ability to count our blessings. Funny enough, I’ve never been particularly good at math. That’s…
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…