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For Immediate Release: Friday, March 21, 2014 Contact: Judith Kohler, National Wildlife Federation, 303-441-5163; kohlerj@nwf.org Katie McKalip, TRCP, 406-240-9262, kmckalip@trcp.org Shauna Sherard, TU, 307-757-7861, ssherard@tu.org Sportsmen: BLM improves plan for North Park, but more protection is needed for fish, wildlife DENVER A management proposal for Colorados North Park is an improvement from earlier plans for
Trout Unlimited Press Release June 10, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Mely Whiting, (720) 470-4758 mwhiting@tu.org Trout Unlimited calls on Army Corps to include protections for Fraser River Agreement by TU, Denver Water, Grand County must be part of final permit (Denver)Trout Unlimited and its grassroots members today called on the Army Corps of Engineers
Native fish like the Gila trout pictured here can use support in political circles as much as in their rivers. Greg McReynolds/Trout Unlimited By Randy Scholfield Why don’t people care more about conservation and trout? And what can we do to change it? That was the pressing topic that kept coming up recently at the
TU and partners are suing to protect endangered salmon and steelhead as two California dams await decommissioning.
By Paul Doscher I’ll admit it. I was what some call an environmentalist (I prefer conservationist) before I was a TU member. Of course, I had angling in my history, but that was back when my father would wake me up at 5 a.m. on summer mornings so we could go out and catch our
National Park Service photo. By Chris Wood and Jeff Skelding It could have been far worse. The Up per Delaware River dodged a bullet last week when heavy rains and flooding washed out a railroad culvert, and a 63-car train carrying an assortment of waste materials, some of it toxic, derailed near Deposit, N.Y. Two
New bills would help alleviate an estimated $54 billion in abandoned hardrock mine clean up For immediate release May 9, 2019 Contact: Corey Fisher, (406) 546-2979, cfisher@tu.org Steve Moyer, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org May 9, 2019 (WASHINGTON D.C.) — A group of lawmakers have introduced legislation this week to modernize the 1872 Mining Law by establishing a federal lands
Helping foster kids find a home on the water
“It’s hard to hear him deny he has a family of his own, so I distract him away from that talk by sharing stories of fishing. I tell him about the adventures Owen and I are having and I reflect on memories he and I created together over the years. Occasionally I can tell he remembers one of the stories, but I know he enjoys hearing them either way.”
Let’s face it: this school year is going to be a huge challenge as teachers, parents, and students prepare for a brave, new semester of strange, new virtual participation. A number of states have announced plans to re-open in-person classes while others are looking at hybrid or all-virtual instruction. As this is getting sorted out state-by-state and district-by-district, there is still a lot of uncertainty. That uncertainty spills over
Students across the world have been significantly impacted by feelings of isolation as a result of COVID-19. One method for reducing this impact is motivating students by introducing them to enrichment opportunities taught by local experts
From its headwaters in the high peaks of Colorado through the northernmost rift valley of New Mexico, a region known as Rio Arriba, the Upper Rio Grande is a fabulous fishing stream. For 200 miles, the river is filled with trout, pike, smallmouth bass, and carp. Major tributary streams like the Conejos, Chama, Red, Jemez and Pecos are superb fisheries themselves, along with hundreds of additional feeders, many
As we enter a new decade, it is clear that the impacts wrought on ecosystems, communities and fish and wildlife by climate change are outpacing our ability to deal with them in isolation
Back in 1980, Congress promised that salmon and steelhead would receive “equitable treatment” with the operation of the Columbia River basin hydropower system
Roger Phillips photo. By Roger Phillips They’re big, they’re hard-fighting, and they’re one of Idaho’s most overlooked trophy fishing opportunities, but many anglers are still confused about whether they can target bull trout for catch-and-release fishing. The short answer is yes. When bull trout were listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in
The lawsuit defies a strong science record and overwhelming support for Clean Water Act 404(c) protections by Bristol Bay residents, Alaskans and anglers Contacts: ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Today, the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in U.S. Supreme Court, attempting to block Clean Water Act safeguards for the headwaters
Sometimes it seems utterly hard to fathom the losses of biodiversity we are facing today.
The Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania are home to some of the most scenic wild trout fisheries in the eastern United States.
How TU staffers in Utah are taking their local landscapes back to the times of mountain men
The Utah Cutthroat Slam consists of a challenge to catch the four unique cutthroat trout subspecies in their respective native historical ranges within the state
