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Smart renewable energy development on public lands is a reality with this bill

Published in Conservation

Now is a critical time to remind Congress you support balanced development of renewable energy In past energy booms we didn’t always get it right when it came to public lands.   Fish and wildlife populations suffered, rural communities shouldered the social burden as large companies shipped in large numbers of workers to get the resource out of the ground, air and…

Trout Unlimited Films

Published in Video spotlight

How much do you know about the vital work Trout Unlimited is doing across the country? One great way to learn more is to watch some of our recent films.  

Trout Unlimited Invests in Partnerships and Restructures Across the Rockies 

New leadership and investments in people reflect growing federal partnerships and project funding across region Contact:  DENVER – Today, Trout Unlimited (TU) announced a series of new investments in its people to accommodate the growing number of innovative partnerships across the Rocky Mountains. Over the last decade, TU has secured roughly $133 million in funding partnerships to…

Voices from the river: Remembering John McCain

Published in Voices from the river

By Sam Davidson A man I and many others considered a great American passed away last Saturday: Senator John McCain of Arizona. I was in the mountains over the weekend, with no cell service, so I didn’t learn of his death until Monday morning. I was surprisingly moved by the news. I felt like we…

Spiral Creative Graphic Design Services

For more years than we care to count, Spiral Creative has been creating eye-popping graphic design, marketing and advertising projects—big and small, complex and simple, print or digital—for a variety of clients. Officially headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, we all work from home offices so that we are accessible 24/7 (which is great for our clients…

Bugs Unlimited

Published in Fishing, Travel, TROUT Magazine, Voices from the river

As TU founder Art Neumann famously stated, “Take care of the fish and the fishing will take care of itself.”  But we’re predominantly fly fishing, after all. So what about the bugs? Who’s looking after them?  As it turns out — on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, anyway — the U.S. Geological Survey is doing just that. It may mark the dawn…

Sportsmen celebrate Congress moving to protect the Grand Canyon

Published in Conservation, Advocacy

The Grand Canyon is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular places in the United States, and the recreation opportunities it affords abound. Rafting, hiking, fishing, hunting and more bring millions of visitors a year to the region, so preserving this iconic region is imperative for this generation and the next as well as the economy…

Native Trout Workgroup Resources

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Seeking treasure in Apache trout country

Published in Fishing

On bended knee, I brought the fish to eye level. Apache trout have a unique feature in their eyes, an easy giveaway of a genetically pure Apache. They appear to have a black stripe or mask through each of their eyes, due to two small black dots on either side of the pupil. Truly one-of-a-kind.

Making small talk

Published in Uncategorized

One of my co-workers always likes to start a conversation talking about the weather. Usually it happens in the dead of winter. He lives in Arizona. I live in Montana. “How’s the winter?” he will ask. “Oh. Cold. Minus 20 yesterday. The same today.” He’ll laugh and I will huddle closer to the fire, waiting…

TU on Gila Trout: Downlisting Not Warranted

5/13/2005 NEWS ** 1 page ** May 12, 2005 For Immediate Release Attention: Assignment/Environment/Outdoor Editor Contact: Bill Schudlich, New Mexico Council Chair, 505-470-4878 Carl Lee, Arizona Council Chair, 602-995-0551 Kira Finkler, Legislative Counsel, 703-284-9408 TU on Gila Trout: Downlisting Not Warranted Angler-conservationists feel that rare native trout still require existing federal protections: “Now is not…

Faces of Restoration: Jim Brooks guards the Gila

Published in Restoration

Over the course of his career in the Gila Wilderness and across New Mexico, he has cheated death more than once, spent years of his life under the stars, survived mule wrecks, fought wildfires, protected native fish and made sure his closest friends did the same.

Video spotlight: Airstreamer

Published in Video spotlight

Here’s a good one from the Catch Magazine vault—Todd Moen dusted it off recently for us all to enjoy. It depicts my favorite kind of fly fishing—waking up somewhere new in the confines of the camper and taking the fly rod down to the creek to see what’s hitting. Video of Bass, Carp & Trout…

What do we have to lose?

Published in Uncategorized

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…

STREAM Girls volunteers get their feet wet

Published in Uncategorized

By Tara Granke Trout Unlimited is ready to shatter stereotypes and break boundaries. In early September, TU’s Headwaters Youth Program partnered with the Girl Scouts of Western Washington to hold the first-ever Train-the-Trainer for an outdoor STEM education experience designed for middle-school aged Scouts called STREAM Girls. At this training, TU’s Youth Education and Diversity/Women’s…