Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team spent the summer traveling across America in search of native trout. This installment: Idaho. Public Land: Sawtooth National Forest The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses 2,110,408 acres largely in Idaho, but also partially in Utah. It is comprised of multiple terrain types including sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir
Casey working a hickory shad “Would you pick Larry Bird or Magic? Who is better Michael or LeBron? Would you take Russell Westbrook or Steph Curry?” For two hours, every few minutes, the questions came. Casey is 13, and a big kid. He hit a dinger in each of his last three baseball games. We
The CCF Board meets with Trout Unlimited’s conservation leaders once a year, where the staff make proposals for project support, and the Board decides how to distribute that year’s fund. The following are featured Coldwater Conservation Fund projects. Download CCF impact reports at the bottom of this page. Wild Trout Designations, Pennsylvania CCF grants in
With outdoor participation skyrocketing, dollars for access, habitat and maintenance crucial For immediate release July 22, 2020 Contact: Shauna Stephenson Trout Unlimited (307) 757-7861, sstephenson@tu.org (July 22, 2020) WASHINGTON D.C. — Landmark conservation legislation that includes full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and dedicated funding for the maintenance backlog on public lands passed the House today, making its next stop the President’s
As a TU member and supporter, you can still take action on Earth Day and make a difference for cold, clean rivers and streams
Jordan Fields recently connected with TU vice president for eastern conservation, Keith Curley, to talk about Fields’ work.
We all know that 2020 was far from a normal year. Despite the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Trout Unlimited’s Great Lakes team soldiered on. The team, which continues to grow, was able to accomplish many key projects in the field as well as to continue advocacy efforts. Below are a few of the highlights from 2020, as well as a look ahead
In the high deserts of Wyoming, habitat restoration work spans generations; providing kids an opportunity to get dirty and explore different career paths while building beaver dam analogs (BDA) on Muddy Creek. An important coldwater producer to the Colorado River Basin, Muddy Creek hosts native Colorado River cutthroat trout. Over-grazing, down cut banks and drought
Wading while fly fishing is one of the more visceral experiences the craft offers. There’s something very primal about feeling cold trout water working its way around your legs—I’ve always felt that is makes me part of the river rather than just a visitor. But wading safely is important, and Orvis’ Tom Rosenbauer, in the
April, particularly in the West, is a bona-fide shoulder month. Higher up, it’s still winter. In the valleys, spring is springing and water is rising. It’s a tough month for trout fishing, given the transition happening between winter and spring and all the trappings that come with it, both good and bad. Video of Trouts
Our friends over at Down River Equipment have you covered. They’ve compiled a comprehensive list of western rivers with links to not only the permitting websites but also with an associated application success graph.
Red’s Fly Shop is a complete outfitter, shipping products all over the world from their unique riverside location in the Yakima River Canyon. The history of Red’s dates back to 1932 when it was known as “The Lattice Inn”. Although reports are somewhat unsubstantiated, it is whispered that the Lattice Inn was not for the
11/20/2000 International Report Reveals Flaws in U.S. Dam Regulation International Report Reveals Flaws in U.S. Dam Regulation Prompts Call on New President and Congress to Reassess Federally Owned Dams in the United States Contact: 11/20/2000 — — November 20, 2000. Washington, DC . . .A report issued by the World Commission on Dams released in
8/12/1999 ASF And TU Sue To Protect United States’ Last Wild Atlantic Salmon ASF And TU Sue To Protect United States’ Last Wild Atlantic Salmon Suit Asks US For Immediate Listing Under Endangered Species Act Contact: 8/12/1999 — — The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and Trout Unlimited (TU), two of North America’s leading salmon conservation
If you want to get normally serene trout anglers wound up, just wade into the “hatchery vs. wild/native” debate. I know of at least three organizations that were formed because of disagreements with Trout Unlimited chapters over hatchery and wild fish
Now, let’s get them passed in the Senate
By following a few simple steps, anglers can do their part to slow the spread of invasives We know anglers are inundated with information about preventing the spread of things that threaten our freshwater resources. In the Great Lakes, we are distressed by the risk posed by New Zealand Mud Snails (NZMS) and Didymo (recently
06/25/2008 Trout Unlimiteds Upper Big Lost Project Will Receive Proceeds From Silver Creek Outfitters Film Festival June 25, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Ed Northen: 208-788-316 Trout Unlimiteds Upper Big Lost Project Will Receive Proceeds From Silver Creek Outfitters Film Festival KETCHUM, ID The Hemingway Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) will receive the proceeds from
Senator Cantwells precedent-setting water and fisheries legislation passes Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee CONTACT: Michael Garrity, American Rivers, 206-852-5583 Lisa Pelly, Trout Unlimited, 509-630-0467 Ben Greuel, The Wilderness Society, 360-670-2938 (Nov. 19, 2015) Seattle, Wash. Today federal legislation to protect and enhance the Yakima River basins fisheries, ecosystem and water supply was passed by
Dead salmon in the lower Klamath River, 2002. Yesterday, June 12, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 23, the Gaining Responsibility on Water (Grow) Act. This bill is one of the worst pieces of legislation in recent memory, in terms of its devastating effects on salmon and steelhead and their fisheries. According to Steve
