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Columbia County

Columbia County is located in Northeast Pennsylvania. From our location near the intersection of Interstate highways 80 and 81, we have easy access to many great fishing streams, creeks and rivers where we apply our conservation efforts. The Susquehanna River, Cumberland Valley Spring Creeks and classic Pennsylvania freestone creeks are all just a double haul

TU Seeks Nominations for "America's Least Wanted Dams"

5/17/1999 TU Seeks Nominations for “America’s Least Wanted Dams” TU Seeks Nominations for “America’s Least Wanted Dams” Contact: 5/17/1999 — — Dear Leader, Newly added to our web site is a nomination form for the Trout Unlimited/American Rivers: Least Wanted Dams and Dam Removal Success Stories Report, along with a cover letter from TU President

Media, Public Invited To Attend Devil's Gulch Salmon And Steelhead Restoration Project

10/11/2001 Media, Public Invited To Attend Devil’s Gulch Salmon And Steelhead Restoration Project Media, Public Invited To Attend Devils Gulch Salmon And Steelhead Restoration Project Contact: John Milanovich , , TU North Bay Chapter 415.249.2241 TU North Bay Chapter 415.249.2241 10/11/2001 — Marin County, Calif. — Trout Unlimited, the nations largest trout and salmon conservation

Trout Unlimited to Restore Cutthroat Habitat in Grade Creek

6/8/2006 Trout Unlimited to Restore Cutthroat Habitat in Grade Creek June 8, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Warren Colyer, 435-753-3132 or Scott Yates, 307-332-7700 Trout Unlimited to Restore Cutthroat Habitat in Grade Creek Federal Grants Jumpstart Planning and Construction Work WASHINGTON, D.C. Thanks to two major federal grants, Trout Unlimited (TU) will soon begin work

Youth Education Committee Resources

Youth Education Committee By interacting with youth, not only will your committee introduce young people to the conservation science behind trout and salmon, but the joy of angling for wild fish in the waters where they belong. Trout Unlimited’s Headwaters Youth Program consists of comprehensive guides and resources to trout and salmon conservation for America’s young

Reconnecting trout and people in West Virginia

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Replacing an undersized culvert with this bridge not only reduced flooding risks on a small tributary to the Capacon River in West Virginia, it reconnected 4.5 miles of native brook trout habitat. (Photo: Abby McQueen, TU stream restoration specialist) By Brooke Andrew The Trout Unlimited field staff in West Virginia are firm believers in our

Deming Creek restoration benefits Klamath bull trout, redband

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The new confluence of Deming Creek and the South Fork Sprague River. By Chrysten Lambert Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Parnter’s Program completed a substantial habitat reconnection project on the South Fork Sprague River, the headwaters of the iconic Klamath River. The project involved restoring the Deming Creek tributary

Methow Headwaters clears one more hurdle toward mining protections

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Methow Headwaters. Photo by Hannah Dewey. By Crystal Elliot-Perez Among the the wildest and most pristine places in the lower 48, the 340,000-acre Methow Headwaters landscape in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is now one step closer to being protected from large-scale mining. This is thanks to a recommendation by the U.S. Forest Service late last

Central Coast Striped Bass Survey

Published in Science, Conservation, Fishing, steelhead

By Tim Frahm California’s central coast once produced a lot of wild steelhead. Steelhead were a staple food for the labor force that built some of the state’s famed Spanish missions over 200 years ago. Today, however, central coastal steelhead are threatened. Trout Unlimited, through our Golden Gate and Steinbeck Country chapters, is working with

Redd surveys shaping priorities in Michigan’s Pere Marquette

Published in Science, Community, Fishing, steelhead, TROUT Magazine

By Jake Lemon  Michigan’s Pere Marquette River offers anglers unique year-round opportunities to fish for a diverse array of salmonid species, including brook trout, brown trout, steelhead, and coho and chinook salmon.   Despite healthy overall conditions on the river — a federally designated Wild and Scenic River and a state-designated Natural River and Blue Ribbon Trout Stream — there are opportunities to improve its ecological condition through restoration

Drought and trout

Published in Voices from the river

There are many demands on water, especially in the West. Municipal water for drinking and other human uses, agricultural water to grow our food, recreational water to keep a thriving outdoor recreation industry afloat and numerous others. And all are important for the economy and our lives and livelihoods, but in the West, it is clear there is not enough to go

TU Green Team works to restore Rogue watershed in Mich.

Published in Youth, Community

By Jamie Vaughan  While the COVID-19 pandemic has halted many programs this summer, Trout Unlimited staff in Michigan are pleased to continue the Green Team program for its sixth year, employing high school students from across the Rogue River watershed to learn about and take part in watershed restoration projects.   The Trout Unlimited Green Team was established in 2015 and grew out of

Last Chance Purple Haze

Published in Fly tying, Featured, Trout Tips

I spent a couple of days last week on the Henry’s Fork’s upper reaches, trying to fool uber-educated trout in the Box Canyon and Railroad Ranch stretches of the river. This time of year, those tailwater sections of the river are likely the most hospitable to trout — it’s been hot (well, hot for Idaho),

Summer of Science

Summer is a great time to get out on the water with your kids, family or friends to enjoy time outdoors, whether fishing, hiking, bird watching or simply enjoying a streamside walk. This summer, we’re asking all of TU’s supporters to become a Community Scientist and use that time outdoors to help drive our knowledge

Swing wet flies and feel like a kid again

Published in Trout Talk

In our family, we had an informal rule about kids fishing on their own—you started out by fishing wet flies downstream, and once you reached a certain age, you got to turn upstream and fish dry flies. It was a tiny, gentle river, really, and there was always an adult looking on, even if we didn’t