VISION: As a chapter of Trout Unlimited, a national conservation organization, Rocky Mountain Flycasters will use all accessible resources to help ensure that robust populations of wild and native cold-water fish thrive within the Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson River watersheds. MISSION: To conserve, protect, sustain and restore Northern Colorado’s cold-water fisheries and their…
8/29/2000 TU Begins Work on Landmark Salmon Conservation Partnership with Big Timber TU Begins Work on Landmark Salmon Conservation Partnership with Big Timber Contact: 8/29/2000 — — Contact: Steve Trafton, TU California Policy Coordinator: 510-528-4772 Craig Bell, TU Point Arena Project Coordinator: 707-884-3012 Alan Moore, TU Western Communications Coordinator: 503-827-5700 August 21, 2000. Mendocino County,…
You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was a challenging year. The pandemic created lots of hardships for TU’s field staff in New England, including the postponement of many projects. Always flexible, the New England team did a great job reacting to the difficult situation.
Located in western Massachusetts covering the counties of Hampshire and Hamden. Local rivers and steams are in the lower Connecticut River Watershed, including the Westfield, Swift, and Ware Rivers.
Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements. The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30…
How TU staffers in Utah are taking their local landscapes back to the times of mountain men
The valleys of the Teton and Gros Ventre Ranges, with their iconic landscape and waters, illustrate the beauty and longevity of nature. But what will it look like 100 years from now? With climate change and drought wreaking havoc on streams across the country, we are more motivated than ever to invest in climate resiliency…
5/16/2006 Cleanup Plans for Abandoned Mine Drainage in West Branch Susquehanna Receive Major Boost May 16, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Wolfe, (570) 726-3118 Cleanup Plans for Abandoned Mine Drainage in West Branch Susquehanna Receive Major Boost STATE COLLEGE Trout Unlimited (TU) recently received an $81,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to develop…
The Goose Creek basin in Idaho contains the western-most Yellowstone cutthroat populations in the Snake River drainage. TU has worked in the basin with the Bureau of Land Management and other partners to evaluate linkages between habitat diversity, coldwater fisheries, and a rare minnow and implement restoration activities to improve habitat conditions. Resources The Goose…
By Jason Willis It seemed like a good time to shed light on some positives from the 2019 field season as we deal with the trying times currently enveloping our country. Here is a brief history, summary and outcome of the successful Monarch Pass Gravel Mine project. The U.S. Forest Service’s Salida Ranger District released…
By Kyle Smith Jim Rogers first came to Elk River over 50 years ago as a forester and was tasked with logging off the watershed for its heralded Port Orford Cedar. Following a short time in the Elk basin, it quickly became clear to Jim that the river was special and that his true purpose…
With Clean Water Act protections in jeopardy, on-the-ground restoration is more vital than ever
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian Cowden (201) 230-3383 Trout Unlimited to Host One-Fly Fishing Tournament on the Musconectcong River Proceeds will fund TU’s restoration work on the river. Port Murray, N.J. – Trout Unlimited’s New Jersey Council will host the first annual One-Fly Fishing Tournament on the Musconetcong River on Saturday, October 9. The one-day…
Perhaps no place in Montana illustrates a more striking juxtaposition between an iconic fishery nestled within an over-exploited landscape than the Clark Fork watershed. The Clark Fork is one of the state’s most popular angling destinations; by the time it flows out of Montana, it has become the state’s largest river. Native westslope cutthroat and…
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…
