The Northern Virginia Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NVATU) brings together community members who enjoy sharing in fishing experiences; participating in conservation activities; educating future generations; and engaging partner organizations to ensure the health of our local streams, rivers and watersheds.
Legislation would promote responsible development and healthy fisheries on public land FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org, 406-546-2979 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Trout Unlimited today voiced support for legislation that would help modernize the federal oil and gas leasing system and facilitate responsible energy development on public land. The Competitive Onshore…
Efforts to fix habitat are as much for people as they are for the planet It’s legislature season in New Mexico, a time I’ve come to abhor for how it represents my species and, perhaps more likely, my deficiencies as a chess player. Sausage making is a circus, spectacular flights of ethical and logical acrobatics…
‘Good Samaritan Law’ would clear liability hurdles to third-party abandoned mine cleanups. Contacts: Arlington, VA. – The Senate Energy & Public Works Committee today passed by unanimous consent bipartisan ‘Good Samaritan’ legislation that would help clean up chronic pollution leaking from abandoned hardrock mines. The legislation will now be considered by the full Senate, where…
Anne Hamilton Anne Hamilton is a graduate of Boston University. She serves on the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Academy of Music, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame boards. Anne is very active in the communities of Newport and Philadelphia and started the Newport Antiques Show in 2006. Her hobbies include fishing, tennis riding, traveling and helping dogs.…
The salmon and steelhead fisheries of California’s Eel River were once bountiful — and could be again. California’s Eel River—the state’s third largest watershed—is legendary among anglers for its wild steelhead and salmon fisheries. Bu t like so many coastal watersheds north of San Francisco, the Eel has been hard hit over the past century…
4/19/2006 States and feds agree to work together to restore and enhance the Driftless Area EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:00 a.m., April 19, 2006 Contact: Duke Welter, 715-579-7538 or Kathleen Campbell, 571-274-0597 States and Feds Agree to Work Together to Restore and Enhance the Driftless Area Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois join with the U.S. Department of…
SOTU shalegas monitor.JPG For Immediate Release CONTACT: Kathleen Tyner, 304-637-7201, ktyner@wvrivers.org Jake Lemon, 814-779-3965, jlemon@tu.org What: Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program Training When: March 14, 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Where: West Virginia Wood Technology Center, Elkins, W. Va. Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program to Hold Free Training in Elkins MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Responding to increased shale gas…
SOTU shalegas monitor.JPG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathleen Tyner, 304-637-7201, ktyner@wvrivers.org Jake Lemon, 814-779-3965, jlemon@tu.org What: Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program Training When: April 11, 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Where: Linwood Community Library, Slatyfork, W. Va. Charleston, W. Va. Responding to increased shale gas development and concerns over potential impacts on water quality, Trout Unlimiteds West…
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Lindberg, Merrimack River Valley TU President (603)-305-0029Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant to Study Dam Removal on the Souhegan River Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nations oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization,…
Trout Unlimited has partnered with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership on a series of videos highlighting a few of the projects powered by this critical source of conservation funding. For more information on the Keystone Fund, you can visit: https://keystonefund.org.
The author fishing during Virginia’s vibrant Fall. by Jeffrey Constantz My mom taught me the old adage: Don’t discuss money, religion, or politics in polite company. Now, as a full-grown, all-knowing, 21-year-old millennial, I have a different, more nuanced opinion. To quote The Who’s 1965 hit, “My Generation,” “I’m not trying to cause a…
May 2, 2014 Contact: Laura Ziemer, (406) 522-7291 x 103, lziemer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited praises Forest Service for tackling groundwater rules to protect headwaters and fishing New groundwater policy a needed step to steward water resources and prized fisheriesin the face of climate change, drought (Washington, D.C.) Trout Unlimited today praised the Forest…
