1/9/2000 TU Leads State Groups in Demanding Scrutiny of Perrier Threats to Mecan Springs TU Leads State Groups in Demanding Scrutiny of Perrier Threats to Mecan Springs Contact: 1/9/2000 — — Wisconsin anglers and environmental groups, led by Trout Unlimited, have demanded the DNR apply the toughest level of scrutiny for a proposed Perrier well
The author’s son, RJ, shows off a native brook trout from the restored stream on the family’s land. By Greg Hulver I come from a family of farmers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, specifically, the Cacapon River watershed. Long ago my family settled this area, and the land that we own has been
Corey Fisher casts in the grottos of Parachute Creek atop the Roan Plateau in 2009. You haven’t lived dangerously until you’ve subjected a rental car to the JQS Road. OK, sure. That might be a bit of an overstatement. But the sketchy, rocky, always-washes-out-when-it-rains, track up the east side of Colorado’s Roan Plateau is easily
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier champions bill that grants more funding for national forest management By Steve Miller Recently, I was fortunate to have been included in a group invited to ‘take a hike’ with U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Washington) to discuss TU’s support for her proposed Legacy Roads and Trails Act. Rep. Schrier loves and
I recently had a video call with a Trout Unlimited volunteer in New York. I couldn’t help being distracted. Over his shoulder I could see a stream in the background. “What river is that?” I asked. “The West Branch of the Delaware,” he replied. “I actually was watching fish rise before this call started.” Oh,
Near the dramatic jagged peaks of the Teton mountains sits Jackson Lake Dam.
4/01/2005 NEWS RELEASE Embargoed until: 1:00 p.m. CST, April 1, 2005 For more information: “Duke” Welter 715-579-7538 Laura Hewitt 608-250-3534 Steve Kinsella 651-647-1545 TROUT UNLIMITED CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF THE MIDWEST’S DRIFTLESS AREA Minneapolis, MN – A wide scale restoration of the streams and rivers of the Midwest’s Driftless Area will bring enormous environmental and
By Charlie Schneider Emerging science can meld with policy and restoration efforts to help reach our ultimate goal of improving steelhead runs. A previous post at Wild Steelheaders United highlighted the petition to list summer steelhead on the Eel River in Northern California, and discussed research by scientists at UC Davis that suggests premature migration
About us Brookings is a fly fishing outfitter that has become a destination for anglers to experience what WNC fly fishing is all about. Located in Cashiers, NC our fly shop and cabin rental is located in a perfect location to fish many different watersheds and offer a variety of trout fishing as well as
The Staney Creek region of Prince of Wales Island holds 139,000 acres of Tongass National Forest wilderness. This temperate rainforest is the largest national forest in the country and holds a unique biodiversity rich with fish, terrestrial wildlife and forest vegetation. It also serves as means for tourist recreation, subsistence for the resource dependent communities
What did one trout say to the other? “Hey, if we can just hang out in this beautiful river for a few years, maybe we can win a gold medal.” Olympic games history dates to ancient Greece. However, the current practice of awarding a first-place gold medal to the winner is relatively new, having first
With record high temperatures and historically low water levels, we need to conserve and restore 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030
A fishery management plan being developed for southwest Oregon coastal rivers has generated debate over whether to temporarily reduce or prohibit harvest of wild steelhead. TU’s Kyle Smith has a suggestion.
Another award highlights TU’s good work on coho populations and steelhead benefit too.
Twenty years ago Twenty years ago, Trout Unlimited looked across the landscape of the West at water use and saw huge, complicated, unaddressed problems that were sucking the life out of our best trout rivers and streams. Twenty years ago, thousands of miles of trout and salmon habitat were fragmented by makeshift dams, obsolete irrigation
Contact:Joe McGurrin, (410) 643-1976, jmcgurrin@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU, NOAA announce restoration grants Conservation group and government agency seek proposals for river restoration work in Northeast and Alaska WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center are seeking grant applicants in the Northeast and in Alaska for projects aimed at
For immediate release 7/1/2014 Contact: Chad Chorney, (208) 420-4096, cchorney@tu.org Nancy Bradley, (208) 399-2566, nbradley@tu.org Trout Unlimited announces first Big Wood River Single Fly Proceeds will go to benefit work on one of Idaho’s most iconic rivers Hailey — The first-ever Big Wood River Single Fly event is planned for Aug. 2 – 3 in
Pebble mine is on the ropes in Alaska, but we cannot rest until its permit is officially denied and Bristol Bay is permanently protected
Now, let’s get them passed in the Senate
Roaring Creek is a critical perennial tributary in the Lower Entiat River, Upper Columbia Sub-Basin, in Washington. Trout Unlimited aims to improve production of listed steelhead and bull trout in the Entiat basin, and the Roaring Creek Project has multiple objectives to further this goal. Roaring Creek is currently one of the few productive tributaries
