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The EPA’s new Waters of the U.S. Rule weakens the Clean Water Act, the landmark law that made many of America’s great rivers fishable and swimmable over the past half century. This puts in peril the sources of our rivers: the small headwater streams … where big fish go to make little fish. We need your help. Stand up for clean water now
The Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania are home to some of the most scenic wild trout fisheries in the eastern United States.
By Diana Miller The anatomy lesson is always one of my favorite parts of the Adopt-A-Trout program. Students tend to divide into two groups: those enthralled and those grossed out. The Adopt-A-Trout program in Wyoming is a partnership between Trout Unlimited and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department designed to bridge the gap between science…
“There he is.” Stepping over deadfall and keeping a distance, we followed and periodically bugled to a herd of elk. I was leaning with my rifle against a tree when the rag-horn bull separated from the herd in response to Scott’s bugle. After I shot the elk, Scott looked over and said, “Thank goodness for Idaho’s roadless areas!” …
TU grassroots leader Scott Hood with a nugget from Oklahoma’s Lower Illinois River. The Lower Illinois River below Tenkiller Ferry Dam is one of only two streams in Oklahoma with a year-round trout fishery. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) manages this tailwater for trout, striped bass and other game fishes thanks to cold-water…
“To repeat the obvious, that means in 2006 an estimated 42 percent of the spawners in this “wild” population were hatchery fish. Statistical modeling indicated the number of steelhead smolts barged in the Snake River in the previous several years was a strong predictor of PHOS (Percent Hatchery Origin Spawners).”
When maintenance on the Lockwood Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine stranded more than two dozen endangered Atlantic salmon, Trout Unlimited members were there as part of a fish rescue team.
7/1/1999 River Flows Free As Edwards Dam Is Removed River Flows Free As Edwards Dam Is Removed Restoration of Kennebec River to Benefit Local Communities, Fish & Wildlife Contact: 7/1/1999 — — (Augusta, ME)-Fish restoration efforts on the Kennebec River took a historic step forward today as the Edwards Dam was breached and the river…
Participants at a recent STREAM Girls event held in South Carolina get their feet wet. Trout Unlimited photo. By Franklin Tate Composer Aaron Copland was so inspired by Appalachian spring he wrote a symphony about it. Countless other artists and musicians have also found their muses once the days lengthen and the very seams of…
Welcome to the first installment in a month-long focus on water in the West. Join us on a tour through the history of the West’s water systems and major rivers, as we navigate the challenges of drought and water-scarcity facing the region. We’ll also explore Trout Unlimited’s leadership in finding innovative solutions to long-standing problems.…
Jumpstarting brook trout restoration on Lake Superior
Teaming up to restore Link Creek, an important tributary to Oregon’s Metolius River.
by Toner Mitchell Editor’s Note: This post was first published on July 23, 2018, on the TU blog. Gordon Becker was in love with nature for as long as anyone can remember. He climbed it, hiked it, fished it, and boated it. After earning a master’s degree in fisheries biology, he built a career out…
Some of the “new generation of conservationists,” Bay Area Youth Fly Fishing event, May 19, 2018. By Sam Davidson I recently spent a day fishing for trout—a rewarding mix of small wild fish and 10- to 12-inch stockers—on an obscure tributary to the upper Salinas River that flows out of the Santa Lucia range on…
Conservation groups to file suit over Plum Creek’s conservation plan Conservation groups to file suit over Plum Creeks conservation plan Contact: Bruce Farling Executive Director Montana Trout Unlimited 406-543-0054 6/11/2002 — Seattle, WA — Conservationists will go to federal court to stop Plum Creek from ruining one of the last remaining bull trout populations in…
8/25/1999 Maine’s Kennebec Valley Chapter Receives Highest Award for Edwards Dam Efforts Maine’s Kennebec Valley Chapter Receives Highest Award for Edwards Dam Efforts Contact: 8/25/1999 — — The Kennebec Valley (Maine) Trout Unlimited (TU) chapter led by Palmyra, ME President- Bruce Bowman and boasting over 250 local members drew high praise and recognition from the…
A couple weeks ago a buddy posted on social media a picture of himself holding a large brown trout with a brief caption: “No shame.” No additional information was necessary. The other prop in the photo, the one in addition to the gorgeous 22-inch brown, was a spinning rod. The fish hit a large Rapala,…
Alaska’s rainbow trout populations are still largely intact and robust, largely because of remote locations with limited accessibility, abundant and pristine habitat, and conservative management.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay, (907) 843-1633 or ahurley@utbb.org Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited – Alaska Program, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org Tim Bristol, SalmonState, (907) 321-3291 or tim@salmonstate.org Alaskans comment in record numbers to preserve EPAs proposed protections for Bristol Bay The EPAs proposal to withdraw protections…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/23/2020 Contact: Steve Moyer, steve.moyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Vice President of Government Affairs Shauna Stephenson, shauna.stephenson@tu.org (307) 757-7861 National Communications Director **For high resolution state-specific maps or images, please contact Shauna Stephenson** The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is finalizing a rule that will drop protections for millions of miles of streams and millions of acres of wetlands, putting watersheds at…