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Reflecting on an honor named for a friend and fighter

Published in Advocacy

From time to time the landline would ring in the Moyer residence in the early 2000s and my wife Michelle would pick up the phone. A deep southern accent born of the hills of east Tennessee would exchange pleasant greetings with her, and then the request would come: “Darlin, we gotta get your boy workin’.

Trout Unlimited Praises Southeast Alaska's Record Salmon Harvest

Contact: Mark Kaelke, Trout Unlimited, Southeast Alaska Project Director – (916) 207-8294 Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Communications Director – (907) 230-1513 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited Praises Southeast Alaska’s Record Salmon Salmon bounty a testament to the region’s habitat and careful management Juneau, Alaska A new report indicates that 2011 was a record year

Royal Coachman Lodge

The Royal Coachman Lodge is one of the premier Alaska fly fishing lodges located in the heart of the world famous Bristol Bay sport fishing region of Southwest Alaska. The lodge sits on the banks of the Nuyakuk River, a quarter of a mile downstream from the outlet to Tikchik Lake, nestled in the 1.6

Trout Tips: Think like a fish

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

Rachel Andona of Emmett, Idaho, casts to brown trout in a fishy taiilout on the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park. Editor’s note: The following is experpted from TU’s new book, “Trout Tips,” available for next-day delivery online. When you are out fishing and are on new water, trying to find fish, remember that fish are

Great Bay

Blog site of the Great Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Chapter 613.

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Voices from the River: The plight of California salmon

Published in Voices from the river

By Sam Davidson I came across a video recently, on sockeye salmon migrating to the spawn in the Lake Iliamna area in Alaska. The productivity of this region for salmon is nothing short of amazing—and makes the proposed Pebble Mine, looming like the guillotine over the entire Bristol Bay ecosystem, that much more troubling. Watching

Taking action to protect the places we live and love

Published in Conservation

This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By

Healing the Land

Published in Community, Restoration

For hundreds of years, the Wuda Ogwa, the site of the Bear River Massacre has undergone significant development, pollution and agricultural use. Now, the Tribe is restoring Wuda Ogwa to its organic and natural glory.

EPIC Angling & Adventure

About us We own and operate two remote fishing adventure trips located in the middle of nowhere Alaska. Each experience will take you far away from paved roads and the typical structured lodge setting… there’s no fine paintings, no fancy carpet and few formalities. Just pristine waters, no crowds and mind-blowing numbers of fish! What

Video spotlight: Life of a Guide

Published in Video spotlight

There was a time when I thought being a fishing guide would be about the coolest existence a guy could experience. That all changed one rainy Father’s Day weekend some 15 years ago when renowned guide Rod Patch floated me and my wife down the Cardiac Canyon reach of the Henry’s Fork. From bouncing the

Odyssey profile: Libby Glaser

Published in Uncategorized

Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay