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Effectiveness of restoration practices is revealed through monitoring, which is especially important for emerging restoration approaches. Process-Based Restoration (PBR) techniques have emerged to mimic the ecological processes of beaver dam building, wood recruitment, and more. We are working with TU staff and partners to monitor several PBR projects using field-based and remote-sensing techniques. Learn more
When you find a fly rod that’s essentially made for the kind of fly fishing you like to do—and makes that fishing markedly better—you hang onto it. That’s why I’ll likely never part with the new Sage Trout LL rod. I’m a walk-and-wade stream-fishing junkie. I like the intimate feel of water running around my
Hear from TU’s Colorado River Basin staff about what you can do to help protect trout amid drought conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2018 Contact: David Lass, California Field Director dlass@tu.org, 530-388-8261 Trout Unlimited applauds introduction of Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act Legislation will help protect and restore habitat in steelhead and salmon stronghold EMERYVILLE, CalifTrout Unlimited (TU) today lauded the introduction of legislation from Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) that
A front-line warning sign on Peleliu during World War II. By Chris Hunt My grandfather was an old man the last time we fished together on Robinson Creek, not far from where it leaves the boundary of Yellowstone National Park and flows into Idaho at the depths of a thigh-busting canyon. We’d walked in from
By Jack Williams We love our big iconic rivers: the Snake, the Rogue, the Umpqua, the Klamath, the Gunnison, the Madison, the Salmon, and the Henry’s Fork to name but a few. These waters invoke passion among anglers, river runners, and all those who appreciate the beauty of wild, clean rivers. But just like anything
Editor’s note: TU sent a handful of college students to the Pacific Northwest for this year’s TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey to study and fish in the Columbia River basin. On the road to Cougar Dam in Blue River, Ore., there is a dirt road in Willamette National Forest that leads you to a squiggly hand-drawn “Road
6/12/2000 NDOW Bull Trout Status Report Lacks Evidence to Support Agency’s Claims of Stable Populations NDOW Bull Trout Status Report Lacks Evidence to Support Agency’s Claims of Stable Populations Outcome of South Canyon Road talks may have lasting effect on Jarbidge River fish Contact: 6/12/2000 — — Contact: Matt Holford, Executive Director, Nevada Council, Trout
By Chris Hunt As I write this, I’m tucked into a cabin in Island Park, Idaho. We were chased off the lower Hen ry’s Fork yesterday by high water, but found some willing browns in the nearby Warm River, a spring creek that runs generally clear, even after a spring snowstorm that hit the area
Working to change minds and save wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest
For the past two years, the DARE team has been providing free pollinator seed to enhance Driftless Area streams. The seed mix is not intended to replace the planned seeding mixture, but to supplement pollinator plants into the mixture.
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
For Immediate Release Nov. 13, 2009 Contacts: Paula Dobbyn, Communications Director, Trout Unlimited Alaskapdobbyn@tu.org or 907-230-1513 Kevin Davis, Co-Owner and Executive Chef, Steelhead Dinerkevin@steelheaddiner.com or 206-625-0129 Savor Bristol Bay Salmon Week in Seattle, Washington November 15 21, 2009 Trout Unlimited and Seattle Chefs and Restaurants Come Together to Promote and Protect Alaskas Bristol Bay, the
Remembering Ted Trueblood, one of the most iconic outdoor writers this country has known.
8/30/2007 Energy development throughout the West could impact fall hunting and fishing Aug. 30, 2007 Contact: Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited, (208) 406-9106 Katie McKalip, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, (406) 240-9262 Todd Malmsbury, Resource Media, (720) 564-0500 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Energy development throughout the West could impact fall hunting and fishing As hunting season begins and
Hillary and youngest daughter, Susie, fishing on the Green River. Photo courtesy of Hillary Walrath. By Hillary Walrath “Mommy, tell me a real story from when you were a kid.” Recently, my oldest daughter became obsessed with me telling stories before bed. I started with fairy tales of make-believe but one night I was tired
It got so cold so early this year that our aspens and cottonwoods didn’t really turn. Their leaves simply froze in place when the mercury dipped below zero in early October, and they’ve spent the last few months drying into sickly, gray, paper-thin ghosts and falling without ceremony to the ground. Season theft. We were
In the natural world, diversity creates resilience. For example, grasslands with a greater variety of native plants are more resistant to drought. They also bounce back faster from disturbance caused by insect infestations and fire. Diversity also makes organizations more resilient. And relevant, too. The more connections to people with different backgrounds that we share,
My three-year-old son has a gut like a garbage-eating street dog. Being one that was raised on lightly buttered russet potatoes and rarely seasoned cuts of chicken, I’m not quite sure how he missed the memo that kids are supposed hate spicy food
By Chris Hunt I got lost last night. Not your traditional, “I have no idea where I am,” kind of lost. But lost just the same. My daughter is home for a scant month between jobs—she’s returned from Colorado’s ski country and is a month away from her next gig at Colter Bay on Jackson