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Voices from the River: Chasing char

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Trout Unlimited’s efforts with the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Inland and Wildlife to develop eDNA sampling methods for Maine’s rare Arctic char continue.    As described in a recent TU story, we’re focused in Maine on the handful of remaining populations of landlocked Arctic char, a glacial relict that’s been slowly losing populations over the last 120 years.    Char exist…

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project

12/14/2004 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project Contact: Jim MacCartney River Restoration Specialist TU/NPS 603-226-3436 12/14/2004 — Concord, N.H. — The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) recently received an $18,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundations Winona…

TU welcomes final rule protecting trout water near coal mines

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Wikimedia Commons photo By Steve Moyer It’s never too late to make a policy that will better protect streams and communities. After a 30-year hiatus, and nearing the conclusion of the Obama Administration, the Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it has finalized a new rule – the stream protection rule — that will…

TU congratulates DeFazio for common-sense mining reform bill

July 11, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited welcomes Rep. DeFazios mining reform legislation Bill provides mine cleanup funding and helps voluntary cleanups WASHINGTONTrout Unlimited welcomed a bill introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon to create a revenue stream for abandoned mine cleanups and provide much-needed liability relief for…

All you wanted to know: Redband trout

Published in Fishing, Travel

Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss sub-species) Species summary and status: Redband trout are subspecies of rainbow trout and exist in two well-defined geographic regions. The Columbia River redband trout is found in Montana, Washington, and Idaho, and the Great Basin redband trout is found in southeastern Oregon and parts of California and Nevada. The redband is similar…

Summer’s End: Fishing with TU Teens of Gallipolis

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The TU Teens Club of Gallipolis, OH is the first of its kind in the mid-west region. Shannon Mayes is a teacher at the Gallia Academy Middle School and founded the club in 2013. TU Teens is part of the Recreation On Campus for Kids (ROCKS) program at GAMS. The club is strongly affiliated with…

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program to Hold Free Training in Slatyfork, W. Va.

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…

TU hosting stream monitoring training in West Virginia

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…

Basil W. Woods

Trout Unlimited, Basil W. Woods, Jr. Chapter serves the Greater Concord Area within the New Hampshire Council. Most of our cold water fisheries conservation efforts are within the Warner River watershed because it supports native brook trout habitat.

TU staffers celebrate Public Lands Month

Published in Responsible Recreation, Featured

To celebrate Public Lands Month, many TU staffers took to their local public lands and waters to participate in #ResponsibleRecreation. Staying close to home while still getting out to enjoy the outdoors has been imperative for many during the pandemic. Here are some of their stories: Exploring public land heritage along the Columbia River Tsagaglalal. …

Anglers support Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

New bill will protect headwaters of Blackfoot River and native trout streams For immediate release  June 10, 2019   Contact: David Brooks, (406) 543-0054, david@montanatu.org Corey Fisher, (406) 546-2979, cfisher@tu.org  June 10, 2019 (MISSOULA, MT) — Anglers are voicing their support over a bill that would add lands to the Bob Marshall, Scapegoat and Mission Mountain Wilderness areas, create new…

Fishing and hunting on a refuge? You bet

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The Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming. At first blush it may seem odd that hunting and fishing is allowed on wildlife refuges, let alone expanding these uses as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed. After all, they are wildlife refuges, right?   However, hunting and fishing on refuge lands goes back to earliest days of the refuge system…

Smith River

Based in Henry County, VA. Named for our state’s longest tail water fishery. It is home to wild Brown trout and has a couple of sections of stocked Rainbow and Brook trout, also. We also have access to many miles of small stream trout fisheries. Not the biggest chapter, but maybe the most active.