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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney 703-284-9408National Press SecretaryTU Concerned About Fish and Wildlife Protection as Pa. Leases New State Forest Land for Marcellus Drilling Leasing agreement to allow drilling on 32,000 acres Arlington, Va. Pa.s plan to award gas drilling rights on 32,000 acres of state forest land to energy companies for Marcellus Shale…
Here are two true-life scenarios that played out in the past couple weeks in the waters where I fish and call home.
special.jpg Dec. 18, 2014 Contact: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director, 607-703-0256, kdunlap@tu.org Mark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mtaylor@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited releases full 10 Special Places report Report focuses on protecting iconic public fishing and hunting areas from impacts of shale gas development WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited today released a new report…
The author and Bob Clouser By Jack Rodgers A few years before I started my internship at Trout Unlimited, I had the incredible opportunity to meet fly-fishing legend and inventor of the Clouser Minnow, Bob Clouser. Growing up in the Washington, D.C., area does not offer very many opportunities to catch trout. Fortunately for me,…
Just another field season at TU.
This week, anglers across the nation are celebrating the passage of a sprawling conservation bill, the American Conservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 925), or ACE Act for short. Earlier this month, the package was approved by the U.S. Senate, and on Wednesday, it passed in the House of Representatives. The ACE Act now goes on to President Trump for his signature. He is expected to sign it
On bended knee, I brought the fish to eye level. Apache trout have a unique feature in their eyes, an easy giveaway of a genetically pure Apache. They appear to have a black stripe or mask through each of their eyes, due to two small black dots on either side of the pupil. Truly one-of-a-kind.
Hatchery fish can quickly become domesticated to the hatchery environment, and often originate from streams or rivers geographically distant from where they are planted. This means that their genetic makeup can be quite different from native populations, posing a significant threat when they interbreed with native trout and salmon. These genetic differences can, however, also…
Trump order cuts protection for two million acres of national monuments Mounting threats to public lands leave sportsmen and women asking ‘what’s next?’ Dec. 4, 2017 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – President Trump announced today that he intends to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly two million acres, putting sportsmen and…
tu-logo-xl.jpg FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2018 Contact: David Brooks (MT Trout Unlimited Executive Director), 406-493-5384Chris Schustrom (MT Trout Unlimited State Council Chair), 406-260-1198 Citizen Initiative Filed to Prevent Permanent Pollution from Abandoned Mines HELENA, Mont.Today, advocates for clean water and responsible mining filed paperwork with the Montana Secretary of States office for a citizen…
Trout Unlimited’s efforts in the Delaware River Basin will get a boost as a result of the federal 2021 budget. The Delaware River Basin Restoration Program (DRBRP) received $10 million in funding as part of the fiscal year 2021 Appropriations bill recently approved by Congress and signed by President Trump. The sum is a modest increase from the $9.7 million budgeted last fiscal year. The…
By Colin Lawson The New England Culvert Program had a very successful 2016 field season completing over 10 restoration projects across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Our team of three full-time and eight seasonal staff reconnected more than 17 miles of u pstream brook trout habitat, assessed over 1,800 road stream crossings for AOP and…
TU’s Jake Lemon sees promise in a stream anglers breeze past to get to the Pere Marquette.
