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Trout Unlimited applauds Water Quality Control Commission’s approval of clean water protections for popular New Mexico trout streams

Contacts: Dan Roper, New Mexico State Lead, Trout Unlimited, dan.roper@tu.org Saba Ijadi, Policy and Engagement Manager, Trout Unlimited, saba.ijadi@tu.org Nick Streit, Owner, Taos Fly Shop, nick@taosflyshop.com SANTA FE – Trout Unlimited (TU) applauds today’s decision by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) to designate over 250 stream miles in northern New Mexico as…

TU getting things done in the Great Lakes region

Published in Conservation

I recently spoke about Trout Unlimited’s conservation work to a small gathering of anglers, most of whom had been Trout Unlimited members at some point but had drifted away and lost touch.    They were surprised to learn that TU had grown to become an organization with 300,000 members and supporters who dedicate more than 700,000 volunteer hours annually, a…

Voices from the River: Cutthroat Country

Published in Voices from the river

A Bear River cutthroat landed at Bear Lake in Utah. Courtesy Paul Thompson/Utah DWR. By Brett Prettyman As a kid my boundaries were marked by street names. Pinehill Drive. Arrowhead Lane. Vine Street. State Street. The borders eventually expanded to counties, forests, states and countries. While driving over a mountain pass recently I realized at…

Spring is a great time to fish the “bunny hatch”

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

It’s Easter season, so I thought it would be appropriate to mention the “bunny hatch.” No, this isn’t about the eggs that the Easter Bunny leaves. This is about flies that use rabbit or squirrel Zonker strips.   Now that I’ve done my best attempt at a pun, let’s talk about patterns. Leeches, Slump Busters, Lunch…

Of Sticks and Strings

Published in Public Lands
An outdoor rack holding four archery bows

Public Lands support the underlying spirit of traditional bowhunting and fly fishing    As trout season draws to a close in Michigan, the leaves change hues and, for many of us, our attention turns to antlered pursuits with the opening of archery deer season. Out West, hunter-anglers have been pursuing elk for almost a month…

EPA Report Shows Importance of Headwaters, Wetlands

Oct. 10, 2013 Contact: Steve Moyer, (703) 284-9406 DSC_1241.JPG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Importance of Waters and Wetlands Documented in New EPA Report Scientists from sportsmens organizations favorably review report that will guide development ofa new rule clarifying the Clean Water Acts role in safeguarding waters of the United States WASHINGTON A recently released report by…

Volunteer Tacklebox

🎣 Save the Dates — TU 2026 Regional Rendezvous Series! TU Volunteer Operations staff is thrilled to announce the 2026 Regional Rendezvous lineup—a series of powerful gatherings for fly fishing conservationists and TU leaders. Mark your calendars and be on the lookout for pre-registration details—some venues have limited lodging! 🟩 Southeast Regional RendezvousMarch 13–15, 2026…

Protected areas

He was 21, just a young kid from the deep woods and crystal rivers of western Oregon. Beside him were other young men just like him with similar hopes and dreams. Kids from the cities and farms, forests and rivers, deserts and canyons of America. Staying alive was a challenge. Staying sane was even harder. …

Elizabeth Bruner

Trout Unlimited Youth Essay Contest Winner Elizabeth Bruner, Blairsville, Pa., 11th grade When I was 5-years-old, I asked my parents what the black, round things were scattered all over the lane to our farm. They told me they were black walnuts and could be cleaned, cracked and the meat inside could be eaten. Ever since…

TU staff and volunteers use tech for trout

Published in Science, Conservation, Featured, From the field

By Jake Lemon and Mark Taylor At its roots, trout fishing is a fairly simple endeavor. One needs only a rod, reel (sometimes!), line and a few flies or lures. On the other hand, Trout Unlimited employs an array of high-tech methods in its ongoing efforts to improve and protect habitat and to make trout fishing…

Short casts: Help stock trout in PA, salmon in Michigan, wild trout in Virginia

Published in Uncategorized

A Mossy Creek brown trout. Photo courtesy Mossy Creek Fly Fishing. Not everyone is lucky enough to live next to a naturally reproducing trout stream, even in a state like Pennsylvania, where wild trout waters are generally quite plentiful, and designations of new wild trout waters are growing. For instance, many anglers around Potstown are…

Hatcheries

Hatcheries are used extensively throughout the United States to artificially breed and raise salmon, steelhead and trout. Hatcheries are most commonly used to support recreational, commercial, and tribal fisheries, but they can also be used to conserve imperiled populations threatened with extinction.  For many years hatcheries were built to mitigate for habitat loss caused by…

TU improving habitat in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region

Published in Conservation

By Joel DeStasio During the 2019 summer field season, Trout Unlimited field staff completed strategic wood addition habitat restoration work on Gunstock River and its unnamed tributary in Gilford, N.H.   This project was initiated by the Belknap County Conservation District with the assistance of grants provided by The New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts and the New Hampshire Conservation…

‘I am just a typical TU volunteer’

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood Roberta and Curtis Cole are members of the board of the Shasta-Trinity-Cascades Chapter. Like dozens of others, they volunteered at the Trout Unlimited annual meeting in Redding this past weekend. The Coles are like many other members of their chapter—excep t, their house burned to the ground in the Carr Fire. Their…

House approves bill to undercut the Clean Water Act

Izaak Walton League of America National Wildlife Federation Trout Unlimited FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, 703-284-9406Jan Goldman-Carter, Wetlands and Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federation, 202-797-6894Scott Kovaravics, Conservation Director, Izaak Walton League of America, (301) 548-0150, ext. 223 House approves bill to undercut the Clean Water Act H.R.…