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Video spotlight: Spawning rainbows

Published in Video spotlight

We see a lot of video footage of migrating salmon spawning in Alaska and in other places around the world, but we often forget that our inland trout and char run upstream—just like salmon—to spawn, too. The video below shows spawning rainbow trout spawning this spring in a small tributary stream on the Helena-Lewis and…

In Congress, welcome steps toward mining reform and abandoned mine cleanup

Heinrich and Grijalva legislation sets a course for balancing mineral production on public lands with conservation of rivers and lands Contacts:  Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, cwood@tu.org Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org  Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Mining legislation introduced today by U.S.…

Pursuing Native Connections 

Published in TROUT Magazine

Photo by Colin Arisman By Daniel Ritz How Bristol Bay Fly Fishing & Guide Academy graduates are redefining fly-fishing travel culture in Alaska. Rounding a blind bend in the Brooks River, the nearly 900-pound brown bear surprises us as it sits haunches deep, ripping into the belly of a bright red 8-to-10 pound Sockeye salmon…

Daughters

Published in TROUT Magazine

Several months ago, I noticed a thread on the TU online community that centered around “daughters,” and it really moved me. It moved me, so much, in fact, to think, “Jeez, so, so much of the trout fishing literary tradition is about fathers and sons… grandfathers and sons… we should turn that on its ear.”

New Mexico anglers stand behind new clean water rule

May 28, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403, cwood@tu.org Art Vollmer, chair of TUs New Mexico council, (505) 474-1495, fish4rgct@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Mexico anglers stand behind new clean water rule WASHINGTON, D.C.Anglers in New Mexico support a new rule announced yesterday that restores protections for Americas headwater streams…

Traditions: ‘Old Friends, New Fish’

Published in Uncategorized

This year’s Fly Fishing Film Tour, of which Trout Unlimited is a longtime sponsor, features a unique film made possible in part by a TU grant to filmmaker Sophie Danison. Danison was awarded the grant as part of an effort to showcase the work women do in the field of filmmaking—her new film, ‘Old Friends,…

Trout Unlimited’s college clubs hit trashy waterways during Trout Week

Published in TU Costa 5 Rivers

Students from the University of Georgia during filming of “Pick the Dang Stuff Up!”. Courtesy photo. University of Georgia Costa 5 Rivers club leads #CleanMyWater campaign A strong conservation ethic runs deep among the students and faculty at the University of Georgia, particularly within the fly-fishing community. So, when Trout Unlimited recently launched our inaugural “Trout Week” celebration…

Fishing in the Farm Bill

Published in Restoration

Farm Bill conservation programs actually fund a significant amount of coldwater conservation across the country, and Trout Unlimited leverages several Farm Bill programs to improve and restore coldwater streams for trout, salmon, and people.

Think (outside the) Tank: meet the beavers

Published in Think Tank, Trout in the Classroom

It’s been over a month since we released our Think Tank brook trout into the Cross River, and we are finding that they have new neighbors moving in: beavers! Evidence of the beavers can be seen all along the stream—from dams to lodges, chewed down trees to flooded plains. Beavers have long been known to be ecosystem engineers and drastically change the stream in many ways.   The fur trade and the trapping…

Roadless Areas – Defending America’s Sporting Lands

Roadless Areas Defending America’s Sporting Lands ROADLESS FOR A REASON The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits new road construction and industrial logging on 58.5 million acres of multiple-use public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service across 39 states. These unroaded portions of our National Forests provide some of the best fish and wildlife habitat and hunting…

Sky Blue Outfitters supports clean water in Pennsylvania

Published in Community, Conservation

/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/sky-blue-brown-092817.jpg Pennsylvania is a fly angler’s state. And Rick Nyles is a fly angler – and a darn good one. Rick owns Sky Blue Outfitters in Fleetwood, Penn., and he’s Gold Level Trout Unlimited Business member who has been guiding all over the Keystone State on some of its best waters for 20 years. And…

Trout Unlimited concerned over federal decision not to list California golden trout; applauds success of Golden Trout Restoration Project

Contact: Howard Kern, (805) 405-9635 Contact: Sam Davidson, (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited concerned over federal decision not to list California golden trout; applauds success of Golden Trout Restoration Project Los Angeles Trout Unlimited, America’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation group, said today’s determination by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that…