The State of TU
President and CEO Chris Wood on the urgent work ahead to make our waters cleaner, our fisheries healthier, and our communities more connected.
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Proposed Pebble mine sent back to the drawing board, sporting community applauds finding
August 24, 2020 Find Pebble Mine/Bristol Bay images and b-roll here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited president and CEO, (571)274-0601 Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited Alaska director, (907) 230-7121 Proposed Pebble mine sent back to the drawing board, sporting community applauds finding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds controversial project will likely result…
Wild Montana Anglers
Wild Montana Anglers is a conservation minded guide service located in Northwest Montana. With Glacier National park as a backdrop, we guide anglers in some of the most pristine and beautiful waters in Montana. We love to guide our anglers into a “trout of a lifetime” but we also strive to teach anglers about the…
Cache Anglers
At Cache Anglers, we believe great fishing starts with healthy waters. That’s why we’re proud partners of Trout Unlimited, working to protect and restore coldwater fisheries throughout Northern Utah. Whether it’s stream restoration, habitat cleanups, or advocating for responsible water use, we’re committed to ensuring future generations can enjoy the same wild trout and scenic…
Cortland partners with TU to support Embrace-a-Stream
July 16, 2014 Contact: Chuck Caulkins, Cortland Line Co. (646) 549-0795 Joel R. Johnson, TU Chief Marketing Officer (646) 573-6410 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cortland supports Trout Unlimiteds restoration program As it prepares to celebrate its centennial, Cortland partners with TUs signature restoration funding effort, Embrace-a-Stream ORLANDOAs Cortland Line Co. prepares to celebrate its 100th year…
Effort improves trout habitat in Delaware watershed
Trout Unlimited staff and Ashokan-Pepacton chapter members assisted NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in completing the East Branch Delaware River Trout Habitat Improvement Project (HIP). The project underway since 2016, was designed to better understand potential challenges facing trout in the watershed and to help develop mitigation and management strategies to reduce potential water quality and movement impacts caused by the Lake Wawaka dam in Halcottsville, NY. The project, spearheaded by concerned local…
Standing tall for small waterways
By Chris Wood This week the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers proposed a radical change in how the nation manages our streams and wetlands. For most of the first 30 years of the Clean Water Act, its rules applied to large and small, perennial and temporary, streams and virtually all wetlands.…
Cataloochee
The Cataloochee Chapter is based in Waynesville, North Carolina and holds a range of fun, free and family-friendly events and activities. From the West Fork Pigeon River to Johnathan Creek and beyond, the Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited brings people together to care for and recover their waters through local conservation and community science projects.…
Lake Champlain
The Lake Champlain Chapter of Trout Unlimited is all about protecting and restoring the coldwater fisheries in the Lake Champlain Basin. We’re a community of anglers, conservationists, and outdoor enthusiasts working together to improve trout habitats, promote sustainable fishing, and keep our waters healthy. Whether it’s through hands-on projects, local events, or just sharing knowledge,…
EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams
For immediate release Dec. 11, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, steve.moyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593Vice President of Government Affairs Shauna Stephenson, shauna.stephenson@tu.org (307) 757-7861National Communications Director EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams Proposal leaves important drinking water sources and habitat unprotected from pollution (Dec. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON D.C. — Trout Unlimited announced its strong…
A day of celebration for the Roan Plateau
Corey Fisher casts in the grottos of Parachute Creek atop the Roan Plateau in 2009. You haven’t lived dangerously until you’ve subjected a rental car to the JQS Road. OK, sure. That might be a bit of an overstatement. But the sketchy, rocky, always-washes-out-when-it-rains, track up the east side of Colorado’s Roan Plateau is easily…
Bud Lilly
Bud Lilly died on January 4th at the age of 91. Bud was a Montana fly fishing icon, a legend in the fly fishing industry, and he was deeply involved in the beginning of Trout Unlimited in Montana. I met Bud in 1977. He and his wife Pat were friends of my mother and father-in-law…
West Branch Susquehanna: A river in recovery
WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, NORTH CAMBRIA, Pa. The angler stood in the shadows, peering intently at the water like a heron waiting for the moment. Then the cast. The line tightened. Allison Lutz smiled, subtly, as she netted the 12-inch-long wild brown trout. The smile was not so much about this individual fish. It was…
Colorado TU Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Roan Plateau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, (703) 284-9408, TU National Press Secretary Colorado TU Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Roan Plateau Denver, Colo.– Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $5,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to Colorado Trout Unlimited, its state council in Colorado. The council and its chapters…
A tournament to benefit a friend
As fly fishers, we are perhaps more tuned into the way the natural world works, particularly when it involves fish and water. We pour over fly boxes, looking for something that resembles natural food for trout and bass, or even bonefish or permit. We focus on the cleanest waters, because that’s where the best fishing…
Video spotlight: Kau Tapen
The windswept steppe of the Rio Grande River drainage of Tierra del Fuego is on my bucket list. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to both Argentina and Chile, but I haven’t made it this far south… yet. This southern-most region of South America is truly a fly fisher’s nirvana. With massive sea-run brown trout…
New momentum for cleaning up mine waste pollution on America’s streams
House bill would jumpstart work by ‘Good Samaritans’ to clean up abandoned mines Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.—Bipartisan legislation introduced today in the House of Representatives by U.S. Reps. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) would help drive cleanups of historic mine waste that cause chronic pollution in streams across the country. Maloy and Peltola…