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Trout Magazine Highlights Ted Turners Quest to Create Native Trout Strongholds in the West

June 16, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 Trout Magazine Highlights Ted Turners Quest to Create Native Trout Strongholds in the West Story in summer issue details Turners work to restore native trout. Arlington, Va. — An upcoming feature story in Trout magazine details media mogul Ted Turners work…

TroutBlitz: Fishing for science

May 22, 2015 Contact: Jack Williams, TU senior scientist, (541) 261-3960 Wayne Richey, FlyAssortments.com (480) 242-8649 Chris Hunt, TU national communications director (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TroutBlitz: Fishing for science and prizes Anglers can help TU catalog wild and native trout all across North America, and win flies for doing it WASHINGTON, D.C.Just in…

Steelhead days

Among the many charms of autumn is the advent of steelhead runs in many rivers. Where I live, on the central California coast, most streams aren’t yet connected to the ocean—until the rainy season begins in earnest, the sandbars that have set up over the summer between their mouths and the salt remain intact. That…

Outdoor businesses call on Congress to pass “Good Samaritan” bill for abandoned mine cleanups

Legislation necessary to remove liability hurdles preventing organizations and state agencies from cleaning up draining abandoned mines     Contacts:   David Kinney, Associate Vice President for Communications — David.Kinney@tu.org Ty Churchwell, Mining Coordinator – Ty.Churchwell@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, a coalition of 59 fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation businesses urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation…

Video spotlight: Find Your Water—Backcountry Solitude

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We’re close to backcountry trout season here in the West, but we might have to wait a bit longer this summer, given the copious runoff we’re seeing in the region. Nevertheless, wandering off the beaten path—parking at the end of the road and then wearing out some shoe leather—is my favorite kind of trout fishing…

Trout Unlimited Social Media Community Guidelines 

Trout Unlimited is a community of people who care deeply about rivers and streams, about their trout and salmon populations—and about each other. We use social media to educate, inspire, advocate, and connect people who are working to care for and recover waters across the country.  To keep our spaces welcoming and respectful, we expect…

Gear test: Solve the mystery bird call with Song Sleuth

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Identifying that mystery bird call is only a recording away with a new app. Courtesy photo. By Brett Prettyman There are few things that can distract me while fishing. I tend to tune everything out except the sounds of the water and wildlife. Watching certain species of birds flying erratically over the river has tipped…

Panfish … for the pan

Published in Fishing, TROUT Magazine, Youth

Across the country, the panfish bite is on. Or it’s about to be on, depending on where you live. And don’t be shy. Take your limit. Especially of the small ones. Panfish, like bluegill, bream, pumpkinseed and almost all varieties of sunfish are prone to overpopulating and stunting in a lot of lakes and ponds.…

Why this trout angler likes wind farms

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By Paul Doscher I’ll admit it. I was what some call an environmentalist (I prefer conservationist) before I was a TU member. Of course, I had angling in my history, but that was back when my father would wake me up at 5 a.m. on summer mornings so we could go out and catch our…

Why this trout angler likes wind farms

Published in Conservation

By Paul Doscher I’ll admit it. I was what some call an environmentalist (I prefer conservationist) before I was a TU member. Of course, I had angling in my history, but that was back when my father would wake me up at 5 a.m. on summer mornings so we could go out and catch our…

Great Lakes guide to stopping aquatic hitchhikers

Published in Conservation

By following a few simple steps, anglers can do their part to slow the spread of invasives We know anglers are inundated with information about preventing the spread of things that threaten our freshwater resources.   In the Great Lakes, we are distressed by the risk posed by New Zealand Mud Snails (NZMS) and Didymo (recently…

Sportsmen Prepare to Defend Hunting and Fishing Opportunities from Sweeping National Monuments Review

News for Immediate ReleaseApril 26, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.orgJudith Kohler, NWF, 720-315-0855, kohler@nwf.orgBrett Prettyman, TU, 801-209-5320, bprettyman@tu.orgBen Bulis, AFFTA, 406-580-6887, ben@affta.com Sportsmen Prepare to Defend Hunting and Fishing Opportunitiesfrom Sweeping National Monuments Review Executive order directing review of dozens of monuments could threaten sportsmen’s access and fish and wildlife habitat WASHINGTON National fishing…