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Get the all-new TU limited edition Scott rod. Hurry - reel in yours while they last!
Montana has a long and complicated affair with mining. In the last century it has brought jobs and important products to the market, supporting local economies with tax revenue. But that relationship has also come with a price tag. In Montana nearly 10,000 miles of stream are acidic or laced with heavy metals like lead,…
By Chris Wood The other morning, my friend, Brent Fewell, an attorney who worked at the EPA under President George W. Bush, wrote: “Had dinner and a very encouraging conversation last evening with seven prominent GOP Senators who want to make the environment and conservation a greater priority for the GOP, a return to Teddy…
By Chris Wood After I graduated college, my older brother, John, introduced me to a friend who was a Jesuit priest. At the time, I was a somewhat aimless bartender, ice cream maker and assistant high school football coach. One night after dinner and drinks, Father Donald asked me three questions: “Chris, what do you…
By David Kinney and Kurt Fesenmyer Recently, Trout Unlimited hosted a series of discussions with conservation groups, regulatory agencies, and the pipeline industry about the siting of major natural gas pipelines. It’s a complex and contentious topic, but the outcome of the conversation was something quite simple: a map. Our idea was to highlight natural…
A new report from the Outdoor Industry Association shows anglers spend $35.7 billion annually on fishing. Brett Prettyman photo By Brett Prettyman “Priceless.” It is a typical response from anglers when asked the value of being able to get out and stand in their favorite river hoping to hook up. But a value has been…
By Kirk Deeter There are many schools of thought on this one, and my own feelings have changed dramatically in the past few years. On the one hand you can argue that there are about a thousand things that will spook trout in a run, and the color of your fly line ranks about 900.…
I was privileged to help the Madison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited Veterans Service Partnership program take a group of veterans from our Project Healing Waters program and from the Montana State University Veterans Club fishing on Depuy’s Spring Creek near Livingston last Sunday. Despite some challenging weather, we caught some nice trout, created some good fish stories,…
Both Healing Waters Lodge and Linehan Outfitting Company are vital parts of the TU Team.
We recently caught up with Rich Thomas and Sharon Sweeney Fee, who just took over two important leadership positions on Trout Unlimited’s National Leadership Council (NLC).
The EPA’s new Waters of the U.S. Rule weakens the Clean Water Act, the landmark law that made many of America’s great rivers fishable and swimmable over the past half century. This puts in peril the sources of our rivers: the small headwater streams … where big fish go to make little fish. We need your help. Stand up for clean water now
EPA issues final rule limiting state and tribal authority to protect their streams Six weeks after stripping federal protections from millions of miles of streams and millions of acres of wetlands, the Environmental Protection Agency is further weakening the Clean Water Act by sharply restricting the longstanding authority of local communities to protect their streams…
By Rob Shane Pennsylvania boasts more than 86,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks, second in the United States only to Alaska. That’s three-and-a-half trips around the earth. Thirty trips from Los Angeles to New York. It’s five times more than the 10 largest rivers in America—combined. These 86,000 miles provide clean drinking water to…
“The natural resources we love can and will respond to us with equal love.” George Griffith Trout Unlimited was founded in 1959 on the banks of the Au Sable River near Grayling, Michigan. Sixteen anglers who were united by their love of trout fishing and their concern about its future gathered at the home of…
The proposed rule opens the door to increased pollution, sediment discharge, and irreversible harm to rivers and streams and the native trout they support. Contact: Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule revising regulations relating to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The proposed rule would significantly weaken state and tribal authority by…
John Baiocchi, on one of his home waters, the Truckee River.
Welcome to the Greater Boston Chapter of Trout Unlimited (GBTU) #013. From river cleanups, scientific assessments and restoration projects in our home waters, the Neponset River Watershed, to teaching middle & high school students, about caring for the environment through the love of fly fishing. GBTU provides a myriad of opportunities for anyone interested or…