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Everything you wanted to know: California golden trout

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California golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) Species summary and status: The state fish of California, California golden trout once occupied about 450 miles of stream habitat in the upper South Fork Kern River and the adjacent Golden Trout Creek. Currently, the trout is native only to two high-altitude watersheds in California’s rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. The…

Trout Unlimited is building new partnerships in Central Oregon.

Published in Headwaters
Man talks to a group of kids wearing life preservers by a river

This summer, Darek Staab, TU’s Pacific Northwest education coordinator, teamed up with Vámonos Outside, a local group working to connect, engage and inspire Latinx families and community into the outdoors for all of Central Oregon.   Vámonos Outside hosts programs throughout the year from ski and snowboarding lessons to summer camp activities. This summer, the organization…

Trout Unlimited applauds new Eel River agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 Contact: Matt Clifford, California Director matt.clifford@tu.org / (406) 370-9431                 Brian Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Western Water and Climate                             brian.johnson@tu.org / (415) 385-0796 Trout Unlimited applauds new agreement for the Eel River Agreement clears path to reconnecting California’s third largest watershed – and a legendary salmon and steelhead river SACRAMENTO–Today, the…

Erin Plue Selected as Trout Unlimited’s Idaho Director

Contact: Boise, Idaho – Erin Plue has been chosen from a strong field of candidates to lead Trout Unlimited’s (TU) Idaho program. Since 2020, Plue has led TU’s watershed restoration work in northern Idaho, including the Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Kootenai River basins. Building from a foundation in ecology, she brings diverse skills and…

Trout Unlimited names inaugural “Conservation Towns” list

Published in Conservation Towns, Conservation
philipsburg, mt conservation town winner 2026

Five rural communities from across the country are staking their futures on conservation In America’s “Conservation Towns,” rural communities that survived the past century’s boom-and-bust cycles are building new blueprints for economic success by tapping into their most important assets: the rivers and streams, public lands and wild landscapes that have always sustained them. At Trout

Trout Unlimited Names Inaugural List of “Conservation Towns” 

philipsburg, mt conservation town winner 2026

Five rural communities across the country are staking their futures on conservation  Contact:  Resources:  Link: Conservation Towns Landing Page  Link: Philipsburg Photo Album  Link: Conservation Towns Film Link  Arlington, VA – Trout Unlimited (TU) is recognizing five rural communities around the country as “Conservation Towns”—communities that are successfully incorporating their unique cultures and landscapes, their rivers and streams, and their hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities into long-term blueprints for economic success. These communities provide unique examples of innovation, civic engagement, and collaboration that provide a model for rural communities navigating change across America.   “America has hundreds of ‘resource dependent’ towns…

Trout Tips: Can you see your thumb?

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

When I first read the Little Red Book of Fly Fishing by Kirk Deeter and Charlie Myers, perhaps the tip that helped me the most was the idea that if you could see your thumb in your peripheral vision as you casted, you were casting within that old “10 and 2” range on the imaginary…

TU’s annual Teen Summit goes full Michigan

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By Tara Granke On July 15, 1959, Trout Unlimited was founded in Grayling, Mich. Nearly 60 years later, 30 of TU’s rising leaders traveled there from all over the country to attend a five-day leadership event called the TU Teen Summit. You could say we were returning to our roots. Just as they have for…

Alaskans urge EPA officials to maintain Bristol Bay protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay (907) 843-1633 or Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited (907) 230-7121 Photos and video from the hearings: available upon request ALASKANS URGE EPA OFFICIALS TO MAINTAIN BRISTOL BAY PROTECTIONS An overwhelming majority who attended hearings in Dillingham and Iliamna requested proposed 2014 protections…

What’s in a Forest Plan?

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In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service adopted new rules guiding management planning for the nation’s national forests and grasslands. Three national forests in California-the Sierra, Sequoia, and Inyo-were among a handful of national forest units nationwide to put the new planning rules into effect. The three “Early Adopter” forests in California have now prepared a…