Contact:Russ Schnitzer, Trout Unlimited, (307) 438-1365Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited applauds passage of Senate Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited commends the Senate Agriculture Committee for voting to reauthorize the Farm Bill and help keep trout and salmon resource conservation efforts in place across the nation. The…
Contact:Tim Bristol, Trout Unlimited, (907) 321-3291Mark Kaelke, Trout Unlimited, (907) 321-4464 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Sets the Record straight with Sealaska Corporation and Senator Murkowski TU Calls for Strong Leadership on Meaningful Conservation Measures Juneau, Alaska Today, Trout Unlimited, the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, announced that contrary to a misleading…
For immediate release 7/1/2014 Contact: Chad Chorney, (208) 420-4096, cchorney@tu.org Nancy Bradley, (208) 399-2566, nbradley@tu.org Trout Unlimited announces first Big Wood River Single Fly Proceeds will go to benefit work on one of Idaho’s most iconic rivers Hailey — The first-ever Big Wood River Single Fly event is planned for Aug. 2 – 3 in…
July 14, 2014 Contact: Chris Hunt, National Communications Director (208) 406-9106 Joel R. Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer (646) 573-6410 Kirk Deeter, Editor, TROUT Magazine (303) 808-1285 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited makes major investment in ICAST/IFTD show in Orlando Nations oldest and largest trout and salmon conservation organization sends its largest delegation ever to Americas…
Jan. 8, 2015 Contact: Rich Hohne, Simms (406) 922-1243 Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Simms turns t-shirt inventory into cash for Yellowstone Cutthroat trout BOZEMAN, Mont.When a shipment of new apparel arrived at Simms headquarters last spring bearing long-sleeved shirts that didnt match any of the colors in the companys catalog,…
News for Immediate Release August 26, 2015 Contact: Kristyn Brady, 617-501-6352, kbrady@trcp.org Randy Scholfield, 720-375-3961, rscholfield@tu.org 50 Arizona Groups and Businesses Share Recommendations for Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Sportsmen, conservationists, and fishing guides suggest ways to enhance conditions for rainbow trout and native fish downstream FLAGSTAFF To address concerns over an unstable rainbow trout population…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2016 Contact: Therese Thompson, tthompson@westernnativetrout.org, 303-236-4402 Stephanie Scott, SScott@tu.org, 720-354-2647 Christine Burns, ChristineBurns@elpasoco.com, 719-520-6996 Allyn Kratz, allyn.kratz@cmctu.org, 719-641-4925 Small grants have big impact for native trout projects Colorado greenback trout conservation efforts receive funding from Western Native Trout Initiative DENVERColoradoTrout Unlimited (CTU), Cheyenne Mountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited (CMCTU), and…
The Henry’s Fork in eastern Idaho. Local TU members in Chester County, Penn., won a small court victory recently in their effort to protect Valley and Trou t creeks from highway stormwater runoff pollution when a judge ruled that public meeting requirements weren’t met when county and township officials crafted a stormwater discharge plan for…
Trout Unlimited and partners at the Natural Resources Conservation Service working on wetland restoration By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited and partners have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program that will promote conservation efforts in the Lower Grand River Watershed. In the Rogue River, as part of TU’s Home Rivers…
“All the land managers and people we meet along the trails seem to appreciate bringing the fish in on horseback. It just has the character of wilderness. It’s good for the environment and it’s a fun thing to do.”
Daniel Ritz places a dry fly hoping to catch an Arctic grayling outside of Delta, Alaska. Gaby Mordini photo. Looking back at Daniel Ritz’s 20 species, 12-state Western Native Trout Challenge journey Editor’s note: Daniel Ritz is fishing across the Western United States this summer in an attempt to accomplish the Master Caster class of the Western Native…
A screen grab from Nissan’s ad featuring its new Frontier. We’re not impressed. Several years ago, Jeep ran a dumb ad on Super Bowl Sunday showing a truck running up the middle of a creek. My then 8-year-old son asked, “Isn’t that bad for the stream?” Earlier this year, Ford pulled the same stunt. And…
Jackson, WY – November 2, 2017 – The Jackson Hole Chapter of Trout Unlimited (JHTU), a local, volunteer-led nonprofit dedicated to restoring and reconnecting local rivers and streams, has been entered in the Embrace A Stream Challenge, a new online contest sponsored by Orvis and Trout Unlimited. From Nov. 6-12, the chapter has a chance…
It is with great excitement that we announce the 2022 Trout Unlimited and Kinross Fort Knox Armed Forces Appreciation Fishing Trip on Willow Creek with FishHound Expeditions!
April 24, 2018Tomorrow the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a bill, H.R. 3144, which would undercut the prospects for salmon and steelhead recovery in the Columbia River basin in the Pacific Northwest. HR 3144 offers a regressive response to the challenge of keeping the Columbia’s legendary salmon and steelhead runs viable while ensuring…
Sun Creek, Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon. Photo: National Fish Habitat Partnership Trout Unlimited’s brand of conservation is, above all, pragmatic. Nowhere is this more evident than in the upper Klamath River basin, in southern Oregon, where TU is working with ranchers, resource agencies, tribes and other partners to improve streamflows and fish passage for native…
By Cole Baldino On June 18, 2018, a large excavator entered the quiet banks of the Musconetcong River in Bloomsbury, a restoration plan now under way and an arsenal of native limestone boulders at the ready. Five days later the machine was gone and this 1,300-foot section of state-owned Wildlife Management Area had been restored,…
October 11, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shauna Stephenson, Shauna.Stephenson@tu.org / (307) 757-7861 Chris Wood, chris.wood@tu.org / (571) 274-0601 Trout Unlimited congratulates new Forest Service Chief, Vicki ChristiansenChristiansen sworn in today to head agency tasked with managing millions of acres of public lands (Oct. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited welcomed Vicki Christiansen as the…
Sometimes it’s just as important for you, the angler, to see your fly as it is for the fish to see it. Photo by Chris Hunt. Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online or in our annual gear liquidation sale, along with seasons one and two of TU’s…
Climate change is a major threat to trout and salmon. Their habitat is quickly changing and there will be a lot less of it in the future. But we still don’t have an understanding of if, or how, these cold-water fish might evolve to adapt to a warmer environment. Identifying the genetic basis for any adaptation is…
