Time to go all in
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Mankind’s efforts are no longer cutting it for salmon and steelhead survival on the lower Snake
Mankind’s efforts are no longer cutting it for salmon and steelhead survival on the lower Snake
These are the dog days of summer.
STATE OF THE BASIN For far too long, the Colorado River has been overused and overworked. Despite this year’s epic winter, the system’s largest reservoirs are still less than a third full, while the Basin faces threats to its environmental, economic, and cultural values. With so much at stake for the future of the Colorado
Hear from TU’s Colorado River Basin staff about what you can do to help protect trout amid drought conditions
A massive package of legislation, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is currently working its way through Congress, having been passed by the Senate earlier this week. If enacted, this bill would make essential investments of remarkable size and scope to help the nation address the impacts of climate change, including some of the worst impacts of the
In this final installment of the Western Water 101 series we’ll turn our attention to current events to draw together some of the topics and themes we’ve explored over the course of the series. With the extremely dry conditions throughout the West, TU’s work—from on-the-ground projects to legislative advocacy and agency collaboration—is more important than ever. The current drought crisis in the region draws together many of the themes discussed over the
The Colorado River Connectivity Channel is an effort by Trout Unlimited and many other partners to reconnect a mile of the river near its headwaters.
New TU film gives a case study of how TU is leasing water rights to benefit rural communities and restore a former Blue Ribbon trout fishery.
Contacts: Grand Junction, Colorado – Mesa and Montrose counties released a national conservation area (NCA) proposal that included 29,806 acres of public lands in the Dolores River watershed. “While the NCA proposal from Mesa and Montrose counties makes strides to conserve the Dolores, it doesn’t do enough to protect fish and wildlife habitat and sporting
A Q&A with the woman behind the long effort to reconnect the river outside Rocky Mountain National Park.
Community Agriculture Alliance: Common ground on water As originally printed in the Steamboat Pilot & Today on November 3, 2021 Unless you’ve been avoiding the national news in recent months, you are well-aware of the ongoing drought gripping the Colorado River basin. In September, the United States Bureau of Reclamation declared a Stage 1 water
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 23, 2016 Contact: Margaret Delaney, Margaret.Delaney@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-8689 National Conservation, Sportsmen Groups Applaud USDA-DOI Announcement of New Coordination of Water Conservation Efforts in the Colorado River Basin Announcement Responds to Calls from Conservation Leaders, Gov. Hickenlooper, Sen. Bennet for Greater Coordination Between Federal Grant Programs to Protect Communities and Critical Water
Trout Unlimited has a diverse research and monitoring program focused on understanding the basic ecology and habitat requirements of Colorado River cutthroat trout. This work, done with various state and federal partners, helps us identify key habitat needs throughout the year so we can restore and protect important aspects of trout environments, such as over-wintering,
The proposed Uinta Basin Railway poses a significant threat to Colorado River’s Gold Medal waters.
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation build-out of major interstate pipelines to move natural gas from the Marcellus shale region to markets, other transmission lines, and export terminals on the East Coast. If not properly managed, this construction boom could have major impacts on the streams and forests of the Delaware River Basin
TU partners with Lighthawk and American Rivers to highlight three conservation projects helping to recover the Colorado River Basin