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170711_TU_FY18_IER_Approps_House_FNL.pdf July 11, 2017 RE: Interior, Environment, and Related: Proposed FY18 Budget Cuts. Dear Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and members of the Subcommittee: I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU), regarding Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for programs within your jurisdiction. These programs are of great interest to TU, and critical to the
04/15/2008 Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest 04/15/2008 Contacts: Clint Sestrich: (406) 823-6985, Travis Morris: (406) 599-3356 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest The Madison Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), Orvis and volunteers from the
Introduction What is the current state of salmon and steelhead populations? What does salmon and steelhead “recovery” mean and who decides? What impacts do dams have on Snake River salmon and steelhead? How do you measure the impact of dams on fish populations? What is a smolt-to-adult ratio and why is it important? Is it
Five hundred miles. That’s a pretty significant distance, right? Now, imagine swimming that far. That’s how many river miles will re-opened to native steelhead in the Klamath River under the terms of a revised agreement between the federal government, the states of California and Oregon, and the utility company PacifiCorp. The amended Klamath Hydropower Settlement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, (703) 284-9408, TU National Press Secretary Colorado TU Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Roan Plateau Denver, Colo.– Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $5,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to Colorado Trout Unlimited, its state council in Colorado. The council and its chapters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2018 Contact: Garrett Hanks, TU Southwest Public Lands Coordinator, ghanks@tu.org, 970-590-9367 Legislation would help protect San Miguel watershed, native cutthroat trout (Ridgway)Trout Unlimited today praised Sen. Michael Bennet for introducing his San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, a bill that would establish permanent land protections, including wilderness additions, in the Upper
Trout Unlimited welcomes moves by decision-makers to save Snake River salmon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, chris.wood@tu.org Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org Greg McReynolds, Snake River campaign director, Trout Unlimited, greg.mcreynolds@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Northwest decision-makers and the Biden Administration are making urgent moves to save
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
Washington projects featured at White House as models for future Yakima and Methow showcased in summit focused on water resources and sustainability CONTACT: Lisa Pelly / Director of Trout Unlimited’s Washington Water Project lpelly@tu.org / (509) 630-0467 (March 23, 2016) Wenatchee, Wash. A local project focused on fixing an aging irrigation-water delivery system garnered national
Kern River Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti) Species summary and status: Kern River rainbow trout look similar to Coastal rainbow trout, have a slight gold hint. They have many fine, irregular spots all over their bodies, and larger fish may have a rosy streak along their sides. They can also be identified by the distinctive
Legislation would promote responsible development and healthy fisheries on public land FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org, 406-546-2979 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Trout Unlimited today voiced support for legislation that would help modernize the federal oil and gas leasing system and facilitate responsible energy development on public land. The Competitive Onshore
The great conservationist, Aldo Leopold, once wrote that “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none
2/8/2000 Administration Proposes Slashing Critical Federal Funding for Whirling Disease Research Administration Proposes Slashing Critical Federal Funding for Whirling Disease Research Decision Pulls Rug Out from National Efforts to Combat Disease & Ignores Recent Spread to New Mexico, Yellowstone National Park Contact: 2/8/2000 — — Reports of the Administration’s decision to propose slashing $1 million
TU Press Release Feb. 22, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, cell: 970-903-3010 Buck Skillen, bskillen759@gmail.com, 970-759-2726 Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Trout Unlimited praises Superfund solution for Animas watershed (Durango, Colo.)Colorado Trout Unlimited leaders today praised Silverton and county officials approval of a proposed Superfund listing in San Juan County to
Region: Southern RockiesActivities: Hunting, FishingSpecies: Elk; cutthroat, brown and rainbow trout Where: The Thompson Divide encompasses 221,000 acres of public land within the White River National Forest in Pitkin, Garfield and Mesa counties, just south of the Roaring Fork Valley in west-central Colorado. Why: The Divide is home to one of America’s most prodigious elk
12/5/2001 Upper Delaware Flows to Plummet to Ecological Disaster Levels Upper Delaware Flows to Plummet to Ecological Disaster Levels Low Flows Threaten Fish Kills Contact: Nat Gillespie (607) 498-5960 12/5/2001 — HANCOCK, N.Y.– — A drought emergency has been declared for the New York City reservoirs in the Upper Delaware basin. The drought emergency threatens
About us We are your catch and release guiding outfitter for Southwestern Colorado; specializing in the Rio Grande, San Juan River, private and other surrounding waters. Our local guides are experts of the fishing in the area and have combined over 40 years of guiding experience here and other waters across the globe! Wolf Creek
As a western fly fisherman who has never wet a line east of Colorado, I was drawn into Walt Franklin’s account of fishing a variety of rivers and streams near his home along the Pennsylvania/New York border. The watersheds of three rivers – the Genesee, the Allegheny, and Pine Creek – can be traced to
Floodplain habitat connectivity improvement project site, Lawrence Creek TU’s North Coast Coho Project has been awarded a major grant to underwrite the first year of a three-year project to restore floodplain habitat connectivity in Lawrence Creek, a tributary to Yager Creek in the Van Duzen River drainage in Humboldt County, California. The Lawrence Creek Reconnection
