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TU's Terry honored for work preserving native trout

For Immediate Release May 19, 2016 Contact: Kevin Terry, kterry@tu.org, Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Terry honored for work protecting native trout in Colorado Trout Unlimited biologist receives award for passion, partnerships in preserving Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Alamosa, CO)–For Kevin Terry, preserving native trout is a passionand his colleagues in the conservation community…

Taking action to protect the places we live and love

Published in Conservation

This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By…

State of the Trout

Executive summary Fishing for trout is a passion shared by countless anglers across the country. The challenge of catching a monster Lahontan cutthroat trout from Nevada’s Pyramid Lake or a salter brook trout from a coastal stream in Massachusetts can be rewarding and frustrating all at the same time. As fly-fishing author John Gierach described…

Eleven Angling

Our mission is to custom-make powerful fishing experiences that will take you from fabled flats in the Bahamas and Florida, to redfish-filled marshes in Louisiana, to glacier-carved river valleys in Iceland, New Zealand, and Chile, to pristine streams and lakes in Colorado. In each destination, world-class food and lodging are combined with guided fishing for…

Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware

4/12/2001 Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware Trout Unlimited report shows current flows inadequate for fish, aquatic ecosystem Contact: 4/12/2001 — — Hancock, NY — Trout Unlimited today announced the completion of a report on flow needs for fish and other…

A letter from the Wyoming Range

Published in Featured

Soon enough, as the sun tracks westward over the nearby Salt River Range, I will be cooking fresh, tasty blue grouse over the coals of a spruce fire in a camp out of the wind in wild, wonderful Wyoming

Through the mud and devastation there is opportunity

Published in Uncategorized

A heavy sediment flush has turned the Shoshone River near Cody into a cholocate-covered death swim for trout and other aquatic invertebrates. Photo by Dave Sweet. By Tommy Thompson CODY, Wyoming – A recent mud flow in one of our local rivers has devastated not only a productive fishery, but also the hearts of our…

Small Stream Colorado

Published in Fishing, Featured, Travel, TROUT Magazine, Video spotlight

Talk about going home again … Todd Moen of Catch Magazine just dropped his latest short film, and it hit me like a surge of nostalgia. I grew up in Colorado and went to college in Gunnison, where much of “Small Stream Colorado” was filmed. The countless little creeks that drain into the Taylor, East…

4 bills to keep the West wild

Published in Advocacy

With record high temperatures and historically low water levels, we need to conserve and restore 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030

Trout Unlimited statement on bipartisan infrastructure agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2021Contact:            Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited                             smoyer@tu.org; (571) 274-0593 Sweeping infrastructure legislation introduced, headed for consideration on Senate floor New bill includes many provisions that will help coldwater conservation, but omits critical provisions championed by Trout Unlimited, including failure to support Rep. Simpson’s Snake River salmon…

Everything you wanted to know: Lahontan cutthroat trout

Published in Travel

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) Species Summary and Status: The Lahontan cutthroat trout is native to the Lahontan Basin of northern Nevada, northeastern California, and southeastern Oregon.  One of the oldest lineages of cutthroat trout, it originally inhabited the ancient Lahontan Basin at least several 100,000 years ago.  As of publication, 72 self-sustaining Lahontan…

Protecting the Methow River from mining moves forward

Published in Uncategorized

A bill that would protect lands in Okanogan County from mining is moving forward after a markup in today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. The Methow Headwater Protections Act of 2017, S. 566, comes on the heels of a 20 year mineral withdrawal, cementing protections for an area known for it’s agriculture and…

Riparian Vegetation – Aerial Imagery

TU scientists used National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery to characterize woody riparian vegetation in southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada, which was shown to be more predictive of redband trout distribution and abundance than field-based habitat measurements. Our study highlighted how free high-resolution imagery can be used to characterize woody riparian vegetation and redband…

Scientists warn of climate threats to Southwest native trout

Apache trout FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2015 Contact: Randy Scholfield, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Jack Williams, jwilliams@tu.org, 541-261-3960 Scientists warn of climate threats to Southwest native trout Trout Unlimited launches SWNatives campaign to save Americas most imperiled trout (Phoenix)Scientists from conservation groups such as Trout Unlimited and federal and state wildlife agencies gathered in Phoenix last…

The ultimate list for permit seekers

Published in Boats, Uncategorized

Our friends over at Down River Equipment have you covered. They’ve compiled a comprehensive list of western rivers with links to not only the permitting websites but also with an associated application success graph.

Voices from the River: Texas for TU (and TU for Texas)

Published in Voices from the river

Members of Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited raising money for trout all over America. By Kirk Deeter I love Texas. Always have, and always will. It’s hard to explain for someone who was born and raised on the Great Lakes far away from the Lone Star state, and has lived in Colorado for the past 20-plus…