Debunking the ‘it’s the ocean’ excuse to protect Snake River dams
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Science tells us that the best way to recover Snake River salmon and steelhead is to restore and reconnect inland habitat
Science tells us that the best way to recover Snake River salmon and steelhead is to restore and reconnect inland habitat
Patience is perhaps the most elusive virtue—instant gratification, especially these days, is easier to attain. And it’s no different for fly fishers. Finding a good stretch of water to fish isn’t all that hard, but approaching it correctly, and giving yourself the best opportunity to catch not just one fish, but several fish, can prove
Goals In 2013 TU partnered with a landowner to remove a 500-foot section of concrete rip-rap on a popular recreational stretch of the Gunnison River. The armored bank was causing channel incision, and depositing sediment in undesirable locations downstream. Lack of vegetative cover and in-channel refuge increased trout susceptibility to low flows and increased water
ou new to this game there are certain sections of certain rivers, during certain times that you are legally not allowed to float without a permit. Rivers like the Yampa, Green, Salmon, Snake, Colorado, Smith, and the list goes on…
The choice is now between those of us willing to work together to do big things, and those who refuse even to try.
The thin, cool air and the end of high mountain wildflower season were calling my name.
4/01/2005 NEWS RELEASE Embargoed until: 1:00 p.m. CST, April 1, 2005 For more information: “Duke” Welter 715-579-7538 Laura Hewitt 608-250-3534 Steve Kinsella 651-647-1545 TROUT UNLIMITED CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF THE MIDWEST’S DRIFTLESS AREA Minneapolis, MN – A wide scale restoration of the streams and rivers of the Midwest’s Driftless Area will bring enormous environmental and
6/18/2001 Conservation Groups File Suit to Save Yuba River Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Groups File Suit to Save Yuba River Salmon and Steelhead State Water Resources Control Board leaves no option but the courts in efforts Contact: 6/18/2001 — — Monday, June 18, 2001 ALBANY, CALIF. The nations largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization today joined
Steps to reduce climate warming emissions are urgently needed to avert the most devastating harms that climate change could wreak on trout and salmon habitat
2/17/1999 Whirliing Disease: New TU Report on the “State Of The Epidemic” Whirling Disease: New TU Report on the “State Of The Epidemic” Updated Report Documents New Research and Continuing Challenges Facing Fisheries Conservationists Contact: 2/17/1999 — — Trout Unlimited today released a comprehensive new report detailing the current knowledge about whirling disease, the parasitic
Anne Hamilton Anne Hamilton is a graduate of Boston University. She serves on the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Academy of Music, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame boards. Anne is very active in the communities of Newport and Philadelphia and started the Newport Antiques Show in 2006. Her hobbies include fishing, tennis riding, traveling and helping dogs.
President Biden designates his first national monument in the Rocky Mountains, recognizing the history of WWII soldiers who later became the catalyst for America’s burgeoning outdoor recreation economy
Why you don’t want to wade onto icy river edges during the thaw.
Some things aren’t meant to last a lifetime. It was a good run of nearly six years, but I think it’s time to part ways with an old friend.
I’m not a superstitious person but this raft trailer is cursed. I’m sure of it which is why I’ve chosen to cut it loose on the open market.
Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. You’d think I was checking the scores on game seven of the World Series, but I wasn’t
The trick to knowing what you’re going to catch before you catch it, is knowing what lives in the river. Of course. Some people, however, have dialed it in a bit more. For example, they know the rainbows like the riffles in certain places on the Colorado River, whereas the browns hug the banks and
Proposed Rock Springs resource management plan balances conservation and energy development ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft resource management plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office, located in southwest Wyoming. The area is home to the Greater Little Mountain Area, a 500,000-acre region prized by hunters
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Wood, Chief Operating Officer (703) 284-9403 Trout Unlimited Supports Sen. Mark Udalls Good Samaritan Bill Bill increases the ability for groups to clean up abandoned hard rock mines ARLINGTON, VA.–Trout Unlimited (TU) commends Colorado Sen. Mark Udall for his bill introduced today, The Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines
Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay
12/13/2001 Trout Unlimited Applauds Introduction Of Pacific Salmon Recovery Act Trout Unlimited Applauds Introduction Of Pacific Salmon Recovery Act Contact: Jeff Curtis, TU Western Conservation Director: 503.827.5700 x.11 12/13/2001 — PORTLAND, ORE. — Officials with Trout Unlimited, the nations leading trout and salmon conservation organization, today applauded the introduction by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) of