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TU in Race to Protect Idaho's Teton River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim G. Trotter, (208) 552-0891 x 712Randy Scholfield, (720) 375-3961 TU in Race to Protect Idaho’s Teton River Conservation group participates in Teton Dam marathon to raise awareness of dam threat (Rexburg) Trout Unlimited is joining the Teton Dam marathon, one of Eastern Idaho’s premier events, to raise awareness about the

Take care of your feet

Published in Boats, Featured, Gear reviews

Footwear matters on the river, especially when you’re putting in big miles and days in and out of the boat. If you can keep your feet happy, the rest will follow

Trout Unlimited welcomes Interior recommendations for public lands oil and gas reform

TU asks on bonding, speculative leasing are among administration recommendations Contact: Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org, 406-546-2979 ARLINGTON, Va.—Momentum is building in Washington to modernize oil and gas leasing policies on public lands following the release of a new report from the Department of the Interior, which recommends increasing minimum bond

Voices from the River: Grouse

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By Eric Booton It’s early and it takes some encouragement to get my wife out of bed and ready to roll. I amazingly manage to botch the breakfast burritos in the microwave and spill her coffee all over the kitchen. It’s a morning reminiscent of most summer or fall weekend in the Booton house, except

Senate passes public lands measures as part of defense spending authorization

Dec. 14, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, (571) 274-0601 Steve Moyer, (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Senate passes public lands measures as part of defense spending authorization Sportsmen-driven bills on the way to the White House WASHINGTON, D.C.The Senate today voted to approve a number of important public lands measures that were attached to the federal

Ranching with cutthroat trout—an exercise in partnership

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Trout Unlimited worked with the Ramsay family to restore an important creek for both native cutthroat trout and farmlands in southwestern Wyoming. Jackson Ramsay photo. By Jackson Ramsay In August of 2000, a wildfire ripped through the rugged country of southwest Wyoming. At the time it was the largest fire burning in the United States.

Colorado county commissioner testifies in support of clean water

Feb. 4, 2015 Contact: Tim Mauck, Clear Creek County Commissioner (720) 425-7840 David Nickum, Colorado Trout Unlimited, (303) 440-2937 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Clear Creek County Commissioner testifies before joint Congressional committee in support of clean water rule Tim Mauck notes importance of clean water to states economy WASHINGTON, D.C.–Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck testified

Native: Ontario brook trout

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Above: Native brook trout from the northwest Ontario interior. Photo courtesty of Paul Smith. Below: The author holds a brook trout from Argentina’s Corcovado River. When those of us here in the lower 48 think of brook trout, we might think of boulder-hopping in a secret Appalachian canyon that has managed for more than two

Wyoming Range Decision Hailed By Sportsmen

Contact: Tom Reed, (406) 599-1022Brad Powell, (928) 300-5451 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wyoming Range Decision Hailed by Sportsmen Bridger-Teton draft EIS selects preferred alternative of no leasing JACKSON, Wyo. Sportsmen in Wyoming applauded today’s announcement by the Bridger-Teton National Forest that it is releasing a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the leasing of 44,720 acres

Do you ‘fish and tell?’

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What if I were to tell you, hypothetically speaking, that I had an absolutely epic day today (which is often the case in October in Colorado, unless it snows … and sometimes even when it does)? So what qualifies as e pic? Put in at a public launch. Took out at a public launch. Floated

Wildwood Anglers

We are Toledo’s #1 fly fishing outfitter and guide service. Bradley Dunkle’s love of fishing and the outdoors started at age 5, when his father and uncle would take him up north for Walleye and Pike fishing trips to the cottage in Northern Michigan. Not only did he value the time he got to spend

TU applauds new Klamath River agreement

November 17, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian J. Johnson, California Director(415) 385-0796; bjohnson@tu.org Sam Davidson, Communications Director(831) 235-2542; sdavidson@tu.org Trout Unlimited lauds Governors Newsom and Brown, Warren Buffett, Tribes for clearing path to Klamath River dam removal States of California and Oregon demonstrate “timely and critical leadership” in resolving issues related to transfer of

Conservation Groups Propose New Management Plan for Delaware River

3/12/2007 Conservation Groups Propose New Management Plan for Delaware River March 12, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nat Gillespie, 703-284-9431 or ngillespie@tu.org Rick Axt, 908-719-8777 or raxt@verizon.net Conservation Groups Propose New Management Plan for Delaware River Adaptive Release Policy Benefits NJ Communities, Recreational Users WEST TRENTON — A coalition of local, state and national conservation

Trout Unlimited lauds committee approval of Good Sam provisions

June 15, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (703) 284-9406 Kate Miller, kmiller@tu.org, (703) 489-6411 Trout Unlimited lauds committee approval of Good Sam provisions (Washington, D.C.) Today, the House Natural Resources committee approved the Good Sam provisions of HR 3843 and HR 3844, which address the chronic problems of abandoned mine pollution of

Trout Unlimited receives $80,000 from LOR Foundation for Rio Grande Community Initiative

Grant helps TU and Questa restore Red River, revitalize outdoors economy (Questa, NM)Trout Unlimited announced today that it has received an $80,000 grant from the LOR Foundation for its Upper Rio Grande Community Initiative, a program focused on revitalizing Questa and other rural New Mexican communities by restoring the land and water upon which they