We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
Craig Harker and Matt Woodard on the Henrys Fork By Chris Wood Craig Harker and Matt Woodard, two native sons of eastern Idaho, sat in the front. The road hummed as we sped toward Ashton to get me a fishing license before we hit the Henry’s Fork. “I remember it like yesterday,” Craig said. “After…
Bonneville cutthroat trout, caught in Mill Creek. By Bobby Boone I learned to fly fish when I turned ten years old. I caught nothing. I wasn’t even sure if I really liked it. However, three years later, my first time casting a fly in Utah would ensure that I would fall in love with the…
By Jason Willis It seemed like a good time to shed light on some positives from the 2019 field season as we deal with the trying times currently enveloping our country. Here is a brief history, summary and outcome of the successful Monarch Pass Gravel Mine project. The U.S. Forest Service’s Salida Ranger District released…
Eighteen species in two months across 10 states is one of the more challenging feats I have attempted to accomplish in my lifetime; and Utah posed as quite the challenge. But it’s OK, because the challenge is what keeps us fisherman coming back for more. We arrived in Utah in search of the Utah Cutthroat…
TU mourns the passing of a great friend, Sam Hamilton, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Hamilton, 54, died on February 20 of an apparent heart attack while skiing in Keystone, Colorado. Hamilton had served in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 30 years, including in a number of…
So I finally shook off the COVID blues and decided to go fishing one day last week. Yampa River, northern Colorado, and admittedly it might have been a better day to ski, but I just couldn’t take it anymore. I needed to fish. So I trudged through the snowpack to a prime spot, and the sun…
The fact is that since the construction of the dams, we have never been able to get enough adults to the Snake River’s high-quality spawning waters to keep these fish off an extinction trajectory.
04/04/2008 Trout Unlimiteds On the Rise Launches on the Outdoor Channel April 4, 2008 Contact: Erin Mooney: 703-284-9408 emooney@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimiteds On the Rise Launches on the Outdoor ChannelNew fly-fishing program features TUs conservation achievements ARLINGTON, VA. Trout Unlimiteds (TU) new television program, On the Rise launches on April 4 at 8…
But now we made the decision that we were going to leave no kid behind. Our family was going to do something great together. We were all going to complete the Utah Cutthroat Slam.
2/18/2000 Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Endorses Breaching of Lower Snake River Dams Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Endorses Breaching of Lower Snake River Dams Trout Unlimited Strongly, Loudly Applauds the Governor Contact: 2/18/2000 — — Contact: Jeff Curtis, TU Western Conservation Director: 503-827-5700; cell. 503-351-2592; jcurtis@tu.org Alan Moore, TU Western Communications Coordinator: 503-827-5700; amoore@tu.org (PORTLAND, ORE.,…
By Chris Hunt I’m an unabashed fly guy, so much so that I’m probably part of that snooty long-rod culture that inadvertently looks down their noses at bait fishers. But I have nephews and a niece who have yet to really get into fishing, so I’m coming to grips with my tweedy issues and making…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
Heidi Lewis, far left, took her friends Heather Hodson, Jen Ripple and Geri Meyer (left to right) on a Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure this summer. Courtesy photo. By Heidi Lewis When Heather Hodson calls I know things are about to get good. I don’t see her often, but when I do it typically means we…
1/18/2001 TU’s Statement on the Nomination of Gale Norton for Interior Secretary TU’s Statement on the Nomination of Gale Norton for Interior Secretary Contact: 1/18/2001 — — Contact: Steve Malloch, Counsel: (703) 284-9415 Steve Moyer, Vice President for Conservation Programs: (703) 284-9406 On January 18, 2001, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will begin…
Contacts: Spokane, WA—At CX3, Trout Unlimited’s annual national gathering held September 27 – October 1, a cast of remarkable leaders and volunteers were honored for their contributions to protecting and restoring the nation’s coldwater resources and salmon and trout populations. This year, the Ray Mortensen Award, the organization’s highest honor, was awarded to Fran Smith…
How do we bring back salmon and steelhead? Look to the science. My career in conservation was informed by a magical experience at a place called Poverty Flats in the middle of the South Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. At the end of a long day, as our field crew packed up, we…
This river is unique. The only river in the Great Lakes Basin without a single dam, she flows free through the Huron-Manistee National Forest from headwater tributaries to the mainstream
Take your kids on a quest to become “Pollution Preventers” and head to a local river or stream to pick up trash from in or along the water. Use the opportunity to get outside and enjoy the outdoors, but also to discover and discuss the impacts and outcomes of our reliance on single-use plastics, the…
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…
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.…