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The lowly whitefish

Published in Fishing, Conservation, TROUT Magazine

The mountain whitefish native to the northwest U.S. There’s trout water, and then there’s trout water that also holds mountain whitefish. The latter is likely healthier.  Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) are often greeted by anglers with the same enthusiasm they might afford a creek chub or a sucker. The slightly downturned snout may not be as

Time to act: Rare opportunity in Congress

Published in Advocacy, Featured

This month in Congress, we have a remarkable opportunity that doesn’t come along very often—a chance to pass major legislation that would put Americans back to work while promising cleaner water, healthier rivers, and rebounding trout and salmon fisheries

Surviving runoff means expanding our angling horizons

Published in Trout Talk
Sunset over the Idaho desert

Surviving runoff sometimes means heading to the desert to chase bass or carp. Chris Hunt photo. I live in trout country. Scratch that. I live in the heart of trout country. In fact, Trout Country deserves proper noun status around these parts. But this is the time of year when living in Trout Country is

Trout Unlimited welcomes the nominations of three top natural resource officials

A trio of consensus-minded conservationists are under consideration for key posts in the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contacts: Chris Wood, president and CEO, Trout Unlimited, cwood@tu.org Steve Moyer, VP for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, smoyer@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—The Biden administration has nominated three outstanding conservationists for key posts in

New AmeriCorps member eager to get to work in WV

Published in Conservation, Women

By Morgan Agee I am so excited to be the new West Virginia water quality and monitoring organizer for Trout Unlimited and look forward to spending the next year with the TU team restoring, protecting and educating about the place where I grew up and learned to love the outdoors. With the Trout Unlimited team,

The True Cast – The smell of mud

Published in The True Cast, Trout Talk

I can smell spring coming.  It reminds me of walking to the school bus stop in Wisconsin, in a lost era when the ground would be covered by Thanksgiving with snowfall that would last until St. Patrick’s Day. After a long, dark winter, I would yearn for the special sunny morning when I would catch

GRTU Tomorrow Fund’s third year raises more than $30K for youth programs

Published in Youth

Trout Unlimited volunteers have a lot to pass on in terms of passion for the great outdoors: between fly casting and fly tying, matching the hatch and tying knots our hands are literally full when it comes to inspiring and involving the next generation. Every year, chapters put up record numbers of youth outreach hours

Connected by Water

Published in Uncategorized

By Rene Henery We are entering a new time. Old feuds and litigations are slowly giving way to collaboration. Increasingly, we are recognizing the need to manage California’s rivers and aquifers to meet the connected needs of our cities, farms, wilderness and wildlife. With this convergence comes the necessity of diverse interests working together. IMG_4808.JPG

Recovering America’s native optimism

Published in Conservation

by Chris Wood Al Perkinson looks like a California surfer dude. He’s got wavy long hair and the languid movement of a gracefully aging athlete. He is also the guy who built the Costa del Mar brand, helped TU start the Five Rivers program, and now runs marketing for Simms. I was talking with Al

Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies

Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies Conference committee members will begin meeting this week Contact: Steve Moyer Vice President for Conservation Programs TU 703.284.9406 6/27/2002 — Washington,

NW Power Planning Council Paves the Way for Summer of Salmon Sacrifice

6/27/2001 NW Power Planning Council Paves the Way for Summer of Salmon Sacrifice NW Power Planning Council Paves the Way for Summer of Salmon Sacrifice Recommendation on summer operations at Columbia and Snake dams allows the Bonneville Power Administration to pad cash reserves as it runs rivers dry for salmon Contact: 6/27/2001 — — June

Conservation and Fishing Groups Ask Energy Bill Conferees to Reject Hydro Measures

Conservation and Fishing Groups Ask Energy Bill Conferees to Reject Hydro Measures Conservation and Fishing Groups Ask Energy Bill Conferees to Reject Hydro Measures Contact: Steve Malloch Counsel TU (703) 284-9415 7/15/2002 — Arlington, VA — The nations leading conservation and fishing organizations have asked Congressional conference committee members working on the federal energy bill

TU Supports EPA, Corps of Engineers Draft Rule Protecting Headwater Streams

March 25 , 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer 703-284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU supports EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Efforts to Restore Protections to Headwater Trout Streams Clean Water Act rulemaking will protect trout salmon and angling, while maintaining longstanding exemptions for farmers, ranchers and forestry. WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited today announced its support for a

Why the federal budget matters for trout and salmon

Published in Advocacy

On Tuesday, the President signed this year’s massive $1.5 trillion funding bill into law … Here are four reasons why Trout Unlimited is excited about the passage of the federal government funding omnibus bill.  

New TU mapping tool helps address pipeline impacts to natural resources

Published in Uncategorized

By David Kinney and Kurt Fesenmyer Recently, Trout Unlimited hosted a series of discussions with conservation groups, regulatory agencies, and the pipeline industry about the siting of major natural gas pipelines. It’s a complex and contentious topic, but the outcome of the conversation was something quite simple: a map. Our idea was to highlight natural

Trout Buddy Driftless Guides

Published in Community

This week, we begin our series on great Trout Unlimited Business members with a look at this conservation success story and destination fishery through the eyes of a great guide, Mike Warren from Trout Buddy Driftless Guides in LaCrosse, WI.