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On the morning I heard that President Obama designated the Rio Grande del Norte as a national monument, I had joined about forty people for the annual stocking of Rio Grande cutthroat fingerlings – New Mexico’s state fish – in the Rio Grande gorge. My compatriots hadn’t yet heard the great news, and it was…
Our family has an old cabin on a small river that doesn’t have many fish in it. It’s in Michigan. The next cabin downstream, and the one after that, belong to extended cousins, so it’s become somewhat of a ritual to meet for happy hour and share stories about things like the fish you caught…
TU’s new study shows dam removal is feasible and affordable After more than three years of engineering work, legal analysis, and other planning, Trout Unlimited has completed an extensive study considering the feasibility of removing the Enloe Dam from the Similkameen River in North Central Washington. This work was accomplished in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and in collaboration with the Okanogan Public Utility District (PUD). “The completion of the Feasibility…
8/20/2003 Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Policy would jeopardize much of the Wests remaining quality salmon and trout habitat on public lands with little or no public input Contact: Chris Wood Vice President of Conservation 703.284.9403 8/20/2003 — Portland, Ore. — Trout…
The Salmon SuperHwy has achieved more than 50 percent of its goal of restoring fish connectivity to 95 percent of historically available habitat across the Tillamook—Nestucca Sub-basin
9/26/2001 Report Shows That Endangered Species Act and Endangered Trout and Salmon Were Not REsponsible for Firefighter Deaths Report Shows That Endangered Species Act and Endangered Trout and Salmon Were Not Responsible for Firefighter Deaths Rhetoric attempting to link the ESA to the deaths must stop. Contact: Steve Moyer , Vice President for Conservation Progr,…
The skies are different here. They have lots of different shades in distinct lines: dark blue, light blue, pale yellow, orange, pink, red. It kind of makes you want to be up there in the air, and not this boring brush tree desert.
In 2022, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service embarked on a five-year $40 million national Keystone initiative to increase the scale of watershed restoration on our national forests and grasslands—home to many of America’s most important native trout and salmon species and the source of drinking water for some 180 million people and 68,000…
Steve Zakur of Connectictut fishes the Mighty Mo out of Craig, Mont. Kirk Deeter says this would be his choice. Chris Hunt photo. Kirk Deeter: The Missouri, because it’s really long, with a lot of different types of fish, and I still have a lot I want to figure out. I would do the Lewis and…
2025 Western (Rockies) Regional Rendezvous Join fellow TU members, supporters and volunteers from across the region on March 28-29, 2025. Partnering with the Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo, this Rendezvous promises a blend of educational sessions, hands-on workshops, and ample networking opportunities with fellow fly-fishing conservationists. There will be plenty to do from interactive…
New calls to review monument boundaries ignore previous decades of work
In my little microcosm of the Mountain West, we’ve been blessed with an impressive monsoon season this year. With all the doom and gloom of the drought, wildfires and effects of climate change, it is nice to be reminded that sometimes weather does cooperate
Photo by Chris Hunt by Dave Ammons There exist a number of memorable fish in my experience. The little brook trout caught in a narrow, tumbling stream whose encounter caused us both to blush. A cutthroat from the depths of a mountain tarn so clear it reflected a Colorado sky all the way through to…
It’s the oldest marketing “hook” in the fishing book. “This is going to help you catch more, bigger fish… guaranteed!”
As the year draws to a close, let’s celebrate a few of the victories that all of you—members, supporters, partners, donors, and our staff around the country—made possible
Washington commonly institutes fishing restrictions to protect vulnerable fish populations, like they did for steelhead in Scotty Creek, but these restrictions, unfathomably, do not extend to a destructive form of recreational gold mining called suction dredge mining.
5/31/2000 FERC Stands by Edwards Dam Removal Decision FERC Stands by Edwards Dam Removal Decision Kennebec River Healthy One Year Later Contact: 5/31/2000 — — News from The Kennebec Coalition: American Rivers, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Trout unlimited Contact: Margaret Bowman, American Rivers: (202) 347-7550 Andy Goode, Atlantic Salmon Federation: (207)…
In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls and became president. Some of you may recall what I wrote to you back then: While most of the conservation community turned their backs, we engaged the Trump administration over the next four years to protect Bristol Bay. Our advocacy was key to helping persuade them to deny…
As part of Trout Unlimited, she works to protect the hunting and fishing heritage that is so important to so many people. TU’s team works in collaboration with federal and state agencies, partner conservation groups and sportsmen and women for common-sense solutions to protect the wild places of the West. TU is engaged on the legislative level in every Western state and nationally on the congressional level.
“Take your club as seriously as possible and beyond fly fishing. If Tyler and I hadn’t devoted the time we did to building our club we wouldn’t have had some of the best experiences imaginable in college. It goes beyond building a fly-fishing club.”