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Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn't Want Public Review

7/15/1999 Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn’t Want Public Review Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn’t Want Public Review Contact: 7/15/1999 — — Colorado conservationists today criticized Vail Resorts-owned Keystone Corporation’s attempt to avoid public oversight of its proposal to more than double the amount

Native Odyssey: Utah’s cutthroat slam

Published in Uncategorized, Travel

Bonneville cutthroat trout Editor’s note: TU’s Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team visited Utah recently on its trip across America. During our time in Utah, we sought four species of native cutthroat trout. Luckily for us, Utah has just the thing. The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a challenge that costs only $20 and is an

TU's Hodge honored with USFS Rise to Future Award

ArmstrongCreek 003.JPG Brian Hodge (left) talks to volunteers at Armstrong Creek field work day. Media Contacts: Rick Henderson, USFS Fishery Biologist (970) 870-2219 Randy Scholfield, TU Director of Communications, Southwest Region (720) 375-3961 TUs Brian Hodge Honored with USFS Rise to the Future Award (STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.) February 18, 2016 U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and

Major Step Forward for Yakima Basin Water Supply and River Restoration Plan

July 1, 2015 CONTACT: Steve Malloch, American Rivers, 206-818-0482 Lisa Pelly, Trout Unlimited, 509-630-0467 Ben Greuel, The Wilderness Society, 360-670-2938 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sen. Maria Cantwell Introduces Legislation for Precedent-Setting Water Deal SEATTLE A groundbreaking plan to address water supply and river restoration in the Pacific Northwest got a major boost today with the introduction

TU in Action: Bonnies in Arkansas; saving water in Colorado, and more

Published in Uncategorized

We don’t all have trout fisheries in our backyards or even close to home. But in many “developed” watersheds across America, bottom-release dams designed for hydropower or flood control create stretches of cold rivers that can and do support healthy populations of introduced trout. I suppose we could debate the merits of introducing a non-native

Management matters

Published in Advocacy, Conservation, Fishing

By Garrett Hanks Wolf Creek pass in the San Juan mountains of Colorado serves as the tipping point between the westward San Juan basin, home to the recently rediscovered San Juan cutthroat trout, and the Rio Grande cutthroat’s namesake river to the east.  Unlike trout, bear, mule deer and other wildlife are unhindered by the ridgeline; their tracks freely cross the divide. Look north and you’ll notice the burn scar from the West Fork fire of 2013. Setting off south along the Continental Divide Trail, you quickly

Introduction to Western Water

Welcome to the first installment in a month-long focus on water in the West. Join us on a tour through the history of the West’s water systems and major rivers, as we navigate the challenges of drought and water-scarcity facing the region. We’ll also explore Trout Unlimited’s leadership in finding innovative solutions to long-standing problems.

TU’s Work for Legislative Change

Along with the on-the-ground project work and agency relationship-building we focused on in the last two posts, TU also works for legislative change that improves habitat, provides tools to respond to drought, preserves a thriving agricultural economy and works toward water security in the West. One of the legislative vehicles through which we work is

Voices from the River: Reality bats last

Published in Conservation

As anglers, we are out there in the field, witnessing firsthand the stream closures and warmer waters and burned landscapes. What we’re seeing, year after year, is evidence piling up of profound changes in the air and under our feet.

But at present, I’m not sure about our individual and collective will to respond and take action. It’s human nature to stick to our ingrained habits and mindset, to resist change in our thoughts or routines, short of emergency or catastrophe.

Hooked

Published in Snake River

Snake River ambassador, Josh Warnick’s, journey to falling in love with the art of steelheading

Decision Support Tools

Data visualization presents data in an interactive, pictorial or graphical format and can be useful for making large, complex datasets more accessible for decision makers or the general public. Decision support tools are data visualizations designed with a specific conservation question in mind. They gather relevant datasets and allow users to apply their own criteria

Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants

3/3/2004 Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Contact: Rob Roberts Embrace-A-Stream Coordinator Trout Unlimited 703.284.9424 3/3/2004 — Washington — National Conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) this week announced its selections for 2004 Embrace-A-Stream grants. Embrace-A-Stream is the flagship grant program for funding Trout Unlimited grassroots fishery conservation efforts. This