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TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease Sale

01/29/2009 TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease Sale January 29, 2009 Contact: Corey Fisher, (406) 721-1002 David Nickum, (303) 440-2937 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease SaleProposed development threatens Colorado River cutthroat trout habitat DENVER On Wednesday, Trout Unlimited filed an official protest of a proposed Bureau of Land Management…

Minnesota Trout Unlimited to Receive $2 Million from State Outdoor Heritage Fund to Improve Trout Habitat

Contact:John Lenczewski, Executive Director, Minnesota Trout Unlimited, (612) 670-1629JP Little, Council Chair, Minnesota Trout Unlimited, (612) 207-3305 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Minnesota Trout Unlimited to Receive $2 Million from State Outdoor Heritage Fund to Improve Trout Habitat Money will fund 11 new restoration projects across the state. ST. PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Trout Unlimited will receive $2.1…

Big Win for Salmon and Steelhead on California's North Coast

March 11, 2014 Contact: Brian Johnson, California Director (510) 528-4772 Sam Davidson, Communications Director, Trout Unlimited California/Nevada (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Big Win for Salmon and Steelhead on Californias North Coast Trout Unlimited Applauds National Monument Designation for Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands BERKELEY, Calif.Todays designation of the Point Arena-Stornetta complex of public lands as…

Childs Brook New Hampshire: A project worth the wait

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Childs Brook, a tributary of the Ammonoosuc River remains challenged by a series of barriers to fish migration on its path to the Connecticut River. However, a major stride for watershed connectivity has been established by recent completion of a culvert replacement project where West Bath Road crosses the stream.  A priority list of culverts…

Set, set, set!

Published in Conservation

“Set, set, set!” I shot up in bed, slammed my hand above the bedpost, and in the process spilled a bottle of water onto my book on the night-stand. Damn Pancho and Teo. Awaking from my dream, and cleaning up the water, I thought about my friend, Pancho Panzer—a proud Trout Unlimited business member and…

Shasta Trinity Cascades TU: Serious stewardship

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When your local trout stream is the lower Sacramento River, one of the best tailwaters in the world, you might have extra incentive to take care of it. TU’s Shasta Trinity Cascades Chapter, based in Redding, Calif., is channeling that incentive into action. STCTU recently celebrated the onset of spring and the amazing trout fishery…

TU statement on Senate reauthorization of System Conservation Pilot Program

For immediate release June 27, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU government affairs, smoyer@tu.org, 571-274-0593 Randy Scholfield, Trout Unlimited communications, 720-375-3961, randy.scholfield@tu.org Senate reauthorizes program that helps farmers and ranchers conserve water Program helps ease impacts of long-term drought in Colorado River Basin Washington D.C.The Senate voted Monday to reauthorize a program that helps farmers and…

Yellow perch … in Yellowstone?

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Yellow perch were discovered in Goose Lake inside Yellowstone National Park in 1919. Photo by Wikimedia Commons. Wait. Don’t panic. There aren’t any yellow perch inside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. At least not anymore. I’m in the final throes of researching a book on the wild trout of Yellowstone that’ll hit bookshelves next…

Cleaning up old mines, making fishing better

Published in Conservation, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

Southwest Colorado hosts some of the best high-mountain trout fishing in the country. From pristine mountain streams and lakes that hold native cutthroats, to larger rivers like the Animas, Southwest Colorado fishing is worth fighting for. That is exactly the reason behind TU’s extensive efforts to remediate acid mine waste from headwater streams in this…

TU lauds proposal to bolster conservation funding in New York

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Trout Unlimited is applauding an ambitious New York stream restoration initiative included in a $3 billion proposal announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week.  The “Restore Mother Nature Bond Act” was highlighted in Cuomo’s 2020 State of the State address. It would fund projects that improve critical fish and wildlife habitat and reduce flood risks across New York by reconnecting streams, removing obsolete dams, retrofitting road-stream crossings, restoring wetlands and natural floodplains, conserving forests and open space, reducing stormwater runoff, and upgrading fish…

Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card

Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Contact: Jeff Curtis Western Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 503-827-5700 x. 11 2/27/2002 — Portland, OR/Washington, DC — The Administration, Congress, and federal agencies charged with implementing the federal governments plan to restore imperiled Columbia-Snake Basin…

Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal

Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Community Developed Solution Benefiting Humans, Fish Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited (207) 373-0700, (207) 841-7529 (cell) 10/29/2002 — Union, Maine — Today Trout Unlimited and the Sennebec Pond Association, joined by…

3 Rivers Fly and Tackle

Since 1985, 3 Rivers Fly and Tackle has been located in Wasilla, Alaska and has grown to become Alaska’s premier fishing tackle and fly fishing shop. Our resident fly shop staff have decades of real time experience fishing Alaska, including flying and guiding fishermen into remote locations, instructing fly casting, fly tying, rod building classes,…

Wild Rivers Coffee Company

We are a family business selling coffee and gear as great as the great outdoors. We are avid fly fisherman and proud to support TU in hopes that our children and generations to come will have the opportunity to fish and enjoy the scenic waterways of our continent.