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This spring and summer, as legislators in Washington D.C. consider infrastructure investments to stimulate the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, Congress can look to partnerships like that of the Kittitas Reclamation District and Trout Unlimited as evidence of the significant value conservation work brings to communities.
The moment remains etched in memory. We hiked in neoprene wetsuits pulled down to our waists because it was 85 degrees, but the rivers we snorkeled in were a LOT colder.
5/5/1999 TU Sues To Protect Fish In Colorado’s Eagle, Fraser Basins TU Sues To Protect Fish In Colorado’s Eagle, Fraser Basins Western Water Project files on St. Louis Creek and Eagle River cases Contact: 5/5/1999 — — Boulder, CO – May 5, 1999 – Trout Unlimited (TU) announced today that it has gone to court
Karuk Tribe Klamath Tribes of Oregon Yurok Tribe American Rivers Trout Unlimited California Trout Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens Associations Salmon River Restoration Council Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers National Center for Conservation Science and Policy Sustainable Natural Heritage Institute FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Craig Tucker, Spokesman Karuk Tribe
TU’s Brian Johnson joins The River Rambler podcast for a conversation about dam removal, coalition building and what comes next on the Klamath Basin
By Don Duff An effort to protect fragile aquatic wetland ecosystems and the wildlife that uses them has been under way in northeast Nevada for 15 years. The Southern Nevada Water Authority is proposing a 300-mile pipeline, 7-feet in diameter, to move pumped groundwater from the Snake Valley near Baker on the Nevada/Utah border and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Trotter, (208) 552-0891, x. 712 ktrotter@tu.org Bart Gamett, (208) 588-2224bgamett@fs.fed.us Trout Unlimited Idaho Project Receives Forest Service Award Trout Unlimiteds Idaho Water Project (IWP) recently received the 2009 national Rise to the Future Partner Award from the USDA Forest Service, which recognized IWPs leadership in restoring fish populations in the
Salmon and steelhead are robust, adaptable creatures. They have survived across the eons, continuously adjusting to a changing ocean and landscape. Unfortunately, Idaho’s salmon and steelhead have not been able to adapt to the construction of the lower four Snake River dams.
Editor’s note: To kick off our education series exploring the complexities of water in the West, we interview author and TU’s water policy associate for its Western Water and Habitat Program, Sara Porterfield. How long have you been with TU and what do you work on day-to-day? Sara Porterfield: I started with TU in October
Almost every major river in the American West has a dam somewhere along its course. One of the few exceptions is the magnificent Yellowstone River in Montana — at 692 miles long, the Yellowstone is the longest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States. For most other rivers and their fisheries, dams and their operation
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the central question of the American West has been: How much water is there in the region, and how do we best use it? This question has been a topic of debate for more than the past 150 years, and we’re still trying to answer it now in the twenty-first century.
TU partners with Lighthawk and American Rivers to highlight three conservation projects helping to recover the Colorado River Basin
In 2019, the Inland Trout Program of Trout Unlimited set out to improve and restore fish habitat near “the Elbow”, a renowned fishing access area included in the new state park. Utilizing both biogenic floodplain features and rock j-hook structures
But future public access at risk with Alaska governor’s proposal to strip Susitna Basin waters of “Recreational River” status
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 27, 2014 Contact: Russ Schnitzer: (970) 309-0285 (West) Jeff Hastings: (608) 606-4158 (Midwest) Gary Berti: (304) 704-2731 (East) Steve Moyer: (703) 284-9406 (National) Its a new and better day for fisheries conservation on the farm WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited saluted USDA Secretary Vilsacks announcement in Michigan today that the Natural Resources Conservation
Volunteers help plant trees along Willowemoc Creek at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center. By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall
By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year for planting,” explained Jeff Foster, president of the local
By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year for planting,” explained Jeff Foster, president of the local
Photo by Eric Crawford. TU has worked for years to restore salmon and steelhead, and a dam-removal proposal is in the works American Rivers today named the Snake River America’s No. 1 Most Endangered River of 2021, pointing to perilously low returns of Snake River salmon and steelhead, and the urgent need for lawmakers and
3/13/2000 Trout Unlimited Supports New York Governor’s Funding Proposal Trout Unlimited Supports New York Governor’s Funding Proposal Governor Pataki Proposes to Increase Funding for Conservation and Recreation Contact: 3/13/2000 — — Contact: Nat Gillespie, Trout Unlimited’s Catskills Coordinator, (607) 498 5960; ngillespie@tu.org March 13, 2000. Roscoe, N.Y. . . The New York State Council of