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Healing Waters Lodge is a Gold Level TU Business Member
“There are lots of great TU Business members who support our efforts, but I can think of only a few who do as much for TU as Mike and Laura Geary.”
Green Thumbs for Salmon and Steelhead
TU volunteers remove invasive weeds at a restoration site in Washington’s Chehalis River Basin
Drawn to Wyoming’s native cutthroats
I had to see the Lamar Valley with my own eyes. We decided to stop and have lunch in the Lamar Canyon section of the river downstream from the valley. It was there I caught my first Yellowstone cutthroat in Wyoming. I had completed the slam, but I was so happy to be there and to have landed a fish in the park that I didn’t even realize I had done it.
A wild Alaskan hunt now threatened
Wilderness experiences here today may not be tomorrow
Fly tying: Angle for Accuracy
Here’s a great tip for beginning fly tiers—tie at angles. That might sound simple, but it’s a technique that a lot of folks don’t employ enough at the vise–and the results can be immediately visible. Video of Angle for Accuracy Above, Tim Flagler shows us how to not only use angles to tie and secure
Voices from the River: Still water and the scourge of competition
By Sam Davidson If given the choice between fishing while standing in water and fishing while sitting in it, I nearly always go for the upright option. Maybe that’s because I didn’t spend much time in boats, rafts or other flotation devices as a kid, wher eas I spent plenty of time wading in rivers
Voices from the River: Confessions of fly tying junkie
By Dave Atcheson It was one of those perfectly still, fog-draped mornings on Trout Lake, so tranquil its surface looked as though it might shatter if I put paddle to water. My buddy Jim and I, as we had so many mornings, angled the canoe toward a favorite weed bed and glid ed to a
State of the Trout: Native fish in Eastern Sierra and Nevada in peril
June 23, 2015 Contacts: Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited senior scientist, jwilliams@tu.org, (541) 261-3960 Sam Davidson, California Communications Director, sdavidson@tu.org, (831) 235-2542 Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited national communications director, chunt@tu.org, (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Trout Unlimited report highlights challenges facing native trout in the U.S. Climate change, water demand and non-native species among biggest
Infrastructure dollars hit the ground
TU has a hand in newly funded work to reconnect native trout and salmon streams around the U.S.
Voices from the River: The swimmin’ hole
A fat and happy Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout. By Chris Hunt Two summers ago, as I walked along a small alpine creek in the Caribou Range here in eastern Idaho, I spied what may rightly be called the sexiest stretch of trout water I’ve ever seen. The stream—by itself a modest flow—pushes down a
EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams
For immediate release Dec. 11, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, steve.moyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593Vice President of Government Affairs Shauna Stephenson, shauna.stephenson@tu.org (307) 757-7861National Communications Director EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for thousands of streams Proposal leaves important drinking water sources and habitat unprotected from pollution (Dec. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON D.C. — Trout Unlimited announced its strong
Misadventures in sleep while in grizzly country
Sleeping in bear country is not really sleeping at all. Our family enjoys tent camping and we love the wildest parts of this country. The combination leads to an instant case of temporary insomnia — at least for me. I am envious of people who can sleep in tents while camping in bear country. I’m
Rose is at the ready for Wyoming anglers, hunters
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.
Big day in Klamath Country
This Transfer Order is a critical step forward in the long slog to remove four old fish-blocking dams and re-open more than 400 miles of historic habitat for the Klamath’s struggling salmon and steelhead runs.
TU Science Team Uses Genetics to Help Guide Management Needs for a Threatened Trout
Lahontan cutthroat trout genetics expand conservation options
South Park – not the TV show – goes for gold in new resource management plan
After eight years of waiting, new plan in Colorado offers insight into the potential future of public lands management across the West
TU Business Spotlight: Crystal Creek Lodge
There are a lot of great things about working for Trout Unlimited. There are even more great things about working with TU Business members. But the best part is the people you get to know. The people who support conservation, the ones who go the extra mile in everything they do—they’re the ones who make
Video spotlight: Inshore Saltwater Fly Fishing
Blonde sand beaches. Warm, clear Caribbean flats. Soft breezes. Bright sun. Stop me if you’re not tired of winter yet, because I can go on. And on. And on. This is the time of year when I toil over the travel sites and search out the best deals for tropical fly fishing retreats. Even getting
We are TU: Meet Meredith Sessoms
In this series you’ll meet people of diverse communities – our good ideas, what we have in common, and where we differ.