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Public land funding up for a crucial vote
This week the United States Senate will consider the S. 3422, the Great American Outdoors Act, which includes provisions to provide full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and also provide $9.5 billion in funding to address the deferred maintenance backlog on public lands.
Trump Jr. says what anglers and hunters have been saying all along
Just after the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted former Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Nick Ayers. In the tweet, Ayers opposed the Pebble mine and called on mine’s key permit to be denied.
Jen Ripple is a force of and for nature
“Fly fishing is one of the few sports where you don’t have to be great at it or in perfect shape to enjoy it. It doesn’t matter if you’re old or young, or if you make the perfect cast; it’s still a lot of fun. Fly fishing is a beautiful art form, and women take to that. I think it’s a great sport for women because women are much more about the experience than they are about the catch.”
Answering the call for help on the Upper Snake
Over the course of five and a half days, the Snake was slated to go from roughly 3,000 cubic feet of water per second to 280 – a flow reduction of 90 percent.
Learning From the Stream by Laurie Wilhite
The brilliant autumn colors along the riparian area at Brooks Memorial State Park provided the perfect backdrop for time in the stream. The East Prong of the Little Klickitat River flows over a mile right through this Washington State Park and travels 13 miles south through the town of Goldendale. It was a beautiful fall…
Federal funding package will fund conservation priorities
By Rob Catalanotto, Laura Ziemer and Steve Moyer After weeks of negotiations, the US Senate and House recently approved a massive appropriations bill to fund the government through fiscal year 2020. The deal averted a government shutdown, which was set to take effect on December 20 had Congress had not taken decisive action. TU field staff…
We are TU: Heidi Lewis
We care about clean water, healthy fisheries and vibrant communities. We roll up our sleeves to volunteer, we sit on our boards, and we strategize as members and leaders of staff. We want you to join us. For a discounted first-time membership, click here: https://gifts.tu.org/we-are-tu The aim of this blog series is to highlight our friends, in…
A Tale of Two Bums: Questions for a winter Olympian and troutbum
A guide to fishing on work trips and tackling conservation projects close to home with 2x Olympian Eric Loughran
Fishing our conscience
One warm, mid-May morning, some friends and I rented a raft to fish our home tailwater. We’d never floated the river before; usually we spent our days wading the winding river’s public stretches. So, we decided to pool enough money to rent one for a day. Rafting meant we could hit the holes we’d never…
Jimmy Carter: A Remembrance
While I’ve never met President Jimmy Carter, he’s been a part of my life for a long time. I came of age politically in the early 1970s when the end game in the Vietnam War still stoked furious debate and the constitutional crisis of Watergate brought down the Nixon presidency. Historians, presidential scholars, and politicians…
Wilderness Place Lodge walks the talk
Business members like Cory and Jason align their business plans with principles of conservation. They don’t just talk about it – they do it.
Did you know TU has a podcast?
Emerging is the official podcast of the TU Costa 5 Rivers program and has been running for four seasons. The show began in the fall of 2020 when University of Georgia fly fishing club president, Joseph Berney, had the idea to share stories using this medium. Thanks to early support from Simms and Costa, the…
TU and Forest Service Form Partnership for Clean Up of Abandoned Mines
8/18/2004 TU and Forest Service Form Partnership for Clean Up of Abandoned Mines TU and Forest Service Form Partnership for Clean Up of Abandoned Mines Contact: Tim Zink Manager, Media Relations Trout Unlimited 703.284.9427 8/18/2004 — Salt Lake City — The USDA Forest Service and Trout Unlimited announced today they have entered into a partnership…
Voices from the River: Cutthroat Country
A Bear River cutthroat landed at Bear Lake in Utah. Courtesy Paul Thompson/Utah DWR. By Brett Prettyman As a kid my boundaries were marked by street names. Pinehill Drive. Arrowhead Lane. Vine Street. State Street. The borders eventually expanded to counties, forests, states and countries. While driving over a mountain pass recently I realized at…
Native Odyssey: A swing through Idaho
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team spent the summer traveling across America in search of native trout. This installment: Idaho. Public Land: Sawtooth National Forest The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses 2,110,408 acres largely in Idaho, but also partially in Utah. It is comprised of multiple terrain types including sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir…
Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest
04/15/2008 Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest 04/15/2008 Contacts: Clint Sestrich: (406) 823-6985, Travis Morris: (406) 599-3356 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest The Madison Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), Orvis and volunteers from the…
Getting started: From gear to fly
Editor’s note: This is the second in an ongoing series meant to give those who are interested in learning to fly fish the perspective and advice needed to get started. More installments will follow. If you have specific questions about fly fishing, feel free to add a comment below, and we’ll do our best to…
The True Cast – What ever happened to August?
August used to be the “prime” month for many fly-fishers like me… now, in many places it might be rightfully considered the “cruelest” month of an angler’s calendar year.
Fly tying: The Klinkhamer
‘Tis the season for emerging insects on America’s great trout rivers. Here in Idaho, it’s full-on Blue-winged Olive season (in an infuriating size 20!). While traditional dun patterns can work well, I’ve found that trout are often keyed in on emerging BWOs well into the full hatch. And a BWO tied “Klinkhamer” style perfectly mimics…