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A stream roiling dark with Chinook salmon in central Idaho’s wilderness high country. A throb, a pulse of life into a pristine river, the abundance of the ocean arriving in the flesh of thousands of salmon in a wild mountain river hundreds of miles inland. This was. This was life itself, for the land, for the water, for the people.
Wheeler wants the fish back. The Nez Perce people want the fish back. So does the Yakima nation, the Nisqually, the Sauk-Suiattle, the Nooksack. All united to one cause—bring the Snake River salmon back for once and for all. Bring the dams down.
Paul Burnett, wearing the white hard hat, celebrates with Utah Division of Wildlife workers and volunteers after completing a 385-foot fish ladder through a concrete culvert to allow migratory cutthroat to return to headwaters they had been cut off from for more than 40 years. Brett Prettyman photo. By Brett Prettyman Trout Unlimited believes in…
If you had told me I would have been included in a TROUT magazine feature with my daughter, as a TU employee, a year ago, I would have laughed. Seven years into marriage, I had (almost) resigned myself to not having kids, which was okay with me. Then, I got pregnant last summer (2021), followed…
Earlier this week, Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources, along with volunteers from Trout Unlimited, delivered rainbow trout eggs to 33 Utah schools taking part in the Trout in the Classroom program. The eggs are placed in specially designed tanks where students can watch them transform into baby fish. Brett Prettyman, intermountain communications director for Trout…
Photo courtesy of Bassmaster Classic As I watched Chloe Kim defy gravity on a snowboard last night, I was reminded of the splendor and the impact of the Olympics, and what it means to the compeitors who have devoted their lives to just a sliver of actual living. For Kim, it’s the half-pipe. She learned…
About us No See Um Lodge is a family-run operation that was established by Jack Holman in the early 70’s. Today his son, John, who is both a pilot and a guide, maintains No See Um’s well-earned reputation for pampering and pleasing its guests. John has been living, fishing, guiding and flying in Alaska for…
Over the course of the last few weeks, Bristol Bay and Trout Unlimited’s efforts to stop the proposed Pebble mine have found a new ally- Katie Couric.
President Jeffrey Morgan, New York, N.Y. Executive Committee Joseph Anscher, Long Beach, N.Y. Philip Belling, Newport Beach, Calif. Stephan Kiratsous, New York, N.Y. Stephen Moss, Larchmont, N.Y. Directors Bruce Allbright, Steamboat Springs, Colo. Peter Baichtal, Sacramento, Calif Daniel Blackley, Salt Lake City, Utah Stephen Bridgman, Westfield, N.J. Bonnie Cohen, Washington, D.C James Connelly, Newport Beach,…
Understanding the mayfly life cycle will help you catch more trout
Jeremiah Stone’s love for nature stems from a childhood full of fishing and adventure in Upstate New York.
Upper Peninsula outdoor TV show “Discovering” features TU brook trout restoration project.
Brian Stranko has joined the Trout Unlimited staff as its Maine program manager. TU has many projects and initiatives under way in Maine, including enhancing streams with strategic wood additions and advocating for better fish passage for endangered Atlantic salmon. He will work closely with TU’s Maine Council and chapters. Stranko succeeds longtime TU staffer…
This is a great time to year to go winter fishing with a 2-handed rod.
Happy Winter Solstice!
“The why?” It’s the sleepless newborn nights, looking out the window wondering what it will be like when you can take her. It’s putting her in a chest pack at 11-days-old and cautiously stepping into the stream to catch the fish that shares her name. It’s accidentally dipping her one-year-old toe into…
The Great American Outdoors Act would fund LWCF and restoration projects across the country. On Monday a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422) to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and help tackle the multi-billion-dollar public lands maintenance backlog. The legislation follows a press conference…
Colorado’s Thompson Divide sees a mining development moratorium to the high praise of anglers
By Chris Hunt I’ve never been much of a public speaker. It’s just not my thing. But when my sister-in-law asked me to speak at my brother’s funeral … well, you don’t say ‘no’ to that. In truth, I sobbed my way through the eulogy—Brice was my little brother, and while I could handle the…