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Use your words to inspire others and win gear 2021 Essay prompt: Public lands and green spaces are those places where we can go to walk a greenway and listen to the birds, sit in the shade of a tree to escape the summer heat, camp, fish, hike, and explore. Why are these places an
We all live downstream — and what happens in the headwaters of our watersheds impacts the quality of our drinking water supply, the health of the local ecosystems, and the quality of life we enjoy. One of the best ways to bring the concept of a watershed to life for youth is by literally tracing
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Bill simultaneously creates jobs and healthier rivers and communities For immediate release 7/1/2020 Contact: Shauna Stephenson (307) 757-7861 shauna.stephenson@tu.org (July 1, 2020) WASHINGTON DC — The “Moving Forward Act,” H.R. 2, passed the U.S. House today with a vote of 233 to 188. “Clean water and healthy waterways are critical elements of the Nation’s infrastructure system,” said
New rules only apply to salmonids, like trout, salmon, char and grayling The International Game Fish Association recently announced a change to its International Angling Rules, which are widely considered as the official rules of sport fishing. The recent change now allows anglers that are fly fishing to use two separate flies, or a “dropper”
Join Trout Unlimited and Orvis in helping 17 local TU chapters — made up of members and volunteers like you — restore the rivers they love and unlock $20,000 in cash prizes to support their work. Together we’ve already raised more than $31,000 for these great projects, and with just 48 hours left in the
If you’re getting some obvious follows on your streamer, but not getting the takes you want, this might be what gets a trout to make that final commitment. It won’t hurt, that’s for sure
The Yankee Fork historically supported robust populations of salmon, steelhead and trout, but mining – and the intensive timber harvest that accompanied it – reduced what once was a complex, meandering river into a virtual flume.
Meet the Trout Unlimited staffer behind the newest Home Rivers Initiative on the Battenkill River in Vermont and New York
It’s easy to suggest to new anglers that they become immediately familiar with the rules and regulations, but it will take time to teach the little things to newbies as they hit the water in greater numbers and frequency
June 12, 2014 Contact: Chris Hunt, (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TU Taps Joel R. Johnson as New Chief Marketing Officer Former ad exec and branding pro now heads up TUs marketing and communications WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited today announced that Joel R. Johnson, a former advertising agency executive and branding expert, will head up the
Aug. 28, 2015 Contact: Zac Kauffman, Sawyer Paddles and Oars (541) 535-3606, zac@paddlesandoars.com Joel R. Johnson, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9413, jjohnson@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sawyer Paddles and Oars joins TU as newest corporate sponsor WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited and Sawyer Oars and Paddles announced a partnership today that will benefit TU members across the country by
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore Not long after industry groups like the Outdoor Industry Association and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association vocally supported U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Montana) as President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, Zinke was among many in Congress who pushed a bill through that makes it easier
While it’s still very possible to hook into a bestial chinook salmon in Pacific waters—fish that can grow upwards of 50 pounds or more—imagine what it might be like to connect with a salmon that’s 9 feet long and sports inch-long spiked teeth and weighs upwards of 400 pounds. Between 5 and 11 million years
Bringing brookies back to the Southern Appalachians With all the divisiveness in the air these days, it’s refreshing to see people working together to protect fish that have lived in the same streams for almost 2 million years. The brook trout, which first a rrived in the southern Appalachians about 1.8 million years ago, has
Josh Duplechian on a photo shoot in southwest Colorado. Scott Willoughby photo. As a rule of thumb, the media team at TU doesn’t talk about itself–we’re in the business of making great content and putting the spotlight on other people who fix and protect rivers. But as editor-in-chief of TU, I am grateful every day
A few years ago, I had the amazing opportunity to visit the east coast of Australia and tour some river and estuary restoration projects in New South Wales, while speaking with Aussie anglers about conservation and restoration when it comes to fishing. It was an eye-opening experience, and I was fortunate to meet some people
HELP LOCAL TU PROJECTS WIN $50,000 IN CASH PRIZES Help local TU supporters, members and volunteers like you improve rivers across the country and unlock $50,000 in cash prizes to support their work! The Embrace A Stream Challengeis a fun, week-long online competition encouraging all of us to “give where you fish” and support local