Brook trout will get a boost from newly funded projects in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Trout Unlimited was among several organizations to earn grant awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation through the organization’s Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program. A $140,000 grant will be used toward a restoration and monitoring project in the Cross
On a controversial river in a drying landscape, ranchers look to science, technology and the law to send just a little more water downstream.
The Senate voted Wednesday 73 to 25 to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill that permanently and fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provides money for the growing maintenance backlog on public lands.
Trout Unlimited joined a bipartisan group of partners and lawmakers last week in calling on Congress to provide continued funding for the cleanup of abandoned mines and the legacy pollution of historic coal production. The House Subcommittee for Energy and Mineral Resources met to discuss H.R. 4248, which would reauthorize the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and provide ongoing funding through 2036. TU
By Rob Shane At the January meeting of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, 95 stream sections were approved for Wild Trout (69) and Class A (26) designations. These streams, including a section of the famed Spruce Creek in Huntingdon County, will now receive upgraded levels of protection from development and wastewater discharge. During the
Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership have teamed up to create four videos that highlight Pennsylvania public fishing and hunting lands made possible by the Keystone Fund
tu-logo-xl.jpg FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2018 Trout Unlimited awarded four new grants for habitat restoration work in upper Klamath River Basin Funding from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will support restoration work in the Wood and Sprague Rivers and Threemile Creek KLAMATH FALLS, OreTrout Unlimited (TU) announced today the award of four major grants
June 15, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (703) 284-9406 Kate Miller, kmiller@tu.org, (703) 489-6411 Trout Unlimited lauds committee approval of Good Sam provisions (Washington, D.C.) Today, the House Natural Resources committee approved the Good Sam provisions of HR 3843 and HR 3844, which address the chronic problems of abandoned mine pollution of
How we’re making key Western streams more hospitable for trout and people in the hotter, drier present
New Jersey TU staffer Cole Baldino and Musconetcong Watershed Association volunteer Bill Leavens. By David Kinney Last week, Trout Unlimited restoration staff and volunteers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York visited their congressional offices in Washington D.C. to showcase efforts to restore wild trout habitat in the Delaware River Basin. In part, it was
Jillian Lukiwski backpacking and fishing in Idaho’s Sawtooth mountain range near Stanley, Idaho. Josh Duplechian/Trout Unlimited By Michael Gibson Significant cuts are being proposed to federal programs that benefit sportsmen and healthy habitat. But in Idaho, sportsmen successfully lobbied to increase their own license fees for the greater benefit of our wildlife, setting an example
Last month, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced $11.6 million in new funding for habitat restoration projects in the Upper Klamath Basin, of which $1.53 million was awarded to Trout Unlimited for eight projects that will improve water quality and key habitat for native fish in the tributaries to Upper Klamath Lake.
The CCF Board meets with Trout Unlimited’s conservation leaders once a year, where the staff make proposals for project support, and the Board decides how to distribute that year’s fund. The following are featured Coldwater Conservation Fund projects. Download CCF impact reports at the bottom of this page. Wild Trout Designations, Pennsylvania CCF grants in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2015 Contact: Scott Yates, (Upper Columbia, Gunnison River Basins), (307) 349-0753 Warren Colyer, (Bear, Blackfoot River Basins), (435) 881-2149 Randy Scholfield (TU communications), (720) 375-3961 Steve Moyer (National), (703) 284-9406 Trout Unlimited hails new, better day for fisheries conservation on the farm NRCS-funded projects deliver benefits for fish, farm and
Another award highlights TU’s good work on coho populations and steelhead benefit too.
TU has a hand in newly funded work to reconnect native trout and salmon streams around the U.S.
This week, Congress passed the omnibus spending bill, which will fund the federal government until next year. The legislation also includes several significant western water bills critical to Trout Unlimited’s work in the West. TU thanks the House and Senate leadership for the passage of these important water bills
By Taylor Ridderbusch For the third consecutive year, the Trump Administration’s budget proposal looks to cut critical programs that protect and restore coldwater resources and that form the foundation of multi-billion dollar commercial and recreational fishing economies. The proposal would significantly cut funding to the EPA and other agencies, essentially eliminating programs such as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Section
2/1/2007 TU Commends Administration for Farm Bill Proposal Feb. 1, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kira Finkler, 703-284-9408 TU Commends Administration for Farm Bill Proposal Organization Supports Dedicated Funding for Fish Habitat Arlington, Va. Trout Unlimited applauds yesterdays announcement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, which would increase conservation funding in the Farm Bill by $7.8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, (703) 284-9408, TU National Press Secretary Colorado TU Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Roan Plateau Denver, Colo.– Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $5,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to Colorado Trout Unlimited, its state council in Colorado. The council and its chapters
