Born in Colorado, the mighty Colorado River serves over 40 million people and irrigates nearly 5 million acres of farmland before it enters Mexico. It is the hardest-working river in the West. The river also provides some of the finest trout fishing in the country and attracts millions of dollars in associated outdoor-related revenue to local communities.
Olsen will lead TU’s trout and salmon conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in the Rockies. Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.— Conservation leader Emily Olsen has joined Trout Unlimited as Vice President for the Rocky Mountain Region, the organization announced this week. Based outside Denver, Olsen will lead TU’s coldwater conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in
8-year, $10 million partnership will restore aquatic systems lost in the two largest wildfires in Colorado history Contacts: (September 19, 2023) – In 2020, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests experienced the two largest wildfires in the history of Colorado (Cameron Peak at approximately 208,000 acres and East Troublesome at approximately 193,000 acres), in addition
By Jeff Arterburn Very few people encounter the mountainous region of southwestern New Mexico known as “The Gila” by accident. The nearest interstates track the open desert valleys far from the sierra. Locals here will still acknowledge the occurrence of oncoming vehicles with a finger raised momentarily from the steering wheel, and not the middle
It would be a serious understatement to say that 2020 has been a challenging year. Yet in the midst of a global pandemic and its harsh toll on our economy, communities and personal lives, Trout Unlimited and our supporters and partners helped deliver some outstanding conservation outcomes. Our California Program helped achieve major milestones on
(Feb. 16, 2017) Washington D.C. A resolution introduced yesterday highlights the necessity of public lands for hunting and fishing, jobs, local economies and healthy fish and wildlife populations. Representatives Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Dave Reichert (R-WA), introduced the bipartisan, concurrent resolution Expressing the sense of Congress that Americas Federal public lands are
TU’s Mill Creek Dam Fish Passage Project, completed last fall, earned Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Project Award at the International Conference on Engineering & Ecohydrology for Fish Passage, held in Corvallis, Oregon, this week. Mill Creek is a tributary to California’s Russian River, an important watershed for endangered coho salmon and steelhead. The project
The Western Water and Habitat Program is Trout Unlimited’s largest conservation effort. The program, which evolved from water policy and habitat restoration roots over the past 20 years, now offers some of the largest geographic conservation coverage by a non-profit organization in the West. It combines law, policy, and on-the-ground restoration projects with benefits to
Mabel Creek is in the Upper Youngs River, above 90-foot-tall Young River Falls, so the native coastal cutthroat trout populations above the falls persist largely undisturbed by decades of hatchery production focused on targeted anadromous fisheries downstream in Youngs Bay near Astoria. While located on private timber land, the Upper Youngs River area is open
By Rich Redman Quarry Dam was an old concrete/timber crib dam located on the West Branch of the Ausable River, approximately four miles east of Lake Placid, N.Y. The dam’s history is lost in the mists of time, but it was probably built to help loggers move logs down the river in the annual log
Last fall, Grand Valley State University students from the ‘Producing for Clients’ class worked with Trout Unlimited staff in Michigan to produce a video covering the exciting new initiative called the Rogue River Tree Army. Students filmed footage and interviews over multiple field days as the Tree Army, made up of staff and volunteers, planted thousands of
Protect The Waters You Love! Your support empowers Trout Unlimited to protect and restore vital freshwater ecosystems, conserve threatened fish species, and advocate for sustainable fisheries management, ensuring healthy rivers and streams for generations to come. With your help, we can protect, restore and reconnect millions of watershed landscapes, thousands of miles of rivers and
3/22/2001 Harry White Appointed Naugatuck River Steward Harry White Appointed Naugatuck River Steward Contact: 3/22/2001 — — On March 1, 2001, the Naugatuck Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited appointed Harry White (MF ’00 Yale) to the position of Naugatuck River Steward. White is a Yale-trained ecologist with extensive academic and practical experience in natural areas
Chris Wood, TU’s Chief Operating Officer, testified on Wednesday, November 18 at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The hearing was held to discuss the Administrations response to climate change as it pertains to management of federal forest land. His testimony is
Photo by Eric Booton By Eric Booton In the summer of 2015, I spent a week with my family on the Olympic Peninsula. We hiked in Olympic National Park, fished for humpies in the salt, and took a field trip to check out the recently liberated Elwha River whose dam had been re moved and
By Mike Kuhr It’s known as the President’s River, but on a recent sunny day in August, the Bois Brule River in Northern Wisconsin welcomed U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), several of her staff, and a number of conservationists for a paddle down its famed trout waters. Sen. Baldwin was just finishing up a weeklong
Among the ample life lessons bestowed by the pursuit of trout on the fly is one I like to think of as the gospel of timing and lighting. Which is to say, timing and lighting are the secret to life. Maybe not so much in an “apple a day” or a “look both ways before
Stewing in the sun and smoke of the late-August afternoon, even the temptingly titled Shady Island River Park was overmatched. Cottonwoods lining the shore of the Gunnison River offered only modest relief as the mercury climbed north of 95 degrees, and soon enough the haze of Colorado’s largest recorded wildfire would overcome our little oasis as well. To make matters worse, the water was too warm for fishing. The harsh realities of climate change were suddenly inescapable
On Wednesday, March 17th, 2020, Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN), the largest statewide Native organization in Alaska, endorsed efforts to restore the Eklutna River.
Teaming up to restore Link Creek, an important tributary to Oregon’s Metolius River.
