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Building watershed resilience in the Southern Appalachians  

Published in Uncategorized

When Hurricane Helene tore its path of destruction north from the Gulf of Mexico through the Southeast, there was nothing anyone could do to change the storm’s strength or its path.  But we do have an opportunity to pre-emptively address the risks storms and other natural weather events pose to our communities. We do that

Trout Unlimited Launches New Film Celebrating Revival of Historic Wyoming Watershed  

Contact: Nick Gann, Rocky Mountain Communications Director, Trout Unlimited – nick.gann@tu.org Trout Unlimited media resources: https://tu.org/about/media CHEYENNE, WY – Earlier today, Trout Unlimited (TU) launched a new film, “Lifeblood,” celebrating the collective work and partnerships needed to revitalize Muddy Creek, an important tributary of the Colorado River Basin located south of Rawlins, Wyoming.  For decades,

Croton Watershed

The Croton Watershed Chapter holds monthly meetings from September through May. We usually have a speaker on fly fishing techniques, destinations or the environment. We have an extremely active Trout-in-the-Classroom program. We organize fishing trips to local and not-so-local destinations.

Watershed restoration

A watershed can be understood as the area that drains into a given river or lake. While that definition is simple, the mechanisms that sustain — or threaten — the health of a watershed often are not. These mechanisms include biological, physical and chemical processes that happen instream, as well as on the ridges, slopes

Deerfield River Watershed

The Deerfield River Watershed Chapter is committed to the conservation of cold water resources in our catchment area. This includes the mainstem of the Deerfield River and her major tributaries: The Chickley River, Cold River, Clesson Brook, North River, Bear River, South River, Green River as well as her minor tributaries. Our conservation efforts are

A watershed moment for the Klamath

Published in Dam Removal

Trout Unlimited and our Klamath partners have worked for more than two decades to get to this point in restoring the Klamath River and the fisheries, economies and cultures that depend on it.

Watershed Artisans, Inc.

About us Craig Sponholtz founded Watershed Artisans, Inc. in 2003 and has since worked throughout the Southwest, the Southern Rockies and internationally to design and implement stream and wetland restoration projects. He has a true passion for sharing knowledge and inspiration and is dedicated to educating practitioners in the evolving art of healing watersheds. What

Watershed Multi-species Assessment

Trout Unlimited works with our conservation partners to identify areas where protection and restoration can benefit not only trout and salmon, but also other fish, aquatic species and human communities. TU scientists were instrumental in developing the Native Fish Conservation Area concept, where watershed management is focused on the long-term persistence of native fish communities

Tribasin Fish Passage and Watershed Restoration Project Begins in Upper Greys River Watershed

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Contacts: Leslie Steen, NW Wyoming Program Director, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Patrick Barry, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-886-5330, Patrick.m.barry@usda.gov  Kelly Owens, Forest Hydrologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-739-5598, kelly.owens@usda.gov Tribasin Fish Passage and Watershed Restoration Project Begins in Upper Greys River Watershed. Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) announced today

Tribasin Fish Passage and Watershed Restoration Project begins in Upper Greys River Watershed in Wyoming

Friday, October 4, 2019 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Kelly Owens, Forest Hydrologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-739-5598, kelly.owens@usda.gov Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) announced today that Phase 2 of the Tribasin Fish Passage and Watersehd Restoration Project is scheduled to begin during the fall

Effort improves trout habitat in Delaware watershed

Published in Conservation, Featured

Trout Unlimited staff and Ashokan-Pepacton chapter members assisted NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in completing the East Branch Delaware River Trout Habitat Improvement Project (HIP). The project underway since 2016, was designed to better understand potential challenges facing trout in the watershed and to help develop mitigation and management strategies to reduce potential water quality and movement impacts caused by the Lake Wawaka dam in Halcottsville, NY.  The project, spearheaded by concerned local

Infrastructure going green in Rogue River watershed

Published in Conservation

By Jamie Vaughan Hairy Penstemon is blooming at the Parkside Elementary Rain Garden in Michigan. This rain garden is a type of green infrastructure utilizing native plants to help developed areas function more naturally, thus keeping polluted and warmed stormwater runoff out of Rum Creek. We were out in the community with Abigail Henschell (pictured above),

A summer in the much-loved Battenkill River watershed

Published in Conservation, Science
A biologist measures stream depth on a tributary of the Battenkill River.

By Jacob A. Fetterman  When I decided to change my major toward the end of my freshman year at Lock Haven University, I had no idea about the journey to follow. I was looking for a career that would allow me to positively impact the natural world I grew up admiring.   Five-and-a-half years later, it is safe to say that I am well