Search results for “watershed”

Pikes Peak

​The Pikes Peak Chapter of TU strives to conserve, protect, and restore cold-water fisheries resources ​and their watersheds in the Pikes Peak Region and throughout the state of Colorado. Please join us in making fishing habitat better in Colorado.

TU lauds legislation to address abandoned mine lands

March 10, 2021  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contacts:  Jen Orr-Greene, Eastern Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, jen.orrgreeen@tu.org  Steve Moyer, VP for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org  ARLINGTON, Va. — Trout Unlimited enthusiastically supports bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Trust Fund and will accelerate its investments in former coal communities across the country.  TU is urging…

Teachers, staff step up to save trout at Colorado school

Published in Community, Youth

By Matt Moskal It’s a heart-warming phenomenon when stress, hardship and tragedy bring people together. Groceries are delivered to elderly neighbors, engineers fabricate ventilators seemingly out of thin air and corporations donate millions to those in need. Even in the most polarized of eras, hardship brings out the best in humanity. For Colorado conservationists, nowhere…

Golden Gate

The Golden Gate Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization serving anglers and environmentally conscious friends in an ongoing effort to fulfill the mission of Trout Unlimited: “… to conserve, protect and restore North America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.”

Utah Trout Unlimited staff member receives prestigious Bureau of Land Management award

Contact:Erin Mooney, Trout Unlimited, (571) 274-0601, emooney@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Utah Trout Unlimited staff member receives prestigious Bureau of Land Management award Kirk Dahle receives distinguished award for restoration work on Otter Creek Salt Lake City, Utah The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Kirk Dahle, a restoration coordinator with Trout Unlimited, with the…

Washington water woes in Seattle Times

Published in Conservation, Fishing

Washington commonly institutes fishing restrictions to protect vulnerable fish populations, like they did for steelhead in Scotty Creek, but these restrictions, unfathomably, do not extend to a destructive form of recreational gold mining called suction dredge mining.

Congress steps up to approve Delaware River Basin Conservation Act

Published in Import

By Mark Taylor   In the early morning hours Saturday, Congress stepped up to protect one of America’s most historic watersheds.   The Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, first introduced in 2010 and long a priority for Trout Unlimited and our partners in the region, finally cleared both the House and Senate as a provision…

Mountaineer

The Mountaineer Chapter of Trout Unlimited has over 300 members and supporters from the Clarksburg, Weston, Buckhannon, Davis, Elkins, Petersburg, and Franklin areas of WV. Our mission is conserving, protecting and restoring our cold water fisheries and their watersheds.

Trout Unlimited Mine Restoration Project Receives BLM Award

Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary 703-284-9408 For Immediate Release: Trout Unlimited Mine Restoration Project Receives BLM Award TU recognized for its work on Colorados Kerber Creek. Villa Grove, Colo. – Trout Unlimiteds (TU) Kerber Creek Restoration Project is the recipient of the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) 2010 Hardrock Mineral Environmental Award. The BLM…

Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited's Highest Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rick Hartman, Shrems W. Michigan TU616-835-5764 Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited’s Highest Award Chapter recognized for conservation efforts near Grand Rapids. ARLINGTON, Va. Trout Unlimited (TU) has awarded its top chapter honor to the Shrems West Michigan Chapter, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. The chapter was presented with the…

TU lauds new public lands bill for NW California

Published in Uncategorized

The northwest corner of California, between the Russian and Klamath Rivers, is home to some of the best remaining salmon and steelhead streams in the West. This region boasts some of the most famous steelhead fisheries in the world, including the Trinity, Mad, Mattole, and Eel River systems . Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project…

Trout Unlimited Supports Removal of Energy Leases from BLM Auction

Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary (571) 331-7970 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Supports Removal of Energy Leases from BLM Auction Over 4,300 acres in Monongahela National Forest pulled from sale. Arlington, Va.–Trout Unlimited (TU) supports the decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to remove West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest from its planned…

TU hails new, better day for fisheries conservation on the farm

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…

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Northern Virginia

The Northern Virginia Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NVATU) brings together community members who enjoy sharing in fishing experiences; participating in conservation activities; educating future generations; and engaging partner organizations to ensure the health of our local streams, rivers and watersheds.

New Streamflow Improvement Plan helps coho in key Russian River tributary

Published in Science, Conservation

Coho salmon are native to California coastal streams north of Monterey Bay, but populations of “silvers” in this region have been declining for decades and the species is now listed as Endangered in the Golden State. Trout Unlimited is heavily invested in cooperative efforts to recover California coho. One product of this work is development…