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San Geronimo Creek, which provides important spawning and rearing habitat for endangered coho salmon in Marin County, Calif., flows parallel to the road in the center of this photo on the far side of the former golf course, up against the forested hillside. Imperiled coho salmon benefit from major land acquisition and open space conservation
It looks like an out-of-place slip-and-slide placed into a meadow alongside a tributary of Rock Creek. It is, in fact, a fish screen. Like so many western trout streams, Rock Creek and its tributaries are important sources of irrigation for farmers and ranchers. In the past, many irrigators would dam a creek, and divert its
The upper Klamath Basin. Over the past year, TU’s long involvement in the campaign to restore the Klamath River and its salmon and steelhead runs paid dividends as this three-pronged effort passed several major milestones. TU’s staff and grassroots in both California and Oregon have played integral roles in this progress. Most recently, the Klamath
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed three bills that would better conserve habitat and sporting opportunities in some of California’s most productive coldwater fisheries and upland hunting zones. Trout Unlimited has worked for the past five years to help develop these measures and provided written testimony to the committee in support of today’s markup.
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.
A trip with Grizzly Skins of Alaska is more than a fishing trip. It’s an opportunity to experience something important, something worth saving – a place and a way of life that’s priceless in the 21st century.
Volunteers are an inspiration to the work Trout Unlimited is doing
Revised rule implements Supreme Court opinion sharply restricting federal protections for wetlands and small streams Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers today issued a revised Waters of the U.S. Rule sharply limiting Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and small streams that are critical to healthy and functioning
Nuts and Bolts The intense effort and partnership behind restoring fish habitat on a remote Alaskan island This summer, Trout Unlimited completed a major restoration project on Kuiu Island in the Tongass National Forest This work reconnected nearly two miles of habitat for coho, chum, pink salmon, rainbow trout, coastal cutthroat trout and sculpin. But
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
The Upper Rio Grande Initiative aspires to leverage our ongoing and future efforts towards basin scale resilience. This vision not only entails the protection and enhancement of the Rio’s natural ecosystems, but its profoundly adaptive human resources as well. The Initiative acknowledges the interconnectedness of the basin’s ecosystems, its economy and culture. Thus, the ecological outcomes we achieve will not be at the expense of the cultural and economic resilience of our partner communities, but exactly because of it. Protect Protecting functioning streams and habitat–as in our efforts to secure Outstanding Natural Resource designations for several New Mexico streams–will be a top priority. Protecting the Pecos River basin from
In a year of exceptional drought, we’re working to improve conditions for wild and native trout and salmon from the Smith to the San Gabriel
Remembering Frank Moore and a life spent not just chasing steelhead but fighting to protect the water they call home.
TU’s restoration leader on California’s Central Coast takes his steelheading, and steelhead conservation, very seriously.
10/30/2001 Attempt To Build Hydro Facility On National Park Thwarted Attempt To Build Hydro Facility On National Park Thwarted Contact: Kathy Buchner , Wyoming Council Director , TU (307) 733-6991 Wyoming Council Director TU (307) 733-6991 10/30/2001 — Jackson, Wyo. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has denied Symbiotics/ Northwest Power Services application for
For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 Trout Unlimited to Honor Veterans at D.C. Event Veterans Service Program Dinner to be held on March 3 in Washington, D.C. Arlington, Va. – Trout Unlimited (TU) is hosting its first annual Veterans Service Program dinner in Washington, D.C., where it will honor wounded
Contact: Keith Curley – (703) 284-9428 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TU: Interior Department Report names solid candidates for permanent protection Nominated locations have support of local communities, sportsmen Washington, D.C. The locations recommended for permanent protection in the Interior Department’s report released today in Washington are largely the products of local involvement and enjoy the support
Oct. 31, 2013 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited (571) 274-0601 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU Supports Jewells Conservation Vision WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, gave an address on conservation Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The following is the official statement from Chris Wood, president
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
