Contact: David Nickum, (303) 440-2937Steve Kandell, (970) 259-5116 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Sportsmen: Revised roadless rule better, but still needs workRule fails to protect irreplaceable fish and game habitat DENVER.Gov. Ritter’s revised protection rule for Colorado’s. 4.2 million acres of roadless land is an improvement over previous draft rules, but still needs further improvement to garner the
For Immediate Release Contact: Elizabeth Russell, Project Manager: 720-938-5438, erussell@tu.org EPA Agrees to Give Trout Unlimited Liability Protection for Colorado Abandoned Mine CleanupRestoration work will continue on Kerber Creek. Villa Grove, Colo.Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached an agreement that will shield TU from potential liability as it works to
For Immediate Release: CONTACT: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director: 607-742-3331 Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary: 703-284-9408 Trout Unlimited Urges Pennsylvania to Create a Severance Tax on Gas Drilling That Dedicates Funds to Conservation General Assembly must dedicate funds from tax to protect state natural resources. Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited (TU) and its Pennsylvania Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 Trout Unlimited and Orvis Partner to Teach Fly Fishing Fly fishing classes open to the public at Orvis stores around the country. Arlington, Va.Trout Unlimited (TU) has joined together with The Orvis Company to teach fly fishing at Orvis stores throughout the country.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary: (571) 331-7970emooney@tu.org Trout Unlimited Calls on Gov. corbett to Tighten Marcellus Shale Environmental Standards and Dedicate Portion of Fee Revenue to Conservation “Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale plan announced yesterday is a step in the right direction towards improving existing environmental standards related to Marcellus Shale development,
Contact:Chris Hunt, Director of Communications, (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.orgChris Keig, Fly Fishing Film Tour, (303) 815-1070, ip@mayflymedia.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:TU sponsors 2012 Fly Fishing Film TourOrganization hopes to reach film goers with message of conservation WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited announced today that it will sponsor the 2012 edition of the Fly Fishing Film Tour, the largest film
Contact: Steven Brutger, Trout Unlimited, (307) 438-2596 Cathy Purves, Trout Unlimited, (307) 349-2559 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hoback drilling plan to get additional study Forest Service gives additional review after extensive comments from public Lander, Wyo. After a massive outpouring of comments, a plan put forth by the Houston-based Plains Exploration and Production Company will get
Contact:Erin Mooney Trout Unlimited, (571) 331-7970, emooney@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen Groups to Gov. Corbett: Don’t Lease More State Forest Land for Oil and Gas Development Over 40 sportsmen groups ask Pa. governor not to lease more state lands for Marcellus Shale development. Harrisburg, PA Over 40 sportsmen groups and conservation organizations, representing more than
Contact:Chris Wood, President and CEO – (571) 274-0601Kirk Deeter, Editor, TROUT Magazine – (303) 838-8708 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kirk Deeter named new editor of TROUT Magazine Long-time journalist, editor will lead Trout Unlimited’s signature publication WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited today named Kirk Deeter, renowned journalist, editor and author, as the newest editor of TROUT Magazine,
Contact:David Nickum, (720) 581-8589Aaron Kindle, (303) 868-2859 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen: Colorado Roadless Rule on the right track Hunters, anglers vow to press for higher level of habitat protection DENVER, Colo. The latest version of the Colorado Roadless Rule, announced today at a joint news conference between the U.S. Forest Service and the Colorado Department
Contact:Erin Mooney, (215) 557-2845, emooney@tu.orgJeff Reardon, (207) 615-9200, jreardon@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Penobscot River restoration project to open 1,000 miles of habitat to salmon Arlington, VA Today’ marks the beginning of the removal of the 200-year old Great Works Dam on Maine’s Penobscot River
Contact:David Nickum, (720) 581-8589Aaron Kindle, (303) 868-2859 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DENVER A seven-year process to protect Colorado’s backcountry and the hunting and angling resources it offers to sportsmen and women is donethe Colorado Roadless Rule is complete. The rule, which protects 4.2 million acres of the Colorado backcountry, is a hand-crafted, Colorado-specific rule designed to
May 7, 2014 Contact: Jim Jeffress, (775) 560-9594, jeffress@tu.org Dr. Paul Dixon, (702) 308-4961, mldprd24@yahoo.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hunters and Anglers Applaud Sen. Hellers Amendment to Balance Energy Development, Outdoor Opportunities WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada filed an amendment Tuesday to an energy efficiency bill that would help to balance Nevadas wind and solar
For immediate release 4/17/2015 Contact: Dwayne Meadows, (307) 760-6802, dmeadows@tu.org John McMillan, (360) 797-3215, jmcmillan@tu.org Why do steelhead like the color red… And other angling questions you can ask as the Wild Steelheaders United to hosts the first Steelhead Science Workshop for Anglers What: Steelhead Science for Anglers Workshop When: May 9, 10 a.m. to
May 21, 2015 Contact: Brian Zupancic, government affairs manager, (703) 284-9427 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Anglers, hunters support bipartisan renewable energy bill WASHINGTON, D.C.A new bipartisan renewable energy bill has broad support within the sporting community because it includes royalty provisions for public lands renewable energy development that would help fund important conservation work. The bill
May 28, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403, cwood@tu.org Art Vollmer, chair of TUs New Mexico council, (505) 474-1495, fish4rgct@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Mexico anglers stand behind new clean water rule WASHINGTON, D.C.Anglers in New Mexico support a new rule announced yesterday that restores protections for Americas headwater streams
by Helen Neville Frequently pegged as geeky, and not always the most graceful communicators, we scientists struggle with how to translate our often wonky results to the public in ways that actually mean something to them. Climate scientists perhaps face particular difficulty finding ways to help people grasp the nature of climate change and understand
By David VanBurgel Picture fly fishing in Maine: canopied streams; cold water tumbling over granite; deep lakes; brook trout as colorful as the streambed gravels of their native waters. The impacts of climate change may not be so easy to see in Maine as they are other places. Still, a recent articleby prize-winning journalist Colin Woodard
The Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Area, Montana. Sept. 23, 2016 Contact: Chris Hunt: Trout Unlimited National Communications Director (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited launches digital report: We are Public Lands Interactive report shows importance of public lands to the people who use them SACRAMENTO, Calif.The United States has 640 million acres of public lands that
Zinke has history of working with sportsmen and women on wide range of natural resource issues CONTACT: Corey Fisher cfisher@tu.org (Dec. 14, 2016) Washington D.C. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana to lead the Department of the Interior. If confirmed, Rep. Zinke would be in charge of managing hundreds of millions
