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Reconnecting headwaters of the Gros Ventre River in Wyoming

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Chris Deming, Senior Project Manager, Trust for Public Land, 307-739-3941, chris.deming@tpl.org PARTNERSHIP LED BY TROUT UNLIMITED AND TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO RECONNECT TRIBUTARIES IN THE GROS VENTRE HEADWATERS JACKSON, Wyoming Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Trust for Public

Colorado River Connectivity Channel Clears Final Federal Hurdle

Partners applaud decision allowing $30M river reconnection project to proceed FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2022 Contacts: Mely Whiting, Colorado Water Project Legal Counsel, 720-470-4758 Jeff Stahla, Public Information Officer, Northern Water, 970-622-2331 Ed Moyer, County Manager, Grand County, 970-531-7799 John Andrews, P.E., State Conservation Engineer, NRCS, 720-544-2834 DENVER, Colo.—The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Voices from the River: Twelve hours

Published in Voices from the river

TU’s Brian Johnson, the Steelhead Whisperer, and Scott Yates at the end of the steelhead season on California’s central coast. By Sam Davidson The steelhead season ended almost exactly the way it began. I spent both the opener and the close at the same place, with the same crew. With the same results. Which is

Voices from the River: One fish

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/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/CR-steelhead_Mar-2019.jpg A single fish can mean so much. By Sam Davidson A single fish made me really happy recently, and I wasn’t even fishing. To be sure, this was no ordinary fish. It was a brute of a steelhead, as long as my arm and 12 pounds in heft, easy. So perhaps anyone seeing it

One fish

Published in Fishing, Science, Voices from the river

A single fish made me really happy recently, and I wasn’t even fishing. To be sure, this was no ordinary fish. It was a brute of a steelhead, as long as my arm and 12 pounds in heft, easy. So perhaps anyone seeing it languidly finning just upstream of the bridge footing nine miles from

Corridors paved with water

A view of the mountains in New Mexico.

When teaching guide clients how to read a stream, I stressed three basic conditions that dictate where a trout will hold: access to food, access to safety and access to shelter from energy-sapping currents. A healthy and stable abundance of any or all of these conditions affords trout the option of staying put, perhaps enabling

Restoring a future with Gila trout

Published in Conservation, Advocacy

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

TU Praises Work of Senators Byrd, Specterto Extend Abandoned Mine Cleanup FundingConservation group continues to call for long-term reauthorizationof Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 

5/04/2005 NEWS ** 2 pages ** May 4, 2005 For Immediate Release Attention: Assignment/Environment/Outdoor Editor Contact: Chris Wood, VP for Conservation Programs, 703-284-9403 TU Praises Work of Senators Byrd, Specter to Extend Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funding Conservation group continues to call for long-term reauthorization of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund WASHINGTON – Trout Unlimited today praised

Important Tributary to be Reconnected to the Yellowstone

2/13/2004 Important Tributary to be Reconnected to the Yellowstone Important Tributary to be Reconnected to the Yellowstone Contact: Laura Ziemer Director, Montana Water Project Trout Unlimited Western Water Project 406.522.7291 x. 100 2/13/2004 — Bozeman, Mont. — A project that will reconnect an important tributary to the Yellowstone River has received funding from the National

FISH-Friendly Hydropower

FISH-Friendly Hydropower FISH-Friendly Hydropower Trout Unlimited Supports House Bill to Generate Sustainable Hydropower Contact: Charles Gauvin President Trout Unlimited (703) 284-9401 2/7/2002 — Washington, DC — Fish and anglers sometimes have a problem with hydropower dams block fish migration and turbines can kill the fish. Yet proven and affordable measures can often dramatically reduce hydropower

Report on Dam Removal Charts Course for Future Removal Efforts

4/16/2003 Report on Dam Removal Charts Course for Future Removal Efforts Report on Dam Removal Charts Course for Future Removal Efforts Contact: Laura Hewitt Trout Unlimited (608) 250-3534 4/16/2003 — — River Alliance of Wisconsin and Trout Unlimited announce the release of the report Restoring the Flow: Improving Selective Small Dam Removal Understanding and Practice

TU Applauds Conditions of Federal Relicensing of Dams on the Housatonic River

6/24/2004 TU Applauds Conditions of Federal Relicensing of Dams on the Housatonic River TU Applauds Conditions of Federal Relicensing of Dams on the Housatonic River Contact: Leon Szeptycki Eastern Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 434.984.4919 6/24/2004 — Washington — The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today hailed the issuance of a license for the Housatonic

STATEMENT BY TU VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS WOOD ON NEW FOREST SERVICE PLANNING REGULATIONS

12/12/2004 STATEMENT BY TU VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS WOOD ON NEW FOREST SERVICE PLANNING REGULATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 22, 2004 Contact: Chris Wood, TU VP for Conservation Programs, 304.492.4115 STATEMENT BY TU VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS WOOD ON NEW FOREST SERVICE PLANNING REGULATIONS WASHINGTON — The USDA Forest Service today released new planning regulations that govern

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project

12/14/2004 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Grant to Spark Nash Stream Restoration Project Contact: Jim MacCartney River Restoration Specialist TU/NPS 603-226-3436 12/14/2004 — Concord, N.H. — The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) recently received an $18,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundations Winona

New Data Shows Brook Trout Imperiled Throughout Entire Eastern Range

5/3/2006 New Data Shows Brook Trout Imperiled Throughout Entire Eastern Range May 3, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kathleen Campbell, 571-274-0597 New Data Shows Brook Trout Imperiled Throughout Entire Eastern Range ARLINGTON, VA Brook trout populations have been eliminated or greatly reduced throughout almost half of their historical habitat in the East, according to an