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Hunters and Anglers Travel to Washington to Speak Out Against Energy Bill

1/28/2004 Hunters and Anglers Travel to Washington to Speak Out Against Energy Bill Hunters and Anglers Travel to Washington to Speak Out Against Energy Bill Contact: Dave Stalling Western Field Coordinator TU Public Lands Initiative 406.721.4441 1/28/2004 — Washington — Today national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) hosted hunters and anglers representing four Rocky Mountain

Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies

Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies Conference Committee Should Reject Energy Bill Provisions that are Harmful to Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Local Economies Conference committee members will begin meeting this week Contact: Steve Moyer Vice President for Conservation Programs TU 703.284.9406 6/27/2002 — Washington,

TU hosts telephone press conference on proposed Copper-Salmon Wilderness

4/18/2006 TU hosts telephone press conference on proposed Copper-Salmon Wilderness April 18, 2006 MEDIA ADVISORY: TU hosts telephone press conference on proposed Copper-Salmon Wilderness Sportsmen and local business people will travel to DC and request official designation from Congress PORT ORFORD, Ore.-Trout Unlimited will host a telephone press conference on Thursday at 10 a.m. to

TU urges infrastructure upgrades to secure water, protect rivers

Trout Unlimited Press Release Oct. 29, 2013 Contact: Laura Ziemer, 406-599 2606 lziemer@tu.org Steve Moyer, 571-274-0593 smoyer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited urges infrastructure upgrades to secure Western water supply, protect river habitat Water supply solutions often require new thinking, not a bigger bathtub WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 29, 2013Speaking today at a U.S. House hearing

TU Calls on Army Corps to include protections for Fraser River

Trout Unlimited Press Release June 10, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Mely Whiting, (720) 470-4758 mwhiting@tu.org Trout Unlimited calls on Army Corps to include protections for Fraser River Agreement by TU, Denver Water, Grand County must be part of final permit (Denver)Trout Unlimited and its grassroots members today called on the Army Corps of Engineers

TU's Chris Wood to Speak to Industry at ICAST/IFTD

July 14, 2014 Contact: Chris Hunt, National Communications Director (208) 406-9106 Joel R. Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer (646) 573-6410 Kirk Deeter, Editor, TROUT Magazine (303) 808-1285 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited President and CEO to speak to ICAST/IFTD attendees today Chris Wood will discuss how partnering with TU is good for conservation, and good for

House T&I Committee Undermines Clean Water Act

July 16, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU Vice President of Government Affairs (703) 284-9406 Tim Bristol, Director, TU Alaska Program (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approves bills that undermine the Clean Water Act Majority of committee members turn their backs on American sportsmen and women by approving bills that

TU, sporting groups oppose House bill undermining clean water

Sept. 9, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, 703-284-9406 smoyer@tu.org Lacey McCormick, National Wildlife Federation, 612-610-7765, mccormick@nwf.org Ben Bulis, American Fly Fishing Trade Association, (406) 580-6887, ben@affta.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmens groups, industry oppose House bill to undermine Americas clean water WASHINGTON, D.C.Sporting groups representing a full spectrum of anglers and hunters from all across

New hope for Yuba River salmon and steelhead

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By Chandra Ferrari Theodore Roosevelt once said, “[d]o what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Many colorful quotes have been attributed to him but this is one of my favorites. It cautions against waiting for the perfect situation and moment to arise before moving forward. You could be waiting a long time.

TU praises Upper CO River protections in Windy Gap project permit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2016 Contact: Mely Whiting, (720) 470-4758 mwhiting@tu.org Drew Peternell, (303) 204-3057 dpeternell@tu.org TU praises river protections in Windy Gap project permit Says 401 permit conditions put threatened river and fishery on road to recovery (Denver)The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week released its final 401 water quality

Conservationists, anglers and commercial fishermen united in support of Klamath dam removal

For Immediate Release April 6, 2016 Contact Steve Rothert, American Rivers, 530-277-0448 Curtis Knight, California Trout, 530-859-1872 Lowell Ashbaugh, International Federation of Fly Fishers, 530-277-6722 Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens Associations and Institute for Fisheries Resources, 541-689-2000 Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited, 415-385-0796 General inquiries: Nina Erlich-Williams, 541-230-1973 or 415-577-1153 CONSERVATIONISTS, ANGLERS AND COMMERCIAL

A better way

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Tim Frahm, Central Coast Steelhead Coordinator for Trout Unlimited, admires the newly restored Carmel River above the site of the old San Clemente Dam at the celebration event on June 6. There have no doubt been many parties on the Carmel River, one of the best steelhead streams on California’s south-central coast, over the years.

TU, TNC, CalTrout endorse State actions to control impacts of medical marijuana cultivation on California streams

June 30, 2016 CONSERVATION GROUPS ENDORSE NEW LEGAL AUTHORITY IN STATE BUDGET TO CONTROL IMPACTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION ON CALIFORNIA STREAMS AND RIVERS SACRAMENTO Leading conservation groups today endorsed unprecedented actions by the Brown Administration and the California Legislature to control impacts of medical marijuana cultivation on the States streams and rivers. The actions

Celebrate Arbor Day with TU in New York

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Trout Unlimited is working in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Trees for Tribs Program and other partners to plant more than 4,200 native trees and shrubs on priority coldwater stream throughout eastern New York this spring. The goal of the planting projects is to help

Why this trout angler likes wind farms

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By Paul Doscher I’ll admit it. I was what some call an environmentalist (I prefer conservationist) before I was a TU member. Of course, I had angling in my history, but that was back when my father would wake me up at 5 a.m. on summer mornings so we could go out and catch our

Voices from the River: Shared water

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Greg Taylor of Roseburg, Ore., comes tight to a steelhead on the North Umpqua River. By Mark Taylor IDLEYLD PARK, Ore. — Knee deep in the chilly North Umpqua river, I pulled line off my reel and prepared for the first cast of the day into one of my favorite runs. There was a “plop”

Why this trout angler likes wind farms

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By Paul Doscher I’ll admit it. I was what some call an environmentalist (I prefer conservationist) before I was a TU member. Of course, I had angling in my history, but that was back when my father would wake me up at 5 a.m. on summer mornings so we could go out and catch our

TU and the Forest Service continue Tincup Creek restoration on the Caribou

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Trout Unlimited and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest announced today that the Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Project’s second phase is currently under way in eastern Idaho. The project is a large-scale, multi-phased project begun in 2017 to improve ecosystem function and habitat for native cutthroat trout and other native fish species on four miles of degraded