Alaska

Trout Unlimited Praises Southeast Alaska's Record Salmon Harvest

Date: 
11/14/2011

Contact:
Mark Kaelke, Trout Unlimited, Southeast Alaska Project Director - (916) 207-8294
Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Communications Director - (907) 230-1513

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Trout Unlimited Praises Southeast Alaska's Record Salmon

Salmon bounty a testament to the region's habitat and careful management

Trout Unlimited Supports Legislation to Address Virus Outbreak in Pacific Salmon

Date: 
10/20/2011

Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, Director of Communications, 907-230-1513 or pdobbyn@tu.org

For Immediate Release

Alaska Director Praises Senators for Quick Action to Protect Wild Salmon

Presidential Candidate Scott Keller Embraces Alaskan Environment and Wilderness

09/12/2011
New Junky Journal
By Jonathan Hodgson

Scott Keller, Independent Presidential contender for 2012, takes strong stand for the environment by supporting the Alaska natural Gas Development Authority's Propane Project and by preserving Alaska's wilderness by coming out strongly against Alaskas' Pebble Mine Project, drilling in ANWR, the Susitna Dam Project, and the Parks Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Route.

Major Salmon River restoration Project Completed in Alaska's Tongass National Forest

Date: 
08/22/2011

Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, Communications Director, (907) 230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Major Salmon River Restoration Project Completed in Alaska's Tongass National Forest
Trout Unlimited Hails Harris River and Fubar Creek Project as Model for Future Work in America's Salmon Forest

Alaskans Want Salmon Habitat Protected, Survey Says

06/29/2011
Alaska Dispatch

A new poll by the Alaska chapter of The Nature Conservancy of some 500 registered voters shows overwhelming statewide support for policies protecting salmon habitat across the state.

Ninety-six percent of Alaskans surveyed said salmon are essential to the Alaskan way of life, and 97 percent said salmon are an important part of the Alaska economy, according to results of the poll released today.

Alaskan Voice Strong Support for Salmon Habitat

06/28/2011
Bristol Bay Times

A new poll by the Alaska chapter of The Nature Conservancy of some 500 registered voters shows overwhelming statewide support for policies protecting salmon habitat across the state.

Trout Unlimited Sponsors Fly Fishing Academy for Bristol Bay Youth for Third Year

05/23/2011
Fly Rod + Reel Magazine
By Ted Williams

Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program, together with partner organizations, is sponsoring the third annual Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy later this month near the southwest Alaska community of King Salmon. 

This spring, as millions of Bristol Bay salmon begin their epic migration back to their home streams, 13 young Bristol Bay residents will spend a week exploring what it takes to pursue a career as a fly fishing guide on Bristol Bay’s world-class fishing rivers.

Head of the Class

05/11/2011
Fish Alaska magazine
By Paula Dobbyn

Steel-grey clouds loom over Ekwok as cold raindrops pelt the Nushagak River. This famed southwest Alaska river — one of the largest producers of Chinook salmon in the state—flows past this remote Yup’ik Eskimo village before draining into Bristol Bay. The river and its abundance of fish form the lifeblood of this community of 130 residents, about 70 miles from the mouth of the bay.

Frankenfish Phobia

04/18/2011
New York Times
By Timothy Egan

At a time when the shell of the earth has cracked and the ocean heaved a mortal wave upon a shore of vulnerable nuclear plants, a small miracle is playing out in the biggest river of the American West. Spring Chinook salmon, the alpinists of the maritime world, are following biological imperative and climbing their way up the Columbia to spawn and die.

Bristol Bay stakeholders to address legislature over Pebble Mine

03/16/2011
Juneau Empire
By Jonathan Grass

The prospect of the Pebble Mine is a looming figure for many in Bristol Bay. While the Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a scientific assessment of the watershed, those of various industries connected to the salmon population would like to see further action.