Eastern Conservation

Massachusetts DEP land acquisition will help protect critical sea-run brook trout habitat

Land protection will complement TU's restoration work on Red Brook

01/30/2010
Fly Rod and Reel
By Ted Williams

Trout Unlimited (TU) applauds the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and its Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) for its purchase of 245 acres on Red Brook in Wareham and Plymouth.

Anglers worry proposed plant would hurt fish

A hydroelectric company wants to build on the trout-laden James River.

01/15/2010
Roanoke Times
By Rex Bowman

A plan to build the first hydroelectric plant at the Gathright Dam in Alleghany County is causing concern among the state's anglers, who worry that the project could destroy trout populations downstream in the Jackson River.

Conservationists back USFS action to restore water quality in NC’s Tellico ORV area

Date: 
10/14/2009

For Immediate Release

October 14, 2009

Contact:
SELC – DJ Gerken, 828-258-2023
Representing:
Trout Unlimited, North Carolina Council – Michael “Squeak” Smith, 828 205-2355
Trout Unlimited, Tennessee Council – George Lane, 865-414-1527
PEER – Barry Sulkin, 615-313-7066
WildSouth – Ben Prater, 828-258-2667

Conservationists back USFS action to restore water quality in NC’s Tellico ORV area

Trout Unlimited Comments on New York State’s Draft Regulatory Report on Marcellus Shale

Date: 
09/30/2009

September 30, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Erin Mooney 703-284-9408, emooney@tu.org

Trout Unlimited (TU) Comments on New York State’s Draft Regulatory Report on Marcellus Shale

Trout Unlimited Asks Nation’s Highest Court to Hear Mountaintop Removal Lawsuit

Date: 
09/29/2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Erin Mooney
703-284-9408
emooney@tu.org

Trout Unlimited Asks Nation’s Highest Court to Hear Mountaintop Removal Lawsuit

U.S. Supreme Court should review West Virginia coal mining waste disposal case

Arlington, Va. – Trout Unlimited (TU), along with several other groups filed a petition yesterday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a mountaintop removal mining case.