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  • One year late, $46 Million Fairbanks Fish Hatchery Remains Sidelined by Water Quality Problems
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    By Tim Mowry
    June 26, 2011
    As manager of the new, and as yet unopened, $46 million Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery, Gary George has heard plenty of alternative uses for the cavernous 56,300-square-foot building on Wilbur Street. Two of the most common are a waterslide park...
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  • Critics of Crawford County Well Still Wary
    LaCrosse Tribune
    By Chris Hubbuch
    June 25, 2011
    A Crawford County landowner’s proposal to drill a high-capacity well for “emergency water bottling purposes” still worries some neighbors, despite proposed government restrictions designed to mitigate the well’s environmental impacts.
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  • Fishing Licenses Don’t Fund Access
    The Park Record
    By Letter to the Editor – Robert Dibblee
    June 25, 2011
    Last week an article was published in The Park Record, "Stream access, but at a price." The article was very informative as to what is happening now with river access except one major flaw, funding the walk-in access. The article states an increase...
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  • Motorized River Use Needs Reasonable Restrictions – Soon
    The Missoulian
    By Carey Schmidt
    June 22, 2011
    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is considering rule changes for motorized use on the Clark Fork and lower Bitterroot rivers. The Westslope Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a local organization representing the quiet majority of anglers in and around...
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  • County Board Gets Pilgrim River Watershed Update
    The Daily Mining Gazette
    By Garrett Neese
    June 15, 2011
    The Houghton County Board of Commissioners heard an update Tuesday on the Pilgrim River Watershed Project. The project includes purchasing the development rights to 1,360 acres along the Pilgrim River to ensure perpetual access for a variety of non-...
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  • Trout Anglers Win Grand Rapids Community Foundation Grant to Inventory Cold Water Streams
    MLive.com
    By Howard Meyerson
    June 15, 2011
    Grand Rapids Area trout anglers working to improve west Michigan’s coldwater streams got a major financial boost to their efforts Monday.  The Schrems West Michigan Chapter of Trout Unlimited was awarded an $84,000 grant by the Grand Rapids...
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  • Madison County Members Help with Fish Stocking Efforts
    Madison County Courier
    June 13, 2011
    Members of Madison County’s Trout Unlimited Chapter 680 recently helped replenish fish populations in local creeks and streams, part of the conservation organization’s primary goals.
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  • Brian Kozminski: Gone Fishin’
    Petoskey News- Review
    By Alice Perrault
    June 13, 2011
    Brian Kozminski loves to fish. But, for him, it's not all about getting a good catch.  "I fish for fun. I love being out on the river, it's my serenity. But it breaks my heart to know if we don't save (our resources) now that my daughter won't...
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  • Buckingham Township Gets Award for Trout Restoration Efforts
    Patch.com
    By Sandra Moyer DeHaven
    May 25, 2011
    Wild trout are multiplying in part of Watson Creek in Buckingham, and the township supervisors on Wednesday were honored for their part in making that possible. Buckingham Township and the Bucks County Chapter of Trout Unlimited earned kudos for...
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  • Outdoors with Jim Collins: Trout season memories part III
    The Daily Review
    By Jim Collins
    May 8, 2011
    One year, on that treasured stretch of Lycoming Creek which we called "The Culvert," the opening day was cold. One could not wade in the stream for more than one hour or even less without becoming chilled, with legs and hands that were numb. The...
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  • Veterans Turn Out for Introduction to Trout
    Post Bulletin
    By John Weiss
    May 7, 2011
    The first Veterans Family Picnic&Fly Fishing Extravaganza is history, and Mike Trok hopes that history continues next year. The Wabasha man was a leader of the April 30 event at Sylvan Park in Lanesboro, which give veterans a chance to learn...
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  • Flathead Lake Not Only Focus of Trout Group
    Flathead Publishing Group
    By The Board of Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited
    May 4, 2011
    For 30 years Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited has worked cooperatively with anglers, agencies and landowners to help maintain healthy coldwater fisheries and angling opportunities in the Flathead Basin. Just as the Flathead region is comprised of...
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  • Trout Unlimited Collects Trash from River
    Southwest Virginia Today
    By Dan Kegley
    May 4, 2011
    They could have used the wheelbarrow, if it still had its wheel. Handles would have been nice.  As it was, the metal part was alone and collected as trash from the South Fork Holston River where members of the Mountain Empire Chapter of Trout...
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  • Don’t Delay Nitrogen Limit for Waste Water Plant
    Seacoast Online
    By Michael E. Kalter, MD
    May 3, 2011
    To the Editor: Call it what you will, but the Great Bay Water Quality Coalition is not a champion of water quality, nor is the Great Bay Protection Act legislation being proposed in Washington by one of our state representatives going to protect...
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  • Outdoors Notebook: Grants to Boost Grassroots Conservation
    Tribune-Review
    By Bob Frye
    May 2, 2011
    A local Trout Unlimited chapter and a conservation district are among the groups that will share $60,000 in grants. The Coldwater Heritage Partnership â€" a cooperative effort of Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat...
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  • Grants Will Help Area Schools Study
    Dubuque Telegraph Herald
    May 1, 2011
    The future of farming, fishing, and land stewardship is in classrooms today. This year, with new funding from the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited, several area teachers and their students will study nature, learning about rivers,...
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  • How to Get the Most out of Michigan’s Top-Ranked Fly-Fishing Areas
    Detroit Free Press
    By Eric Sharp
    May 1, 2011
    Field and Stream Magazine recently listed Michigan as the best fly-fishing state, ahead of Florida, Colorado and other usually more exalted destinations. My list would see Michigan and Florida tied, but there's no question we're the top freshwater...
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  • Minnesota Anglers Want Waterfall Altered, DNR Says No
    Duluth News Tribune
    By Sam Cook
    May 1, 2011
    This time of year, amber-stained water plunges over a five-foot drop on the Knife River some 2.7 miles above Lake Superior. Depending on the amount of flow and the temperature of the water, Lake Superior’s big rainbow trout — steelhead — attempt to...
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  • Should Felt-Soled Waders Be Banned in Nevada
    Reno Gazette-Journal
    By Jeff DeLong
    May 1, 2011
    Felt-soled waders, a time-honored safeguard for anglers knee-deep in slippery streams, are under mounting scrutiny in Nevada and across the country. With officials concerned that felt soles on waders and boots could help aquatic invaders hitchhike...
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  • Letters to the Editor – May 1, 2011
    Foster’s Daily Democrat
    By Michael E. Kalter
    May 1, 2011
    Call them what you will, but the Great Bay Water Quality Coalition, is not a champion of water quality; nor is the Great Bay Protection Act legislation being proposed in Washington by one of our state representatives, going to protect Great Bay. You...
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