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South Branch Moose River reconnection project for brook trout
In June, TU and our partners at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) excitedly kick off the beginning of implementation of the South Branch Moose River Reconnection Project. Over the next three to five years, the project’s goal is to replace 63 culverts and reconnect 44 miles of prime native brook trout waters.
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Drought and native trout: Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
Finding resilience in a summer of reckoning across the Rockies and Southwest We’ve all seen the headlines: fast growing wildfires, record low snowpack, drying reservoirs, heat waves, hoot owl restrictions, mandatory fishing closures and other worrisome conditions for our favorite coldwater critters. But for humans, too, these challenges remain stubborn after 25+ years of drought in a lot of the West. Across the Colorado
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Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, Cast and Blast: Part Two
Rounding out the fishing part of this Grand Canyon National Monument cast and blast is my visit Lee’s Ferry, one of Arizona’s best blue-ribbon trout fisheries.
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Free Fly x TU: Protecting an iconic trout
Yellowstone cutthroat trout are among the West’s most iconic native fish, but today they occupy just 43% of their historic stream habitat, with only a small fraction of those remaining populations considered secure. Unlike introduced rainbow and brown trout, Yellowstone cutthroat evolved over thousands of years in the headwaters of the Yellowstone River Basin, perfectly
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Video of the Week – A Beautiful Mess
Complexity is part of what creates a great trout stream. Varying depths and flows and structure in the form of rocks and trees create that intricacy and add hiding places. For that reason alone, crews are cutting down trees and adding them to streams to improve habitat for brook trout. Watch “A Beautiful Mess” to learn more.
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Video of the Week – A River’s Reckoning
Watch A River’s Reckoning to see how the Bruchez family, along with so many agricultural producers across the West, are demonstrating that healthy rivers and working lands can go hand in hand.
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We went to court to defend Bristol Bay. Here’s what happened.
At the end of June, during the height of the world’s largest wild salmon run, Trout Unlimited, partners and advocates continued the fight to keep safeguards in place preventing the Pebble Mine.
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Two things anglers can do in times of drought
I had a choice this weekend. I could head down to Shenandoah National Park and fish for native brookies or ply the Potomac for blue catfish and perhaps an occasional schoolie striper. I chose the Potomac. While I love fishing the Potomac, after multiple days of high temperatures, I didn’t feel great about tugging on bespeckled jewels, even in cold small mountain streams. Your actions
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San Luis Valley, Colorado: A case study in trout and farm recovery
Nestled in south-central Colorado, the San Luis Valley boasts 14,000-foot peaks, Gold Medal waters, incredible biodiversity and even Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. As the largest alpine valley in the world, this area has been called home by the Navajo, Ute, Apache, Kiowa, Comanche and Spanish before becoming part of the United States. Today, that means the valley distinguishes itself
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When the fish don’t show up, the river tells the truth
In May, I sat in the boat with my brother on the Clearwater River, fishing for spring Chinook. Our excitement had been brewing for a year, since last season ended. The river looked right. The water felt right. It was the kind of morning that reminds you why people in Idaho wait all year for these incredible fish to come home. But by the end of the day, we had not gotten a
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