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The best hope for recovering trout and salmon? You.
Thanks to dedicated volunteers, loyal partners, and strong allies, we racked up wins in 2022 Seventeen years ago, when Brian Johnson was hired at TU in California, his boss told him that a coalition working on the Klamath River was advocating for removal of all four dams on the river. The other day, Brian recounted…
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‘Always remember to say thank you.’
Volunteers are an inspiration to the work Trout Unlimited is doing My first exposure to Trout Unlimited’s volunteers occurred perhaps 25 years ago. I was helping to lead an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to protect more than 58 million acres of wilderness quality public lands and was invited to speak to the Rapidan…
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Trout Unlimited, Forest Service launch $40 million initiative
New chapter in a longstanding partnership to recover and reconnect trout waters on public lands A century ago, Gifford Pinchot wrote: “The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves, in a sense, responsible for that future.” As the nation’s first head of the U.S. Forest Service after its…
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The Clean Water Act at 50
Landmark law is still at work keeping waters clean from the source to cities As 50th birthday celebrations go, it was a wet and cold affair. This week, I joined environmental policymakers from the White House and Congress in marking the anniversary of the Clean Water Act, one of the most important laws signed in…
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Best of TU: L.L.Bean for Corporate Conservation
Maine outdoor company’s support for healthy fish and thriving communities is unwavering Leon Leonwood Bean was not happy. He loved hunting but was tired of returning home with cold and wet feet. He had an idea. What if he sewed rubber bottoms to leather uppers, and made a waterproof boot? Over 100 years later, L.L.Bean…
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The State of TU
https://vimeo.com/734544093 During the Trout Unlimited CX3 conference in Portland, Maine, this month, President and CEO Chris Wood, spoke about the urgent work ahead to make our waters cleaner, our fisheries healthier, and our communities more connected. “We live in a world today where our relationship with nature is broken,” he said. “We live in a…
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The Best of TU
This year, two conservation stalwarts took home the award recognizing volunteer leadership One of the highlights of the year for me is presenting the Ray Mortensen award to our top volunteer leaders. Chris Wood presents the Mortensen to Jim Walker via Zoom during the annual State of TU address. “The Mortensen” honors a man from…
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Chris Wood
Chris has worked at TU for 20 years, and is not the best angler, but he is among the most earnest.