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North Sound TU’s Speyapalooza 2023 Recap
The annual gathering on the banks of Washington’s mighty Skagit River was a great time. Warm, sunny weather meant that Speyaplooza 2023 felt more like summer steelhead conditions than the gray, cold days many of us associate with winter steelhead fishing on Washington rivers, but I didn’t hear anyone complaining. North Sound TU President Bridget…
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A Steelhead Story: The Legacy of Bill McMillan
A new short film celebrates Bill McMillan’s commitment to citizen science and the Skagit River’s wild steelhead Early in A Steelhead Story: The Legacy of Bill McMillan, the new film from North Sound TU, the camera follows Scott Willison and Bill McMillan hiking up a tributary of the Skagit River as they search for spawning…
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Clackamas River TU Steps Up for Their Home Waters
TU volunteers greatly expand their restoration work through new collaboration with state and federal partners Last summer, the Clackamas River TU chapter partnered with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the US Forest Service to have a powerful, twin-engine helicopter place nearly 400 huge logs into Berry and Cub Creeks, two important…
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Listen now: Lessons from the Klamath Dams
TU’s Brian Johnson joins The River Rambler podcast for a conversation about dam removal, coalition building and what comes next on the Klamath Basin On the new episode of The River Rambler podcast, TU’s California Director Brian Johnson joins artist, angler and conservationist Richard Harrington for a wide-ranging conversation about the historic effort to reconnect…
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A twin-engine airlift for native trout, steelhead and salmon
In Oregon, anglers call in a helicopter to upgrade fish habitat on the Clackamas Over the course of two days in late July, a powerful twin-engine helicopter flew multiple trips into the headwaters of Oregon’s Clackamas River to carefully place nearly 400 large logs along three miles of Berry and Cub Creeks. The two tributaries…
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Planning for the Klamath dams to come down
TU partners with NOAA to prioritize high-impact restoration projects in anticipation of salmon returning After decades of advocacy and work by a dedicated coalition of tribes, conservationists, anglers, and commercial fisherman, four dams on the lower Klamath River are finally coming down. Removing these barriers will improve water quality, greatly reduce the disease outbreaks killing…
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NOAA: $20M for Trout Unlimited fish passage work
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supports projects in Washington State, California, Michigan, and Wisconsin This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center announced a broad suite of new projects recommended to receive funding through its Restoring Fish Passage Through Barrier Removal program, supported with new funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Four…
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