Author

Jeff Yates

  • Conservation

    TU Family Field Trip: Take a Headwaters Hike

    We all live downstream — and what happens in the headwaters of our watersheds impacts the quality of our drinking water supply, the health of the local ecosystems, and the quality of life we enjoy. One of the best ways to bring the concept of a watershed to life for youth is by literally tracing…

  • “LOCAL” – My Road to TU & Conservation

    https://youtu.be/h1bjhKFPxWo Vote for NCC-TU’s film, “Local” in this year’s RIO Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards contest, Click here to vote. Voting closes June 30 at midnight! Vote for NCCTU in the Rio Amateur Film Awards by Andrew Reichardt It’s funny to think about how I first got involved with Trout Unlimited. It wasn’t on a…

  • Community

    New Great Website – Same Great Leaders Only Tools

    /wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/New-Website.JPG In the coming days, Trout Unlimited will be unveiling our new website - a site that captures the passion we all feel about conservation, fishing and protecting the places we love. It makes it faster, easier, and more exciting to learn how you and TU are making a difference, and connect with other s…

  • TU Who? Awareness is Essential to Growing Our Impact

    Our work will take generations to accomplish and every chance we get to educate and inspire the broader community to care for our streams is another opportunity to raise awareness and build a larger coalition around our conservation efforts. by Jeff Yates If a dam tumbles down on a small, babbling brook and no-one hears…

  • Conservation Community

    An Incredible Year of Local, Grassroots Impact

    Thanks to more than 300,000 volunteers, members and supporters, TU's local impact continues to grow, with more than 731,000 volunteer hours reported in fiscal year 2018! By Jeff Yates Cold, clean, fishable water doesn’t come easy. It takes the right mix of protected headwater habitat, reconnected stream systems and the constant restoration of degraded areas…

  • Jeff Wright hired as Trout Unlimited Southeast volunteer coordinator

    Trout Unlimited is happy to announce that we’ve hired Jeff Wright to serve as our new Southeast volunteer coordinator. Jeff will work with TU Volunteer Operations staff and regional conservation staff to engage, inform and empower TU’s volunteers to advance coldwater conservation in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Jeff’s passion for conservation and…