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Q&A with new NLC leadership
We recently caught up with Rich Thomas and Sharon Sweeney Fee, who just took over two important leadership positions on Trout Unlimited’s National Leadership Council (NLC). Consisting of one elected representative from each of TU’s 36 state councils, the NLC is the volunteer body that serves as the liaison between volunteers and staff. Thomas moves…
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Improving watershed and infrastructure health in the Cherokee National Forest
Del Rio, Tenn. — Standing atop a newly installed bridge over Wolf Creek, deep in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest, Brett Yaw and Sally Petre were both smiling proudly. Although their professional backgrounds are completely different — Petre is a stream and rivers biologist; Yaw is a civil engineer — they both played key roles in…
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Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival
The Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival is making its return after a successful debut last spring. Held in Arlington, Vt., April 27-30, the show features how-to seminars by some of the fly fishing’s most respected experts, the International Fly Fishing Film Festival, music and a full slate of social events The show will also provide insight…
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“Let’s go ‘bishing’”: Stockers a great target for kids
Pond stocked.
Pond stocked. That was the subject line of a recent email to members of the Roanoke Valley Izaak Walton League of America chapter. A few years ago, the budget fatter than normal after Covid-caused cancellations of events like our annual picnic, our chapter’s leaders decided to spend some of the extra money on trout for…
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Battenkill program coordinator remains motivated after first three years
From rookie to pro, Jacob Fetterman works diligently to improve habitat conditions for Battenkill watershed trout When he first started working in the Battenkill River watershed, Jacob Fetterman was a relative rookie when it comes to stream restoration. He is on his way to becoming a stream-fixing veteran. Fetterman has overseen Trout Unlimited’s Battenkill Home…
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TU programs to benefit from latest round of National Fish Habitat Partnership funding
The National Fish Habitat Partnership has announced its latest round of funding, a list of 95 projects in 24 states, putting nearly $40 million toward a vast and diverse array of work around the country. Trout Unlimited is again among the groups that will put that NFHP money to work. Among the selected projects are…
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NOAA biological opinion unrealistic for Kennebec River recovery
Atlantic salmon runs in U.S. waters have endured blow after blow over the past two centuries. They just received another one. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this week released a Biological Opinion (BiOp) on an energy giant’s proposed solutions to improve fish passage infrastructure at four hydroelectric dams on Maine’s Kennebec River, one…
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Mark Taylor
A native of rural southern Oregon, Mark Taylor has lived in Virginia since serving a stint as a ship-based naval officer in Norfolk. He joined…