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Shauna Stephenson

  • MT Smith: Did you get your permit?

    To everyone who drew a permit to float Montana's Smith let us be the first to say: Congratulations, you lucky son-of-a-gun. Not only are you about to embark on one of the country's most amazing floats, you have also earned the distinction of making nearly 10,000 hopeful applicants from across the country jealous of your…

  • Reforming mining in Montana

    Above: Sheep Creek is an important tributary to Montana's Smith River. It is also the place a foreign mining company has their copper mine. There is a systemic problem with the hard rock mining industry in Montana. Too many times have we seen out of state and international hard rock mining companies come into Montana,…

  • What Trump’s budget means for anglers

    "The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value."-- President Teddy Roosevelt [STAND UP FOR CONSE RVATION FUNDING HERE] Land and water conservation are taking a direct hit in President Trumps proposed budget. In his message to…

  • Idaho’s largest public land rally in the West

    By Michael Gibson Idahoans of all stripes descended on the Idaho Statehouse steps en masse on Saturday to show their support for keeping public lands in public hands. Touted as the “largest public lands rally in the West,” nearly 3,000 public landowners braved a rainy, blustery morning to let politicians and would-be land grabbers know…

  • Bill honoring steelhead legends reintroduced

    Senator’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley reintroduced legislation today that would protect one of the country’s best remaining populations of wild steelhead. The “Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area” bill will safeguard more than 100,000 acres of habitat on the famed North Umpqua. “Trout Unlimited applauds the determined leadership of Oregon Senators’…

  • Steelheaders should stand up for small streams

    By John McMillan When we steelhead anglers think of steelhead water, we think of big, muscular rivers like the Skagit, Umpqua and Eel. We don’t usually think of small streams we can step across or even streams that go dry in the summer. We should. Those s mall streams -- even ones that intermittently go…

  • Idaho Public Lands Rally

    Idaho's national forests and public lands are treasures that belong to all Idahoans and all Americans. Some Idaho politicians want to ignore that fact. Today, Idaho politicians are making a grab to control and sell off Idaho's most treasured landscapes. Idaho's public lands—Hells Canyon, the Sawtooths, the Frank Church or Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas—are not for…