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Dispatch from Apacheria
It is July in Arizona, and the heat lies out there like some hulking great beast, a monster with an appetite that seems always unsated. It swallows all when it can, but we humans move behind glass, the bake held at bay in little containers of refrigeration. A plane, the rampway from the plane to…
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Trout in the Suburbs
Michigan habitat work transforms stream in southeast corner of the state into a trout haven for a big population center.
Paint Creek restoration highlights chapter partnership potential in metro Detroit. “It’s hard to believe there’s a trout stream 10 feet from this road,” remarked Joe Bruce, conservation committee chair for the Vanguard Chapter of Trout Unlimited. “It’s pretty unique.” We stood at a crosswalk waiting for heavy traffic crossing a bridge over Paint Creek in…
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A Monumental Win for Fishing and Hunting
New report details how National Monuments support access, opportunity and economy of hunting and fishing. In a new report, National Monuments: A Hunting and Fishing Perspective, 25 groups and businesses – championed by Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership – evaluated hunting and fishing opportunity, as well as the…
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Fly-Fishing for Warmwater Fish in the Summer Heat
Northern Pike, Bass, Bluegill, and other warmwater fish are great fly alternatives when trout need a break. The little headwater stream to a wild native brook trout river in the western Upper Peninsula seemed like a perfect place to find little brookies and no other people. I drove a tangle of muddy logging roads after…
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Gabe Vasquez, United States Congressperson and sportsperson extraordinaire, finds a lot to love in National Monument designation
As a long-time resident of Las Cruces, a former city councilman and current U.S. Congressperson for New Mexico’s 2nd District, Gabe Vasquez has seen nothing but good come out of the creation of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Vasquez, an avid hunter and angler who grew up in the tradition of hunting taught to…
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TU Goes to The Hill for Abandoned Mine Cleanup
Trout Unlimited CEO Chris Wood testifies in favor of community reclamation legislation to facilitate abandoned mine cleanup. This week, Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood testified in favor of the proposed Community Reclamation Partnerships Act to facilitate cleanup of abandoned mines by community reclaimers, also known as “Good Samaritans,” in the Mining and Natural…
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Cooling Trout Rivers in a Warming Climate
Dam removals offer hope for coldwater trout in the face of climate change. For Bryan Burroughs, dam removals are the key to trout habitat restoration in the face of climate change. They have the potential to cool long stretches of river even more than climate change is expected to warm them over the coming decades. …
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