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TU Costa 5 Rivers Club Spotlight: CU Boulder
The CU Fly Fishing Club, now nearing its 20th year of existence, has consistently provided the students of CU Boulder with an avenue into the sport of fly fishing.
TU Costa 5 Rivers Club Spotlight: CU Boulder CU Boulder Fort Lewis College Bucknell University Sewanee: The University of the South Washington and Lee University Thanks to Coach Prime and the best mascot in college football, Ralphie, CU Boulder has been at the center of NCAA news for a while now. However, tucked underneath the…
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Volunteers Help Girl Scout Troop Earn First STREAM Girls Badges in New York State
The TU STREAM Girls program expands traditional elements of STEM education to include Recreation and the Arts. Some of the first NY STREAM Girls from Troop 61011 in Honeoye Falls, NY (Dan Hucko photo) In July, thirteen girls from Girl Scout Troop 61011 in Honeoye Falls became the first New York state recipients of the…
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TU/Costa’s 5 Rivers Students Help Complete Willowemoc Restoration Project
Students from Trout Unlimited’s 5 Rivers Program, hailing from six different universities across New York and Connecticut camped, fished, and planted trees in the Catskills for the Fall 2023 Northeast Rendezvous. Participants were welcomed by New York State Council’s Director of Youth Programming, Lindsay Agness and TU’s Youth Education Program Director, Franklin Tate who…
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Joy and Wonder
I caught my first fish with a fine, mesh net in the creek behind my childhood home. The silver minnow measured no more than a couple inches, but your uncle and I placed it and a couple others in a bucket and carried them into our house like treasures pulled from the deep. We kept…
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Back to school with TU
In Central Oregon and Seattle, TU programming ignites a passion for river conservation in youth. A TU Educator shares a watershed lesson with students along the lower Deschutes River with custom field journals to capture notes. In the Pacific Northwest, fun and educational programs are underway now that school is back in session, thanks to…
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Fly Fishing as Catalyst for Change
Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit realizes values of fly fishing. In August, a group of nine TU Costa 5 Rivers club leaders traveled to the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming for the 2023 Costa Ambassador Summit. This nationwide network of conservation-minded college fly fishing clubs each has a Costa Ambassador who is invited to…
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NYC Trout in the Classroom: Student perspective
Over this past school year, Brooklyn Technical High School juniors and seniors had a special opportunity to engage with their environment in a unique manner. Dr. Margarita introduced Trout in the Classroom (TIC), a Trout Unlimited program that uses the life cycle and habits of trout to teach the importance of cold, clean water to…
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Youth
Youth education and engagement