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Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and BoltsThe intense effort and partnership behind restoring fish habitat on a remote Alaskan island The intense effort and partnership behind restoring fish habitat on a remote Alaskan island This summer, Trout Unlimited completed a major restoration project on Kuiu Island in the Tongass National Forest 9 fish blocking culverts were removed 5 were…
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Good Sam – how we got here
Do you remember what you were doing in 2004? Here are a few memory-joggers: Facebook was launched. The last episode of the sitcom Friends was aired. President George W. Bush was reelected, narrowly defeating John Kerry. Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service launched a partnership to begin cleaning up abandoned mines in the western US.…
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In California, TU takes down another dam
Reconnecting prime spawning and rearing habitat for Central Coast steelhead If April is the cruelest month, October is the least cruel. The summer heat finally breaks, trees explode in color, big orange caddis bounce around and salmon and steelhead are pushing into rivers. October is also the end of the construction season for many Trout…
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AOP surveys continue in Driftless Area
The summer of 2024 was our second year having field technicians working across the Driftless Area to assess the condition, fish passage status and flood vulnerability of bridges and culverts on our coldwater streams. This work is often termed “Aquatic Organism Passage” or AOP due to the broad ecosystem benefits that are achieved when…
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‘We never give up.’ Watch Chris Wood’s State of Trout Unlimited 2024
We’ve accomplished so much over the past year. Salmon are returning to the Klamath River after the largest dam removal project anywhere. Apache trout are off the endangered species list and on the road to recovery. Good Samaritan abandoned mine cleanup legislation is nearing the finish line. From Vermont to Virginia and the Driftless to…
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Jeremy Brooks scholarship affords Wisconsin student summer opportunity to work and learn
By Kyle Kamm Heading into my senior year studying fisheries management at The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, I was fortunate as the recipient of the 2024 Jeremy Brooks Memorial Scholarship to be able to spend this past summer working in multiple aspects of fisheries management throughout a summer internship with Trout Unlimited. …
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Federal infrastructure funding unleashes potential of Upper Clark Fork River in Montana
Millions pour into western Montana to reconnect the watershed and restore endangered bull trout populations This is a story about a river running through the largest superfund site in America. Butte, America, that is. Once known as “the richest hill on earth,” Butte, Montana, once produced so much copper that the Anaconda Company––which extracted and…
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