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Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico public lands bills up for hearing
This Wednesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining will hear a slew of bills, four of which are of particular importance to TU members and supporters. Find a brief description of each below and then click on the links for more information. Also, please call your elected representative to let them know…
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Organizing, collective voices lead to another win for Bristol Bay
Earlier this month, the Alaska state Legislature voted 41-18 to block Abe Williams from being confirmed to the Board of Fisheries. Williams is a current Pebble Limited Partnership employee who was nominated by the governor to sit on the committee that oversees the management of the 49th state's fisheries. Since being nominated by Alaska's pro-Pebble…
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TU’s Ziemer testifies before House Natural Resources Committee
Being invited to testify before Congress is a career highlight for anyone. Laura Ziemer, over her 22 years with Trout Unlimited, has received multiple such invitations, including a request to testify at today’s hearing of the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee on the topic of Building Back Better: Water,…
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TU advocacy is grounded in science
Picturing somebody standing in a river staring at a fish while wearing a white lab coat and protective goggles for no reason might be what people think of when they hear the title Trout Unlimited scientist. While there is an outside chance that might happen, in reality the 30 or so TU staff with a…
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How the BATTERY Act could make a difference for trout and salmon
U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, a Democrat from New York, and Rep. John Curtis, a Republican from Utah, recently came together to introduce the BATTERY Act, legislation that will establish a research, development and demonstration program for recycling critical minerals used in advanced battery technologies, such as those in our cell phones and electric vehicles. At a time noted for its polarized…
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Critical document release confirms the damage Pebble will bring to Bristol Bay
On Thursday, July 23, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a critical document in the permit application review process for the proposed Pebble mine: the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS shows more than 191 miles of streams and 4,614 acres of wetlands would be impacted if phase one of the proposed Pebble mine advances, with 185 miles…
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Attacks on the Clean Water Act continue
EPA issues final rule limiting state and tribal authority to protect their streams The Delaware River. (Trout Unlimited photo.) Six weeks after stripping federal protections from millions of miles of streams and millions of acres of wetlands, the Environmental Protection Agency is further weakening the Clean Water Act by sharply restricting the longstanding authority of…
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