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Conservation

  • Conservation Youth

    Conservation and Education on the Fall River

    Click Here for Spanish The Fall River and Trout Unlimited The Fall River is an essential source of cold, clean water for the Deschutes River, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters. The Fall River meanders through public, private, and state lands and is enjoyed by hikers, dog walkers, bicyclists, anglers, and locals who come here daily…

  • Restoration

    Creating balance on a Lower Sacramento tributary 

    paynes creek aerial view

    A new diversion facility on Paynes Creek improves fish passage for Northern California’s salmon and steelhead  Photos by Katie Falkenberg Flowing into one of Northern California’s most robust salmon rivers, the Lower Sacramento, Paynes Creek offers excellent spawning grounds for Chinook and Central Valley steelhead. But it’s also an important source of water for the people and…

  • Restoration

    Reconnecting Oregon’s Salmon SuperHwy

    The Salmon SuperHwy team had a busy summer on Oregon’s North Coast in 2025. The partnership completed five culvert replacements and one tide gate replacement, bringing their habitat reconnection total to 137 stream miles. SSH Director Liz Ransom standing next to the new tide gate at Esther Creek before it was installed The completed projects…

  • Advocacy

    Expanding hunting and angling opportunities on public lands

    On January 7, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum signed Secretarial Order 3447, which reaffirms hunting and fishing access on public lands. This order underscores what hunters and anglers know firsthand: public lands are essential to support and sustain our hunting and fishing traditions. The fact is that millions of hunters and anglers across the country…

  • Advocacy

    Following the music

    On the one-year anniversary of its designation, Trout Unlimited celebrates the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, and the fishing and hunting opportunities it provides. I followed a faint trail through the lush grass of a meadow framed by pines and Douglas fir, level at first and then gently climbing a slope. In the hottest time of…

  • Conservation

    Knowledge = protections

    For the past seven years, Mark Hieronymus has been on a mission to explore and document previously unknown anadromous waters in Southeast Alaska for Trout Unlimited’s Fish Habitat Mapping project.  Waters listed in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADFG)  Anadromous Waters Catalog (AWC) are protected under Alaska law. Once streams are included in…