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Planning for Salmon and Steelhead to Return as the Klamath Dams Come Down
As the largest river restoration effort in history moves forward, Oregon and California plan for fish reintroduction and monitoring After decades of determined advocacy, tribes and conservation partners are now on the precipice of removing the four dams of the Klamath River Hydroelectric Project. For over a century, these dams have degraded water quality and…
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New TU stream restoration tech returns to NY roots
Jeremiah Stone's love for nature stems from a childhood full of fishing and adventure in Upstate New York.
Stone joined the Trout Unlimited staff in 2022 as the full-time Stream Restoration Technician for the Northeast Coldwater Habitat Program covering New York and Connecticut. In this role he will support TU Northeast’s New York field based research and activities. Prior to graduating from Syracuse University in 2017, Stone worked seasonally with the nonprofit Sierra…
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Generous bequest boosts TU’s Land Conservancy Fund
Trout Unlimited’s work inspires in many ways.
Trout Unlimited’s work inspires in many ways. For longtime member and volunteer leader Schuyler Sweet, being involved in a river protection project made such an impact he was moved to extreme generosity. His decision offers Trout Unlimited chapters an important source of funding to support acquisition and protection of land critical to trout and salmon conservation.…
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We’re back on Clean Water Act defense
Don’t let up now. Healthy fish and clean streams need your help. When it comes to defending the Clean Water Act, it seems there’s no time to rest. It was only a couple of months ago that we celebrated a return to a common-sense definition of which rivers, streams and wetlands count as “Waters of…
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Wisconsin volunteer leader named Fly Fisherman’s Conservationist of the Year
“I got an email from the magazine’s editor, Ross Purnell, sharing the news,” Horvath recalled. “I thought someone was punking me.”
Gary Horvath isn’t one for attention. “I’m not a guy for the limelight,” says Horvath. “It kind of stresses me out.” He’s a little stressed out these days. Horvath, who lives in River Falls, Wisc., recently learned that Fly Fisherman magazine had named him its Conservationist of the Year. “I got an email from the…
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TU calls on the BLM for oil and gas rulemaking to keep trout habitat healthy
A Q&A with TU’s western energy director Tasha Sorensen on the continued need to update oil and gas rulemaking procedures With a new balance of power in D.C. taking hold and a new Congress settling into their duties, a familiar problem remains for anglers and conservationists across the West: speculative oil and gas leasing on…
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A Steelhead Story: The Legacy of Bill McMillan
A new short film celebrates Bill McMillan’s commitment to citizen science and the Skagit River’s wild steelhead Early in A Steelhead Story: The Legacy of Bill McMillan, the new film from North Sound TU, the camera follows Scott Willison and Bill McMillan hiking up a tributary of the Skagit River as they search for spawning…
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