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Public Lands

  • Public Lands

    Roadless photo essay

    Adventures are endless on Roadless Areas.

    Pure magic...found on your nearest Roadless Area. Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming. Photo by Tanner Belknap 45 million acres of National Forest land protected by the Roadless Rule are currently at risk. These protections help safeguard clean water, crucial fish and wildlife habitat and the adventures we all cherish while allowing for multiple uses—including fishing, hunting,…

  • Public Lands

    10 things you can do in Roadless Areas

    Here are some things you might not know are possible in Roadless Areas...

    The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule provides critical protections for 45 million acres of National Forest lands across the United States. For more than 20 years, the Roadless Rule has conserved backcountry public lands and waters while providing flexibility for the Forest Service to steward these high-value landscapes through active management that improves forest health…

  • Public Lands

    This Land is Your Land: Amanda Monthei

    Long before she moved west to join a wildfire fighting crew, Amanda Monthei grew up fishing, hiking, hunting and camping in Northern Michigan’s Pigeon River Country, a vast network of state public lands surrounding her rural hometown.

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…

  • Public Lands

    This Land is Your Land: The best job at Trout Unlimited

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…

  • Public Lands

    This Land is Your Land: Lucas Mullen

    When the opportunities to guide and fish the lands and waters of the Tongass National Forest—America’s largest and biggest fish producing forest—came knocking, he answered.

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…

  • Advocacy Public Lands

    Why NEPA matters to trout and salmon

    And what’s at stake with proposed changes Signed into law in 1970 by President Nixon, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has served as a bedrock environmental law, ensuring that federal agencies consider consequences of their actions on public lands and that the public has opportunity to engage and be heard. For trout, salmon and…

  • Public Lands

    This Land Is Your Land: Jason Barr

    Jason Barr, born and raised in the shadow of Mt. Shasta at the tail end of the Cascade Range in northern California, has, you might say, an appetite for risk.

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…