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South Branch Moose River reconnection project for brook trout
Oscar Wilde’s famous quote “No great deed goes unpunished” might be a bit more cynical of a philosophy than we like to believe here at Trout Unlimited. In fact, when replacing old culverts and removing barriers to fish passage, we’re far more likely to be blessed than cursed for the work. We smile brightly at the sight of a…
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Restoring Fish Passage on Prince of Wales Island
On Prince of Wales Island, nearly 450 culverts and bridges along Forest Service roads do not meet state or federal standards and restrict fish migration to important spawning and rearing habitat upstream. There are likely many more barriers to fish migration along roads on non-federal lands. These barriers reduce salmon and trout populations in affected…
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Protected: A Ridgetop-to-Ridgetop Approach to Aquatic Restoration and Active Forest Management
The Sheep Creek Stewardship Project In Northeast Oregon, Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other partners are leading an innovative, interdisciplinary effort to restore fish and wildlife habitat, enhance recreation opportunities, support local economies and improve wildfire resilience. The Sheep Creek Stewardship Project Project overview Connecting the valley and uplands Sheep Creek's…
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Legacy Contracting: Building bridges for fish and communities on the Salmon SuperHwy
On Oregon’s beautiful North Coast rivers, the Salmon SuperHwy is working hard to reconnect over 180 miles of high-priority, historic salmon, steelhead, lamprey and cutthroat trout habitat in the Tillamook, Nestucca and Sand Lake watersheds. As of January 2026, the partnership has already accomplished 75 percent of their goal. Over the course of the last decade, the partnership has restored access to 137 miles…
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What is Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration?
Acronyms such as LTPBR (Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration), PBR (Process-Based Restoration), BDA (Beaver Dam Analog), PALS (Post-Assisted Log Structure), LWD (Large Woody Debris), and ELJ (Engineered Log Jam) are used all over the stream restoration community. Whether referring to the design manual published by Wheaton et al. through Utah State University or just referring to the…
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A valid question; How’s fishing after restoration projects?
An angler might wonder; what will one of Trout Unlimited’s restoration projects do to the fishing? It’s a valid question. At times we work with contractors to add numerous logs (or even full trees) and woody debris in a stream to make the habitat more complex. We break up long, straight riffle sections with j-hook rock structures to slow down the flow and create deeper holding water. TU…
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Busy field season ahead for Driftless Area
Trout Unlimited’s Driftless Area Restoration Effort’s has another busy field season ahead of it for 2026. Work started in January, when we started construction on the partnership project on Fancy Creek. In conjunction with the landowners, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Valley Conservancy, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesz, Pheasants Forever, Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Richland County Conservation District, U-W Madison, and others, the project has been designed…
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