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Watch: “Horses and Highwater: Restoring Tincup Creek”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhSC07aZ0_s&feature=youtu.be Horses and Highwater perfectly depicts the Western way of life bringing together the important tenets of community, collaboration and conservation. Trout Unlimited’s ongoing restoration efforts at Tincup Creek exemplify all these traits as we work closely with Caribou-Targhee National Forest—by hand, foot, hoof and helicopter—to bring restoration projects to life in the Salt River…
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Faces of Restoration: Jessica Lockwood
Sitting atop the Colorado River Basin in southwest Wyoming, the Green River boasts incredible fisheries, red desert buttes, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. This basin stretches across the Cowboy State from the Wind River Mountain Range to the north to the Uinta Mountains to the south and the Sierra Madre…
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Faces of Restoration: Gian Dodici
“Taking a dam out and seeing a free-flowing river again,” he reflects. “I’ve got the best job in the world.”
Like many young kids, Gian Dodici spent his early years fully immersed in the underwater universe of Jacque Cousteau and found world travel at his fingertips by turning the pages of National Geographic. While traveling throughout his childhood, Gian spent time turning over creek rocks looking for crayfish to flipping desert stones searching for scorpions.…
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Faces of Restoration: California North Coast
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities Our ongoing Faces of Restoration series has been a great opportunity to highlight the exceptional contractors and partners who help make TU’s habitat restoration and reconnection projects possible. Usually, these stories focus on a single company or person. This week we’re…
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Leave it to ReBeaver: A New Future for River Restoration in the West
Throughout the Rockies, TU employs hundreds of project managers, contractors, staff, and other essential individuals who all contribute to rural restoration and prosperity. Earlier this year, this work and investment took another leap forward through a new partnership with BlueCommons through their ReBeaver Restoration Fund, which supports communities seeking to implement watershed-scale riverscape restoration projects…
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Faces of Restoration: RIVHAB Engineering Design
When many of us think about the contractors and on-the-ground partners that make Trout Unlimited’s habitat restoration and reconnection projects possible, the first thought that often comes to mind are images of heavy equipment operators. After all, cranes, backhoes and excavators are required to get the work done during big projects like culvert removals and…
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Celebrating a banner year for Mendocino coho salmon
Last year, CCC coho salmon returns surged to their highest numbers since extensive monitoring began!
Each year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) carefully counts juvenile and adult coho salmon in North Coast rivers and streams. This work is especially important for tracking the status of endangered populations of Central California Coast (CCC) coho. Last winter, CDFW staff realized they were seeing exceptional numbers of adult salmon returning…
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