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‘A Nation’s River’ highlights TU’s efforts in the Potomac headwaters
Dustin Wichterman lives trout. By day he manages Trout Unlimited’s restoration and protection work in the Potomac headwaters. Most of the rest of the time he’s either fishing for trout or dreaming about fishing for trout. And a big part of that dream is that one day the Potomac headwaters will again regularly churn out native brook trout pushing…
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Kokanee salmon coming to big screens across Washington
With the help of our friends, the Trout Unlimited team in Washington has been working toward an exciting project, and we need your help. Introducing: Spawning Grounds: the story of a little red fish and the urgent effort to keep them from going extinct. For more than two years a Seattle based Emmy-winning filmmaker, Nils…
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Hope for Idaho’s Salmon
“I have concluded that I am going to stay alive long enough to see salmon return to healthy populations in Idaho.” Those words by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) at a conference at the Andrus Center last week may do more to project the recovery of the imperiled Snake River salmon and steelhead than multiple…
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Why is your lateral line different than mine?
Most of us working on behalf of wild steelhead love our jobs. Still, after a long week we are ready to hit the water — and share some more steelhead knowledge. This week we touch on a study conducted by Andrew Brown at the University of Washington, along with several co-authors. The paper can be…
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Salmon on the agenda in Idaho
U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson addresses the crowd at an Andrus Center conference in Boise. Photo by Chris Wood. This week in Boise, the Andrus Center for Public Policy is presenting an important conference: "Energy, Salmon, Agriculture, and Community: Can We Come Together?" TU President and CEO Chris Wood is there, and he'll speak as part…
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Shocking the Eagle
Call me Kristoff, like the animated ice harvester of Arendelle best known for “riding across the fjord like a valiant, pungent reindeer king” to save the blustery day in the famous final scene of the fictitious film, “Frozen.” The real-world “fjord” on this frosty 24-degree morning in the rustic but comparably quaint hamlet of Minturn, Colo., is actually…
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In the Heart of the Rockies
Climate change is a reality for sportsmen and women in the West. In fact, they may have noticed its intricacies more than most--spending time outside on a seasonal basis is a sure-fire way to notice trends and changes. https://vimeo.com/328338288 And they're raising the alarm. The film above by Conservation Hawks, a non-profit that communicates the…
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