For immediate release CONTACT:Corey Fisher / Senior Policy Directorcfisher@tu.org / (406) 546-2979 Need a reason to support public lands? Heres 8,000. Trout Unlimited releases petition to celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday (Sept. 29, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. — In honor of National Public Lands Day, Trout Unlimited is celebrating by releasing 8,000 reasons public…
TU duo wins prestigious Leopold Awards
Dave Sweet, left, and Joe McGurrin—two of TU’s finest. Long-time Trout Unl imited Director of Resources Joe McGurrin and David Sweet, a volunteer leader with TU’s East Yellowstone Chapter were awarded the two most prestigious awards at the Wild Trout Symposium in West Yellowstone, Mont., this week. The Aldo Starker Leopold Wild Trout Award is…
Native Trout Odyssey Team
Native Trout Odyssey team to make final stop in Washington D.C. Five college students; 10 weeks; 10 states; 18 native trout species. The Native Odyssey crew (left to right): Brett Winchel, Matt Crockett, Jacob Lacy, Heather Harkavy, Austin Burroughs. This Summer, TU, in partnership with U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, and Fishpond,…
Gear test: Le Chameau Condor LCX hunting boots
Grouse season always sneaks up on me, and I’m lucky if I can get out for a day or two early in the season when the weather is still nice and the birds haven’t been walked over too many times. But this year, thanks to the folks at Le Chameau, a quality bootmaker who sent…
30 Great Places: Canaan Valley
Location: Mid-AppalachiaActivities: Hiking; biking; hunting; fishingSpecies: White-tailed deer; black bear; wild turkey; ruffed grouse; brook and brown and trout; largemouth bass Where: Canaan Valley (pronounced “Ca-nane”) National Wildlife Refuge protects 16,550 acres in the Allegheny Mountains in Tucker County, in north central West Virginia. It rests at 3,200 feet, making it the highest elevation valley…
Voices from the River: Goodbye Gibbon River brook trout
By Chris Hunt I first fished the upper Gibbon River some 20 years ago. In its quiet, high reaches above Virginia Cascades, it is perhaps the prettiest stretch of meadow stream in all of Yellowstone. It snakes, cold and deep, through a picturesque mountain valley below a couple of high-country lakes that source it. Its…
30 Great Places: Ninemile Valley
Region: Northern RockiesActivities: Hiking, Sightseeing, FishingSpecies: Rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout Where: Ninemile Valley is 20 miles west of Missoula, in west central Montana. The valley bottom consists mostly of private property; the upper lands are part of the Lolo National Forest. Ninemile Creek is a major tributary of the Clark Fork, Montana’s largest river.…