Voices from the River: Investing in public lands

The home away from home on the Ruby River, Montana. Public lands. by Chris Hunt Last spring, as I prepared for a lengthy summer trip to the Arctic, I marched myself into my local RV dealership and signed away a significant chunk of change for a brand new camper. The trip was amazing—I crisscrossed Idaho…

Short casts: Turnpike trout, Tampa fly fishing, braving winter

The Henry’s Fork in eastern Idaho. Local TU members in Chester County, Penn., won a small court victory recently in their effort to protect Valley and Trou t creeks from highway stormwater runoff pollution when a judge ruled that public meeting requirements weren’t met when county and township officials crafted a stormwater discharge plan for…

TU launches TroutBlitz, a citizen-science effort to catalog wild and native trout

June 27, 2014 Contact: Jack Williams, TU Senior Scientist, (541) 261-3960 Chris Hunt, TU National Communications Director, (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU launches TroutBlitz, a citizen-science effort to catalog wild and native trout across North America Organization invites all anglers to photograph and map their catches in the name of science WASHINGTON, D.C.With the…

Sportsmen Pleased with Decision to put Clean Water Act into Action in Bristol Bay

Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403 Tim Bristol, Director, TU Alaska Program (907) 321-3291 Rob Masonis, Vice president for Western Conservation, TU, (206) 491-9016 Steve Moyer, Vice president for Government Affairs, TU (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen Pleased with Decision to put Clean Water Act into Action in Bristol Bay…

TU, rancher boost fish habitat on Chalk Creek, UT

chalk_creek_bonneville.jpg A Chalk Creek native Bonneville cutthroat: Reconnected to spawning habitat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 6, 2013 Contact: Paul Burnett, 801-436-4062 pburnett@tu.org Tim Hawkes, 801-928-9008 thawkes@tu.org Trout Unlimited, rancher boost fish habitat on Chalk Creek Project reconnects Weber River cutthroats with spawning habitat (Salt Lake City)The Weber River is home to one of Utahs most…

Trout Unlimited Alaska Sponsors Fly Fishing Academy for Bristol Bay Youth

Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Director of Communications, Trout Unlimited Alaska, pdobbyn@tu.org or 907-230-1513 NEWS RELEASE Trout Unlimited Alaska Sponsors Fly Fishing Academy for Bristol Bay Youth Fly Fishing and Guiding Program Encourages Local Kids to Enter Sport Fishing Industry For Immediate Release (May 18, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska) Trout Unlimited Alaska, together with partner organizations, is sponsoring…

Trout Unlimited Idaho Project Receives Forest Service Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Trotter, (208) 552-0891, x. 712 ktrotter@tu.org Bart Gamett, (208) 588-2224bgamett@fs.fed.us Trout Unlimited Idaho Project Receives Forest Service Award Trout Unlimiteds Idaho Water Project (IWP) recently received the 2009 national Rise to the Future Partner Award from the USDA Forest Service, which recognized IWPs leadership in restoring fish populations in the…