A valid question; How’s fishing after restoration projects?  

fishing golden trout habitat

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.   We…

A New Scientific Resource to Better Understand the Global Impacts of Hatchery Fish on Wild Salmonids

Dozens of small Chinook salmon being moved from a net into a tank of water

A literature Review led by Trout Unlimited shows over 80 percent of global, peer-reviewed research on the topic has found an adverse effect on wild salmonid populations in freshwater and marine environments.