Looking back at a big year for PA Coldwater Habitat Program

by | May 15, 2019 | Conservation

By Jake Tomlinson The past year was a big one for Trout Unlimited’s Pennsylvania Coldwater Habitat Program, which works with a variety of partners and funding sources to protect critical habitat, reconnect degraded waterways, and restore populations of coldwater fisheries.   During the 2018 field season, TU completed more than 8,000 feet of streambank stabilization and habitat improvement, reducing by approximately 37 tons the…

What the Animas can learn from the Arkansas

by | May 8, 2019 | Conservation, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_image src=”https://www.tu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Buck.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.6″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_image src=”https://www.tu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20170201_120929.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.6″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.22.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.22.6″] Let’s take a minute to daydream. Close your eyes and envision beautiful mountain scenery and cold, clean water drifting through the valley floor, bugs flitting through the clear, blue sky, and the possibility of sighting wildlife around every bend.…

Pipeline Impacts in the Delaware River Basin

We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation build-out of major interstate pipelines to move natural gas from the Marcellus shale region to markets, other transmission lines, and export terminals on the East Coast. If not properly managed, this construction boom could have major impacts on the streams and forests of the Delaware River Basin…

TU getting things done in the Great Lakes region

by | May 6, 2019 | Conservation

I recently spoke about Trout Unlimited’s conservation work to a small gathering of anglers, most of whom had been Trout Unlimited members at some point but had drifted away and lost touch.    They were surprised to learn that TU had grown to become an organization with 300,000 members and supporters who dedicate more than 700,000 volunteer hours annually, a…