Trout Magazine

  • Advocacy

    A critical time for critical minerals

    We need to protect trout and salmon fisheries when mining the raw materials of our clean energy future Among policy makers, critical minerals are a big deal. As for the rest of us, we may not know just how important these minerals are to everyday life.     In today’s world, minerals like cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements, tellurium and dozens of others…

  • Youth Community

    Salmon and Trout in the Classroom: uncertainty and innovation during the pandemic

    Could S/TIC be a valuable virtual learning tool during the COVID-19 pandemic? Let’s face it: this school year is going to be a huge challenge as teachers, parents, and students prepare for a brave, new semester of strange, new virtual participation. A number of states have announced plans to re-open in-person classes while others are looking at hybrid or all-virtual instruction. As this is…

  • Conservation Climate Change Featured

    Lower Snake plan: An opportunity, not a solution

    To make a difference on the Lower Snake River, we need action from our decision makers. And fast

    Last week, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration released the final environmental impact statement for future operations of the Columbia River System, including four dams on the Lower Snake River that have been proven to significantly reduce runs of salmon and steelhead into Idaho and far eastern…

  • From the President Conservation

    Recovery through restoration

    Now is the time to double down on our investment in the outdoors. This summer, the President and a bipartisan majority in Congress have coalesced around an old good idea. Namely, that we as a nation ought to be investing in our public lands. Our parks and forests and wilderness areas are a national endowment,…

  • Community

    Unicoi Outfitters General Store

    Unicoi Outfitters is a great TU supporter. They are committed to conservation on their home water and nationwide.

    There are ideas that are uniquely American, like the general store. I had the blessing of growing up as the son of a guy who ran what was then called a mercantile store in a one-stoplight town in Wyoming. Horseshoes – got’ em. Groceries – upstairs. Women’s clothing – downstairs and to the right. Hunting…

  • Youth Community

    TU Green Team works to restore Rogue watershed in Mich.

    By Jamie Vaughan  While the COVID-19 pandemic has halted many programs this summer, Trout Unlimited staff in Michigan are pleased to continue the Green Team program for its sixth year, employing high school students from across the Rogue River watershed to learn about and take part in watershed restoration projects.   The Trout Unlimited Green Team was established in 2015 and grew out of…