Trout Magazine

  • Community

    When a river breaks your heart

    The devastating flooding that swept through Kerr County and Central Texas on July 4th didn’t hit the coldwater fishery on the Guadalupe that Trout Unlimited members know and love. The fishery was largely spared. But upstream, the damage was heartbreaking. Roads were washed away, homes destroyed, and so many lives were lost, and there are…

  • Community

    Seed Savers Exchange 50th Anniversary Celebration – with special guest TUDARE!

    Seed Savers Exchange stewards America’s culturally diverse and endangered garden and food crop legacy for present and future generations. They educate and connect people through collecting, regenerating, and sharing heirloom seeds, plants, and stories. Seed Savers Exchange has been saving and sharing seeds with gardeners since 1975. To commemorate the Seed Savers Exchange network—and all…

  • Science

    Sculpin Study

    Prior to meeting Evan Sirianni, my knowledge of sculpin consisted of occasionally looking at Muddler Minnows in a fly shop fly bin and wondering if they work.  Sirianni, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, recently held a field demonstration day on Maple Dale Creek near Viroqua, Wisc., to introduce his master's degree…

  • Restoration

    Driftless Area Restoration Effort Update

    The Driftless Area team has been hard at work preparing for a very busy summer.  With support from the Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited, the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, we have a technician crew collecting culvert assessment data in the Driftless portion of Dane County this summer. …

  • From the President

    Wielding the conservation power of the President

    Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world. The presidents who remember that fact and use their executive power in the name of conservation are often best remembered for those acts—not the often forgettable, if not regrettable, policies they enact.   Historical environmental wins President Grant signed an act creating…