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Adventure fishing delivers
Going deeper always pays As snow falls gently from the sky and piles up enough to snowshoe and ski (and shovel), I can’t help but think about the places fishing took me over the warm summer months and where I’ll seek out trout next summer. There’s something about seeing snowflakes gently cascading down that makes me excited for adventure…
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TU Applauds Rep. DeFazio for Opposing Jordan Cove Energy Project
Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio reels in a summer steelhead in his home state. Photo by Dean Finnerty. In an email to supporters over the weekend, Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio voiced outright opposition to the Jordan Cove Energy Project proposal in Southwest Oregon. The project would include an export facility in Coos Bay, along with a…
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Reminiscing on the Roadless Rule
A TU staffer in Alaska takes a look back at her 2015 summer working in Southeast Alaska, and how she saw the benefits of the Roadless Rule through a tourism lens.
Monday’s walk to work was a different one than normal. The past few weeks it has been pretty classic Anchorage winter weather- cold, snowy and incredibly dark. But yesterday, I walked out my front door in my puffy coat and snow boots and immediately turned around to exchange my outerwear for a raincoat and Xtra-Tuffs. Still pitch…
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Fish and Fiscal Responsibility: Let’s Protect the Roadless Rule
Over the course of 31 years as a resident of Alaska, nearly 15 years of which have been spent doing conservation work, I’ve always been amazed by the inability of strong, well-documented financial realities to guide how public lands are managed. In the case of the Tongass National Forest, it has been made clear repeatedly…
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The ecology of multiple use
Partners working together to protect one species and provide for another Effective partnerships win The 2014 listing of the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse as a federally endangered species caused the closure of an expansive meadow along the Rio Cebolla to all uses – camping, fishing and especially grazing. As a gathering pasture in the…
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Citizen scientists blitz pipeline route
By Jake Lemon West Virginia and Virginia are currently experiencing a major buildout of pipeline infrastructure. Pipelines are being constructed across hundreds of miles of rugged and highly erodible terrain, crossing hundreds of rivers and streams in the process. These large-scale construction projects have the potential to degrade aquatic ecosystems and drinking water supplies. This…
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A Holiday Shoppers Guide to Supporting Bristol Bay
With the upcoming holidays, please consider purchasing products from partners who have gone above and beyond in helping us have the resources we need in order to fight Pebble!
In 2019, we saw huge successes and persisting challenges in our efforts to stop the proposed Pebble mine. Despite delivering over 685,000 public comments opposing Pebble and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and moving Senator Murkowski to see the fast-tracked nature of the permit review process, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to…