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TU’s Stream Restoration: Utilizing Wood from Hazardous Fuels Reduction Treatments for Healthier Watersheds
Trout Unlimited (TU) is leading innovative stream restoration projects across the fire-prone Western U.S. Our skilled managers often use process-based techniques and other nature-based solutions to help rivers and streams function more naturally. But did you know that in Wyoming, Oregon and elsewhere, TU also plays a role in active forest management by using low-value…
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A review for whom? Arizona’s newest National Monument at-risk again
New calls to review monument boundaries ignore previous decades of work For years, Trout Unlimited (TU) has been working to protect the greater Grand Canyon region from future uranium mining. And, following two decades of local collaboration by tribal nations, anglers and hunters, sporting businesses, local leaders, conservation groups and many Arizonans, the Baaj Nwaavjo…
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This Land is Your Land: The Uncivilized Outdoorsman Vidal Gonzales
Today, we are highlighting Vidal Gonzales, owner of The Uncivilized Outdoorsman (UO).
Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…
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Photo of the Week – Bugs
Without bugs, our world as anglers would not exist.
Without bugs, our world as anglers would not exist. Not only are they primary food source for the trout we love, but they are a lynchpin in the food web for river environments. Entire ecosystems depend on the health of these macro invertebrates from trout to spiders to birds and bats to bears and beyond.…
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TROUT Tip – shooting line
Knowing when to shoot line during your cast can be tricky, but these tips from Orvis help tell us when and how to do just that. Give it a watch, then put it into practice during your next casting session or even during your next time on your favorite local river or lake. See All…
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TU and supporters continue to help communities impacted by Hurricane Helene
Recent events have included tree plantings and tree giveaways in North Carolina and Tennessee When Hurricane Helene moved inland over the Southeast, it dropped as much as 30 inches of rain on small mountain towns like Marion, N.C., Roan Mountain, Tenn., and many other communities. The flooding was catastrophic, the damage unprecedented and, sadly, at…
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Help native trout, win a drift boat
Win a custom Adipose Drift Boat and additional prizes valued at over $27,000. The Snake River needs your help. This sweepstakes will benefit Trout Unlimited’s local work on the river. And you can win cool stuff. There are only days left to enter. All the net proceeds will go directly to Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited,…