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Video spotlight: Hungry Life
Maybe it's because I'm coming up on about six weeks of self-imposed food deprivation (you know, that moment when you step on the scale and all you can say is, "WTF??"), or maybe it's because eating "cleaner" has become more important to me of late, but the video below speaks to me. Video of YETI…
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TU study shows new angling regulations needed for California’s Rush Creek
A worthy butterball from Rush Creek. By Jessica Strickland A scientific analysis led by Trout Unlimited highlights the need for a revision of angling regulations on Rush Creek, a fabled trophy brown trout fishery in California’s Mono County where intensive restoration efforts since 1994 have enabled the creek to recover some of its former glory…
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Voices from the River: TU internship fuels public lands appreciation
The author shows off a bright steelhead pulled from a Great Lakes tributary. By Chad Tokowicz Fly fishing is more than a hobby. The sport has allowed me to develop a closer relationship with the various places I have called home. Fly fishing helps me align with the rhythm of the natural world, providing a…
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Voices from the River: Tube-spotting
By Eric Booton I choose to wander through airports like a dazed drone, focusing on nothing but my destination and the gate that will get me there. I ignore most everyone. Not to be rude, I’m just not fully enthused to be killing time in such a mundane enclosure. The rows of bench seating occupied…
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Flames and fish: A growing issue in the West
The Dollar Ridge Fire in Utah raged over Strawberry Creek, a deisgnated Blue Ribbon Fishery. It will take time for the fish to return, but it will happen. Trout Unlimited will help the state with restoration efforts at the chapter, council and national level. Photo courtesy of the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office. By Paul Burnett…
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TU working to avert disaster for Oklahoma’s Lower Illinois River
TU grassroots leader Scott Hood with a nugget from Oklahoma's Lower Illinois River. The Lower Illinois River below Tenkiller Ferry Dam is one of only two streams in Oklahoma with a year-round trout fishery. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) manages this tailwater for trout, striped bass and other game fishes thanks to cold-water…
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Alaskans: Understanding the Alaska Supreme Court Decision on Ballot Measure One
By: Nelli Williams Trout Unlimited is supporting ballot measure 1 in Alaska, titled “An Act providing for protection of wild salmon and fish and wildlife habitat,” on which every Alaskan will have the opportunity to vote when they go to the polls on November 6. We urge all Alaskans eligible to vote to join the…
