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Voices from the River: A family gets dirty for conservation
A father and his daughter work to plant willows along the Esther Simplot Park in Boise, Idaho. David Garman photo. By Kira Finkler Some say families that get dirty together stay together. If that is indeed the case my family will be a tight-knit bunch for a long time. On a recent cool and cloudy…
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Western governors support Good Sam
The Western Governors Association passed a resolution this week supporting legislation that would help clean up abandoned mines across the West by protecting Good Samaritans who voluntarily clean up the pollution. There are more than a half million abandoned mines dotting the Western landscape, creating significant water quality problems. “We commend the Western Governors’ Association…
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Video spotlight: How to get Your Nymphs into the Strike Zone
The Euro-nymphing technique was late arriving to the States, but it has made full-on landfall, and a lot of nymphers who might have otherwise fished nymphs with indicators are now completely converted to this highly effective technique. Video of How to Get Your Nymphs Into the Strike ZoneThat doesn't mean they've mastered it, though (and…
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Summer 2018: Time to make new Rules for suction dredge mining in Washington
Washington’s salmon, steelhead, and other native fish are critical to our state’s economy, way of life, and identity. Many of our most prized fish populations are struggling, with some on the brink of extinction, and we are spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on recovery efforts to try to save them. Suction Dredge Mining…
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Odyssey profile: Anthony Ortiz
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay…
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Conservation Portfolio Analysis aids brook trout efforts in NE
By Keith Curley Brook trout are often looked at through the lens of decline, and with good reason – brook trout have been lost from many of their historical habitats. The Northeast, however, continues to be blessed with an abundance of brook trout habitat. According to TU’s Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment, and Focal Area assessment…
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Voices from the River: Reality bats last
Photo: Jerry McBride/Durango Herald By Randy Scholfield It’s hard to face reality sometimes, even when it’s staring you in the face. Even when, as at present, it’s slapping us in the face. Gaze out across another scorched summer of drought and fires in the West, and diminished water supplies and watersheds, and tell me climate…