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This Land is Your Land: Growing up on public lands…and sharing that with others
It’s a warm, sunny, southern evening and Zoe Mihalas is in her element, knee-deep in the Davidson River with a fly rod in hand.
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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Working to save a species
TU’s tireless work to protect and restore the South Fork Snake River’s native Yellowstone Cutthroat For a fly angler, it is hard to beat the slow, deliberate rise of a wild Yellowstone cutthroat coming up through the water column to sip a dry fly. It is one of the truly iconic moments defining the experience…
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TROUT Tip – casting in dense cover
Here’s the scenario: you’ve found a lunker rising, but of course it’s just out of reach from an accessible casting position. The brush is extremely dense for a typical cast. What to do? The crew at Orvis gives us tips on how to deal with this situation. See All Orvis Learning Center Videos
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Photo of the week – science never sleeps
TU’s science team might just be the hardest working people in our organization, especially this time of year. They coordinate with field staff on projects to determine the proper analytics to gather, measure and monitor. Then they analyze that data to determine the next steps. At times, these days turn out to be extremely long,…
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Volunteer anglers sought for coaster fin clip collection
Fishing is great. Even better? Fishing for science.
Fishing is great. Even better? Fishing for science. Trout Unlimited is looking for angler volunteers in the upper Great Lakes region to help gain a better understanding of the distribution of coaster brook trout in Lake Superior and its tributaries in Wisconsin and Michigan. TU and agency crews have been looking for coaster brook trout…
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Mapping the reconnection of Great Lakes stream networks with Trout Unlimited
In the Great Lakes region, the brook trout is Trout Unlimited’s mascot for a good reason. This vibrant salmonid is known as a native indicator species, as their ecology requires habitat parameters like river substrate, dissolved oxygen levels, cold water, healthy surrounding forests and connected stream networks for survival and reproduction. If brook trout populations…
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Improving tide gates on the Salmon SuperHwy
On Oregon’s North Coast rivers, NOAA restoration investments are helping reconnect critical habitat for salmon and farmers. When many of us picture barriers to fish migration, we often think of dams and perched culverts preventing salmon, steelhead and other native species from reaching spawning and rearing habitat, off-channel refuges from high flows or sources of…