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New Mexico Legislature 2025: A banner year for trout
It’s not every year that a state can protect and restore its natural resources or reimagine how they are managed. In its 2025 session, New Mexico state legislators had three such opportunities and admirably met the moment. In no small part due to the efforts of Trout Unlimited, the legislature prioritized modern wildlife management, its…
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Faces of Restoration: Gian Dodici
“Taking a dam out and seeing a free-flowing river again,” he reflects. “I’ve got the best job in the world.”
Like many young kids, Gian Dodici spent his early years fully immersed in the underwater universe of Jacque Cousteau and found world travel at his fingertips by turning the pages of National Geographic. While traveling throughout his childhood, Gian spent time turning over creek rocks looking for crayfish to flipping desert stones searching for scorpions.…
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TROUT Tip – debarbing
If you’re planning to catch and release the fish you’re after, debarbing the hook is the number one way to release fish with success. Watch Orvis’ Tom Rosenbauer explain the why and how behind debarbing your hooks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3Ow6Wp9ik&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=91
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Photo of the week – cutthroat
Snow is melting in the mountains, which has us dreaming about high country forays to catch native cutthroat trout. Trout Unlimited is continually inspired by these and other gorgeous native species like brook trout in the east and steelhead and salmon on the west coast. It is what drives us to restore and reconnect rivers…
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Faces of Restoration: California North Coast
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities Our ongoing Faces of Restoration series has been a great opportunity to highlight the exceptional contractors and partners who help make TU’s habitat restoration and reconnection projects possible. Usually, these stories focus on a single company or person. This week we’re…
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TROUT Tip – knots
Knots are critical to a successful day on the water.
Knots are critical to a successful day on the water. Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis shows us how to tie 3 knots you need to use on the water....and a few extra tips to ensure all goes well when tying them while fishing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ghw_DsLmgU&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=90
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Play, learn, serve, lead
Fifteen years before National Volunteer Week was officially recognized, Trout Unlimited (TU) was founded on a revolutionary premise: grassroots volunteers would anchor our work in the watersheds, communities and riverbeds of our mission. 65 years later, TU continues to thrive in over 400 communities across the U.S., thanks to volunteers who march steadily onward, planting…