Big Creek Restoration Work Continues  

The official start to summer in New York coincided with another historic storm coming on the heels of a very rainy spring.   A little extra rain amplifies lush green landscapes and healthy flowing rivers.  However, we’ve again witnessed what happens when massive storms carrying a deluge of water and debris, head directly for a small community like the Village of Waterville.   Local partners are collaborating to stabilize Big Creek to be more resilient when…

Reconnection Report Card — New York Priority Waters 

Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements. The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30…

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Trees of Time: Expanding the Legacy of Boquet River Restoration 

In the early 1990s, TU volunteer Rich Redmen had the idea to use large Willow stakes to resurrect a deeply eroding stream bank on the Boquet River in Wadhams, N.Y. At the time, it was a common practice to load eroding banks with large rocks, often called rip rap. But rip rap could cost 15…

PA Troutfitters

PA Troutfitters is a veteran-owned, fly fishing guide service located near Allentown, Pennsylvania. We specialize in drift boat trips, walk and wade trips, and fly fishing education classes.

TU/Costa’s 5 Rivers Students Help Complete Willowemoc Restoration Project

Students from Trout Unlimited’s 5 Rivers Program, hailing from six different universities across New York and Connecticut camped, fished, and planted trees in the Catskills for the Fall 2023 Northeast Rendezvous.   Participants were welcomed by New York State Council’s Director of Youth Programming, Lindsay Agness and TU’s Youth Education Program Director, Franklin Tate who…