FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay, (907) 843-1633 or ahurley@utbb.org Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited – Alaska Program, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org Tim Bristol, SalmonState, (907) 321-3291 or tim@salmonstate.org Alaskans comment in record numbers to preserve EPAs proposed protections for Bristol Bay The EPAs proposal to withdraw protections…
Still standing strong for Bristol Bay
By Nelli Williams Standing in a packed elementary school gym last week I found myself once again marveling at the persistence and perseverance of the people when it comes to protecting Bristol Bay’s salmon resources. The fight to safeguard Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine has been waging for over a decade, and yet…
TU applauds Regional Conservation Partnership Program improvement bill
Oct. 17, 2017) WASHINGTON, DC – Trout Unlimited, its 300,000 members and supporters nationwide, and its dozens of staff members who work with farmers and ranchers daily, applaud the introduction of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act bill today. The bill is designed to make the Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program, (RCPP), one…
Alaskans urge EPA officials to maintain Bristol Bay protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay (907) 843-1633 or Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited (907) 230-7121 Photos and video from the hearings: available upon request ALASKANS URGE EPA OFFICIALS TO MAINTAIN BRISTOL BAY PROTECTIONS An overwhelming majority who attended hearings in Dillingham and Iliamna requested proposed 2014 protections…
TU responds to attack on Antiquities Act
Trout Unlimited sent the following letter to the House Natural Resources Committee in response to the markup of the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, H.R. 3990, a bill which would endanger the future of the Antiquities Act:
Bill threatens National Monuments and Antiquities Act
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill this week that would alter the very foundation of the Antiquities Act, a tool that has been in use for more than 100 years to protect important cultural and natural resources on public lands. The National Monument Creation and Protection Act, H.R. 3990, was introduced late last…
TU opposes H.R.3990 re: National Monuments
171011_TU_oppose_H.R.3990_markup.pdf October 11, 2017 Re: Please Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument and Protection Act Dear Chairman Bishop, Ranking Member Grijalva, and members of the Committee: On behalf of behalf of Trout Unlimited and its nearly 300,000 members and supporters nationwide, I am writing to urge you to oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument and…