Contacts: Tom Reed, President East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited, 717-215-0241, TomReed1458@gmail.com Brett Prettyman, Intermountain Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, 801-209-5320, bprettyman@tu.org For Immediate Release Jan. 31, 2017 CHEYENNE, Wyo. Instead of working to prevent another massive 20-mile fish kill like one last fall on the Shoshone River, a Wyoming legislator has proposed a law requiring…
Voices from the River: Old Blue
by Chris Hunt It was bright blue when I first crawled into it as a 12-year-old kid. Its paper-thin nylon hardly seemed sturdy enough to stop a breath of wind, let alone protect its occupants from whatever it was that wandered the woods at night. That wispy little barrier, though, provided real emotional security for…
Trout Unlimited applauds additions to Pennsylvania Wild Trout lists
CONTACTS: David Kinney / Mid-Atlantic Policy Director, Trout Unlimited dkinney@tu.org / 856-834-6591 Mark Taylor / Eastern Communications Director, Trout Unlimited mtaylor@tu.org / 540-353-3556 (Jan. 25) HARRISBURG, Pa. Trout Unlimited applauds the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commissions vote this week to add sections of 132 streams to the Commonwealths growing lists of Class A Wild Trout…
Traditions: Pig tails and pink spots
Dustin Wichterman and daughter Brooklynn quickly pose with a West Virginia brook trout before releasing the fish. By Dustin Wichterman To say that angling has always been a big part of my life is probably an understatement. It has been imprinted from both sides of my family, and after finding out that several of my…
Helping a partner weather the storm
(Photo credit: Pat Newell) For those of us who live here, it’s an inconvenient truth: Wyoming’s economy is prone to boom and bust cycles. It’s a great place to live, a perfect place to raise a family and an awesome place to fish. But the fact is that Wyoming rides the energy wave. Most recently,…
Trout Unlimited, partners receive $8 million grant for habitat restoration
Trout Unlimited and partners at the Natural Resources Conservation Service working on wetland restoration By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited and partners have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program that will promote conservation efforts in the Lower Grand River Watershed. In the Rogue River, as part of TU’s Home Rivers…
‘Significant and unavoidable’ impacts: suction dredge mining in California
As the California Water Board considers new water quality regulations for suction dredge mining, TU urges anglers to weigh in People are still mining for gold here in the Golden State, often through small scale operations using machinery to suck water and gravel from streambeds so bits of gold can be extracted. This type of…