April 20, 2016 Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org Kristyn Brady, 617-501-6352, kbrady@trcp.org Senate passes bipartisan energy bill that reauthorizes LWCF Sportsmen have been fighting for years to move these conservation priorities across the finish line WASHINGTON, D.C. The Senate has just passed a comprehensive energy reform bill that includes key conservation provisions to benefit fish, wildlife,…
Cold Stream Forest
Trout Unlimited worked with the Trust for Public Land and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to purchase and protect an 8,000-acre parcel in Maine’s North Woods that exemplifies the best of Maine’s wild brook trout habitat. The parcel protects Cold Stream, a high-value brook trout stream, from its source to its mouth,…
Sportsmen call for permanent protection for Thompson Divide in Rep. Tipton draft legislation
April 13, 2016 For Immediate Release Contact: Tim Brass tim@backcountryhuntersandanglers.org, (651) 206-4669 Shane Cross, scross@tu.org, (307) 359-3080 Tyler Baskfield, tbaskfield@tu.org, (720) 530-9896 Sportsmen for Thompson Divide Issues Statement on Congressman Tiptons Thompson Divide Draft Legislation Calls for permanent protection for the valuable fish and wildlife area (Glenwood Springs)–The Thompson Divide has long been recognized by…
Trout Unlimited applauds Forest Service efforts on Wyoming Range
Trout Unlimited applauds Forest Service efforts on Wyoming Range Sportsmen encouraged to support Alternative 1 of the DEIS for no leasing on 30 parcels For immediate release: April 7, 2016 Contacts: Shane Cross, Western Energy counsel for Trout Unlimited, 307-359-3080, scross@tu.org Cathy Purves, Foundation & Science Coordinator, Sportsmen’s Conservation Project, 307-349-2558, cpurves@tu.org Brett Prettyman, Intermountain…
SWIFT launches A Practitioners Guide to Instream Flow Transactions in California
SWIFT logos.png March 29, 2016 Contact: Carson Cox, American Rivers/River Right, (415) 383-1788, ccox@americanrivers.org Chris Alford, Alford Environmental, (530) 848-6211, alfordenvironmental@gmail.com Lisa Park, The Nature Conservancy, (408) 821-9255, lpark@tnc.org Mary Ann King, Trout Unlimited, (510) 649-9987, mking@tu.org Sari Sommarstrom, Scott River Water Trust, (530) 467-5783, sari@sisqtel.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SWIFT launches A Practitioners Guide to…
Maine's Cold Stream Forest transfers to state ownership
For Immediate Release March 25, 2015 Contact: Wolfe Tone, The Trust for Public Land, 207-772-7424, wolfe.tone@tpl.org Jeff Reardon, Trout Unlimited, 207-615-9200, jreardon@tu.org COLD STREAM CONSERVED The Forks, MAINE The Trust for Public Land and Trout Unlimited today announced the purchase of the Cold Stream forest, a 8,159-acre property near the The Forks which will provide…
TU launches new initiative for coldwater fisheries conservation in Snake River Headwaters
CONTACTS: Barb Allen, President, Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited, 307-413-3510, info@jhtroutunlimited.org Cory Toye, Wyoming Water Project Director, Trout Unlimited, 307-332-7700 x14, ctoye@tu.org Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, lsteen@tu.org Brett Prettyman, Intermountain Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, 801-209-5320, bprettyman@tu.org TROUT UNLIMITED LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE FOR COLDWATER FISHERIES CONSERVATION IN SNAKE RIVER HEADWATERS Leslie Steen hired to…