Restoration drives advocacy in the Great Lakes, thankfully

Many conservation organizations are great at on-the-ground habitat restoration. Others excel at policy advocacy. Trout Unlimited is one of the few that shine at both. Our recipe for success is simple. We take the results and good will generated by the partnerships, relationships, and in many cases, friendships created through our restoration work, and use…

Sportsmen for the Rubies supports bill to curb speculative oil and gas leasing

Bill would update leasing policies and help protect areas with high hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation values For Immediate Release January 17, 2019 Contact: Carl Erquiaga or Pam Harrington: Sportsmen for the Rubies Carl: (775) 219-6185 cerquiaga@trcp.org  Pam: (775) 870-0015 pam.harrington@tu.org (January 17, 2020) ELKO, Nev. – Nevada sportsmen today voiced support for legislation that ensures responsible energy…

TU supports the “End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020”

Bill would discourage speculative leasing on public lands and bring balance back to public land management. By Tasha Sorensen Trout Unlimited expressed its support Friday as Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV)  introduced the End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020. The bill would improve the current oil and gas leasing system by taking into consideration…

Eating well and doing good in Phoenix and beyond

You know about the proposed Pebble Mine. Nothing could be more damaging to the productive Bristol Bay ecosystem than this mine. Not only will it destroy over 3,000 acres of wetlands and more than 21 miles of salmon streams at the mine site. Worse yet, it will include a massive tailings storage facility, treatment ponds,…

TU helping to deploy Mayfly Sensor Stations

By Jake Lemon  Scientists and anglers throughout the country rely on USGS gaging stations for real-time streamflow and water quality data. Often these stations are located near the mouth of larger rivers forcing data users to extrapolate to understand what is happing in smaller coldwater trout streams.  Now, rapidly emerging technologies in open-source electronics are allowing volunteer groups to collect valuable real-time…

Volunteers in Wisconsin collaborate on stream monitoring effort

By Jake Lemon  The Central Sands region of Wisconsin encompasses 1.75 million acres and parts of eight counties in Central Wisconsin, boasting 800 miles of trout streams.     With the headwaters of these streams facing a variety of stressors, Trout Unlimited chapters in the region are joining forces in a new initiative to strengthen TU’s efforts…