The Chetco River, one of the finest salmon and steelhead fisheries in the West. For more than a decade TU has worked with other fishing and conservation groups to protect coastal salmon and steelhead streams in southwest Oregon from mining and o ther types of resource development that could harm legendary fisheries such as the…
The iconic Sundial Bridge, spanning the Lower Sacramento River in downtown Redding, California before and during the Carr Fire. By Sam Davidson California is burning. There are 17 wildfires charring the Golden State, at present. The biggest and gnarliest (of 2018, anyway) is the Carr Fire, which has torched more than 100,000 acres, mostly of…
The northwest corner of California, between the Russian and Klamath Rivers, is home to some of the best remaining salmon and steelhead streams in the West. This region boasts some of the most famous steelhead fisheries in the world, including the Trinity, Mad, Mattole, and Eel River systems . Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2018 Contact: David Lass, California Field Director dlass@tu.org, 530-388-8261 Trout Unlimited applauds introduction of Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act Legislation will help protect and restore habitat in steelhead and salmon stronghold EMERYVILLE, CalifTrout Unlimited (TU) today lauded the introduction of legislation from Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) that…
Photos courtesy Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy. Teaching young adults about the significance of salmon conservation is one of the best methods to ensure our fishy friends’ existence in the future. Corporations and non-profit organizations in Alaska have teamed up to make sure that this effort goes full send. The Bristol Bay Fly…
Bristol Bay sockeye. Photo by FlyOut Media By: Nelli Williams When Alaskans go to the polls in November we will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot measure 1 called, “An Act providing for protection of wild salmon and fish and wildlife habitat.” You may have already heard of this as the measure being…
Conservation might seem like a straight-forward enterprise, but anybody who has worked to protect or restore even a single stream in a larger watershed knows that it is actually quite nuanced. Anything involving people and the waters and fish they love is going to be complicated. In southwest Colorado, that’s no different. This week, on…