Bureau of Reclamation Funds Trout Unlimited Projects Across the West 

Infrastructure funding for water quality and reclamation projects will also benefit trout and salmon    Contact: Sara Porterfield, Western Water Policy Advisor, Trout Unlimited, sara.porterfield@tu.org Drew YoungeDyke, National Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, drew.youngedyke@tu.org     ARLINGTON, Va.—The Department of the Interior this week announced over $51 million in watershed and river restoration projects through the Bureau…

Virginia project frees a stream — and trapped trout

Finding 45 brook trout in a single pool in a small creek may sound like a good thing.  In the case of a small stream in Virginia’s mountains it was anything but.  The fish were trapped in a small plunge pool beneath a perched culvert on Railroad Hollow, a small brook high in the Dry…

Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s grant funds fish passage work in Appalachia 

Anyone who shops at Bass Pro Shops knows that the retail stalwart and its sister store, Cabela’s aren’t just about bass.  Nor is the company’s charitable foundation.  A grant from the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund recently helped Trout Unlimited’s staff in the mid-Atlantic continue to make progress in its ambitious fish passage…

White House directs agencies to prioritize wild salmon recovery in Columbia River Basin 

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TU: Removal of dams on the Snake River is key to recovering wild fish runs  Contacts:  ARLINGTON, Va.—The White House is recognizing treaty obligations to the sovereign nations of the Pacific Northwest and directing federal agencies to prioritize the recovery of wild salmon, steelhead and other native fish in the Columbia River Basin, and ordering…

Klamath River: FERC issues final License Surrender Order and approval for Lower Klamath Project dam removals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   November 17, 2022 Media Contacts Brian Johnson, California Director — bjohnson@tu.org; (415) 385-0796 Chrysten Rivard, Oregon Director – crivard@tu.org; (541) 973-4431 Rob Masonis, Vice President for Western Conservation – rmasonis@tu.org; (206) 491-9016 Washington, DC—Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued the Final License Surrender Order for the Lower Klamath Hydropower Project…