TU partner boosts flow for Russian River coho and steelhead

by | August 20, 2019 | Conservation

For the fourth time in the past five years, the Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District has dedicated water to streamflow for coho and steelhead in a key Russian River tributary. Fish need water. And in many smaller streams along the California coast, they don’t get much of it during the dry season. This time…

Wisconsin TU hosts Partners Paddle with Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others on Bois Brule River

by | August 15, 2019 | Conservation, Government Affairs

By Mike Kuhr It’s known as the President’s River, but on a recent sunny day in August, the Bois Brule River in Northern Wisconsin welcomed U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), several of her staff, and a number of conservationists for a paddle down its famed trout waters. Sen. Baldwin was just finishing up a weeklong…

The dead Grande Ronde

by | July 25, 2019 | TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey, Conservation, Science, TROUT Magazine, TU Costa 5 Rivers, Youth

Editor’s note: The TU Costa 5 Rivers Program sent a handful of college students to the Columbia River basin to study the challenges facing the drainage’s fisheries. At 4:30 a.m. we stumbled from our tents and into brisk chilly air. We zipped up our jackets, sipped hot coffee and ate warm oatmeal. After packing camp,…

When all else fails, teach the kids to fish

by | July 23, 2019 | Voices from the river, Community, TROUT Magazine, Youth

At a time of year when the state is supposed to be at the top of its game, the last few weeks have been tumultuous for Alaskans.   If you follow the TU’s Alaska Program efforts in Bristol Bay, you know that we’ve had a roller-coaster couple of weeks with the close of the Pebble Mine…

An accidental trophy

by | July 12, 2019 | Voices from the river, Fishing, steelhead, Travel, TROUT Magazine

Every now and then, I like to explore and find new water, even in parts of the world I’m very familiar with. Earlier this week, I spent some time in the fringe country of Yellowstone National Park, along the Idaho-Montana border. It’s ranch and cabin country here—there’s a lot of private land that borders public…