Contact: Seth Wenger, Staff Scientist, (208) 340-7046, swenger@tu.orgChris Wood, President and CEO, (571) 274-0601, cwood@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Study: Changing climate could cut Western trout habitat in halfNative cutthroat trout could see 58 percent decline in suitable habitat BOISE, Idaho A new study shows a changing climate could reduce suitable trout habitat in the western…
TU Podcast: CEO Chris Wood Interviews Henry Winkler
Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, (571) 274-0601, cwood@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU Podcast: CEO Chris Wood Interviews Henry WinklerThe Fonz talks about fly fishing, softball and his new book WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood interviews the renowned actor and entertainer Henry Winkler in this weeks TU podcast, available for free at…
Reddens Decision Sets Table for Salmon Solution
Contact:strong> Rob Masonis, VP of Western Conservation, (206) 491-9016, rmasonis@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Reddens Decision Sets Table for Salmon SolutionAll parties must come together to save the Columbia Rivers salmon and steelhead WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited applauds the decision by U.S. District Judge James Redden finding that the federal government again has failed to put forth…
House of Rep. Continuing Resolution Spending Bill Would Discontinue Cooperative Watershed Conservation Efforts Nationwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (571) 331-7970 House of Rep. Continuing Resolution Spending Bill Would Discontinue Cooperative Watershed Conservation Efforts Nationwide Bill attacks Clean Water Act, public land management, watershed restoration and conservation funding. Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited (TU) strongly opposes HR 1, a bill to fund the federal government…
Landmark Purchase of Dams Opens New Chapter for Penobscot River Fisheries
Contacts:Laura Rose Day, Executive Director (207) 232-5976George Lewis, PPL Corporation (610) 774-5997 Landmark Purchase of Dams Opens New Chapter for Penobscot River Fisheries Penobscot River Restoration Trust purchases three dams from PPL Corp. Old Town, ME: Old Town, ME: A new chapter begins for Maine’s Penobscot River with the Penobscot River Restoration Trust taking ownership…
Statement of Trout Unlimited at the Forum on Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing on Public Lands, Department of the Interior
I am Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs for Trout Unlimited (TU), and I am pleased to speak on behalf of TU at this timely forum on fracking. TUs mission is to conserve, protect and restore North Americas trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. We support the development of natural gas on public…
Trout Unlimited Launches New Home Rivers Initiative on Michigan's Rogue River
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 Trout Unlimited Launches New Home Rivers Initiative on Michigan’s Rogue River Project to restore urban watershed near Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Mich. – Trout Unlimited has launched a new watershed-scale restoration project on the Rogue River. Aimed to protect and restore the Rogue…