Morgan Werner, Matt Anderson, Niyah Banfill, and Meriah Gannon planting riparian trees along Blakeslee Creek. By Jamie Vaughan Rockford locals may have noticed green-clad students working throughout the community this summer, usually covered in mud and always sporting a smile. It may look like a typical summer gardening job, but don’t be fooled: This group…
(Hailey, Idaho) – Recent flooding has left its mark in the Big Wood River valley, but local river restoration experts are promoting the notion that a messy stream is a healthy stream. Trout Unlimited is recommending residents use natural options such as root wads and vegetation to stabilize stream banks and assist with flood recovery.…
Trout Unlimited’s Gary Berti (center) accepts the U.S. Forest Service Volunteer & Services regional award from Clyde Thompson (left), Monongahela National Forest supervisor, and Mike Owen, the forest’s Watershed Program manager. The Forest Service recently announced that TU had been chosen from among regional honorees as the national award winner. Trout Unlimited’s Eastern Home Rivers…
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke address attendees at the Sportsmen Access Ramp-Up Summit in Washington, D.C. Courtesy @SecretaryZinke on Twitter By Keith Curley Trout Unlimited recently accepted an invitation from the Department of Interior and attended the Sportsmen Access Ramp-Up Summit in Washington, D.C. While the title of the meeting emphasized access, Greg Sheehan—the…
CONTACT:Keri York/ Big Wood River Project Manager, Trout Unlimitedkyork@tu.org / 208-928-7656 Recent flooding has left its share of impacts on the Big Wood River valley but local experts are advising residents to use natural options such as root wads, and vegetation to stabilize stream banks and assist with flood recovery. While flooding can be a…
Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home River’s Initiative, along with our partners at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, were invited to speak to employees of the USFWS and the Chinese Department of Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Management, and the Cinese State Academy of Foresty, about our stream restoration and research projects on the Silvio…
By Eliza Perreault If you have ever faced a wall of several varieties of invasive plants you know help and thick gloves will be needed. On a bright, sunny, summer day in Burke, Vt., a group of volunteers dove head first into just that kind of task and, with hand tools, bags, and perseverance, the…
