By Don Haynes When people think of the Gunpowder River in Maryland they invariably think of the 14-mile tailwater section flowing from Prettyboy Reservoir to Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County. But above Prettyboy, from Hoffmanville to Southern York County in Pennsylvania, there are some 60 miles of the Gunpowder mainstem and tributaries that comprise…
Bill Templin and wild trout, SF Kings River. By Sam Davidson Almost twenty years ago, a man who had carried on a long term love affair with what must be one of the most underappreciated trout streams in the Sierra Nevada decided he was in a generous mood, and would form a group to share…
The Moose 4 team: (Left to right) Becca Marcott, 25, Linwood, Mich; Brandon Shepard, 23, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; Adam Bagley, 20, Seattle; Josh Kenon, 22, Colquitt, Ga.; Jacob Allen, 25, Golden Meadow, La.,: Gus Merwin, 25, Pardeeville, Wisc.; and Kennedy Morris, 22, Greenville, S.C. . A team from AmeriCorps has been helping out trout in…
It’s that time of year … runoff is over, for the most part. High-country streams are cold and clear and accessible. The bugs aren’t as bad as they were a month ago. It’s cutthroat time. These magical weeks of summer and into the fall are the best time of year to catch native cutthroat trout.…
Dead salmon in the lower Klamath River, 2002. Yesterday, June 12, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 23, the Gaining Responsibility on Water (Grow) Act. This bill is one of the worst pieces of legislation in recent memory, in terms of its devastating effects on salmon and steelhead and their fisheries. According to Steve…
By Joe Norton Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative held our annual conservation days with the New Hampshire and Vermont TU Youth Trout Camps. Eliza Perreault led the camps’ Conservation Days. She is the Home Rivers Conservation Assistant, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Riparian Invasives Specialist, Grip-Hoist Gal, and, as is clear, the program’s Jill…
170628_TU_FY18_CJS_House_FNL.pdf June 28, 2017 RE: NOAA FY18 Budget Request Dear Chairman Culberson, Ranking Member Serrano and members of the Subcommittee, I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU) in regards to Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for the NOAA programs (Department of Commerce) within your jurisdiction. NOAA’s habitat programs are of great interest to our…
