Idaho sportsmen ante up to support wildlife management

Jillian Lukiwski backpacking and fishing in Idaho’s Sawtooth mountain range near Stanley, Idaho. Josh Duplechian/Trout Unlimited By Michael Gibson Significant cuts are being proposed to federal programs that benefit sportsmen and healthy habitat. But in Idaho, sportsmen successfully lobbied to increase their own license fees for the greater benefit of our wildlife, setting an example…

Protecting the Methow River from mining moves forward

A bill that would protect lands in Okanogan County from mining is moving forward after a markup in today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. The Methow Headwater Protections Act of 2017, S. 566, comes on the heels of a 20 year mineral withdrawal, cementing protections for an area known for it’s agriculture and…

Short casts: Opening day, beer, growlers and conservation funding

Major League Baseball’s first pitches will start flying in less than a week. In generations past, another spring opener generated even more excitement among certain folks. The annual trout season opener was a major event. Trout openers have gradually faded away. Some states still have them — such as Missouri, pictured above — but many…

TU volunteers, staffers speak up for Chesapeake Bay funding

Raymond Phares (left) of Circleville, W.Va., traveled to Washington DC in late March to meet with Congressional offices in support of funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program. He was accompanied by Trout Unlimited’s Dustin Wichterman, who oversee’s TU’s restoration efforts in the up per Potomac watershed. By Mark Taylor Trout Unlimited staffers and volunteers converged…

11.2 miles

The Mill Creek Dam Fish Passage Project site, post-construction and just prior to this winter’s heavy rains. The roughened main channel and side channel will make it easier for coho and steelhead to migrate past the site. As record-breaking rains pounded northern California over the past three months, emphatically ending five years of extreme drought…

Trout Unlimited, Mendocino County RCD awarded major grant to boost streamflows, improve water security in key Eel River tributary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Clifford, Trout Unlimited mclifford@tu.org 406-370-9431Patty Madigan, Mendocino County RCD pmad@mcn.org 707-937-3082 Trout Unlimited, Mendocino County RCD awarded major grantto boost streamflows, improve water security in key Eel River tributary Wildlife Conservation Board grant will help residents reduce impacts of water diversions on native salmon and steelhead (March 20, 2017) UKIAH,…