Contact:David Nickum, Colorado Trout Unlimited, (303) 440-2937 x101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Habitat protection vital to native trout Lone greenback cutthroat stronghold proves importance of intact watersheds DENVER News that lineages of Colorado’s native cutthroat trout historically occupied different waters than was previously thought, and that genetically pure native greenback cutthroat trout only persist in one
Sportsmen's Act Clears Major Hurdle
Contact:Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen’s Act Clears Major Hurdle WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted early on Saturday to advance the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525), a broad-based package of legislative measures that promotes public hunting and angling access, habitat conservation and strongly funded resource management. The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation
Poll shows voters want renewable energy and healthy habitat
Contact:Keith Curley, (703) 284-9428Brian Zupancic, (202) 997-4966 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Poll shows voters want renewable energy and healthy habitat Results support balancing wind and solar energy with hunting and fishing Westerners strongly endorse the idea of wind and solar energy companies doing their part in maintaining our hunting and fishing heritage according to a poll
TU: Hastings Bill Stifles Innovation, Collaboration on Dam Operations
Contact:Kate Miller, (503) 827-5700 x16, kmiller@tu.orgRob Masonis, (206) 491-9016, rmasonis@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU: Hastings Bill Stifles Innovation, Collaboration on Dam Operations Background: On August 1, 2012 representative Doe Hastings (R-WA-4) introduced HR 6247 the “Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012.” This bill aims to promote hydropower production by
Trout Unlimited Hails Victory for Oneida Narrows Trout Fishery
Contact:Peter Anderson, (208) 345-9800 or (208) 850-4664 (cell)panderson@tu.org Warren Colyer, (435) 753-3132wcolyer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Hails Victory for Oneida Narrows Trout Fishery IDWR decision ‘underscores that collaboration and partnerships are the future of water management in the West’ Boise Trout Unlimited hailed a decision by the Idaho Department of Water Resources to deny
Sportsmen seek balanced approach to drilling the Roan in wake of judge's decision
Contact:David Nickum, (303) 440-2937 x101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen seek balanced approach to drilling the Roan in wake of judge’s decision DENVER In the wake of District Judge Marcia Krieger’s ruling last week that the Bureau of Land Management didn’t adequately analyze impacts to the Roan Plateau’s environmental assets before leasing the plateau for natural
Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon
Contact:Erin Mooney, (215) 557-2845, emooney@tu.orgJeff Reardon, (207) 615-9200, jreardon@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Penobscot River restoration project to open 1,000 miles of habitat to salmon Arlington, VA Today’ marks the beginning of the removal of the 200-year old Great Works Dam on Maine’s Penobscot River