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  • Advocacy

    Vote for Utah’s hunting and fishing heritage

    By Andy Rasmussen In 1777, a dozen years before the signing of the U.S. Constitution, Vermont passed the first state constitutional provision providing for the right to hunt and fish. Since 1996, over 20 other states, many in the West, have adopted similar amendments.  These amendments protect sporting and outdoor traditions as a valued part of the region’s heritage and economy and preserve them in…

  • Community Featured

    One less barrier to access

    As the trees from the trail opened to a view of the water, I checked out the anglers already standing in the river.   Against all common sense, I immediately assumed they knew more than me. I assumed they were slightly annoyed that I had come to crowd their spot.   As I walked upstream to avoid getting too close, I peeked at their gear. Little by little,…

  • Featured

    TU launches #PublicLandFail contest on Instagram

    An angler stands over a frozen creek.

    September is a month tailor-made for hunters and anglers and there is no better place to spend it than on our public lands. You might not know it from social media, but a typical day enjoying public lands typically doesn’t include slaying giant trout and hero shots of big bucks and bulls. More likely, you…

  • Conservation Featured

    Climate change at its CORE

    Stewing in the sun and smoke of the late-August afternoon, even the temptingly titled Shady Island River Park was overmatched. Cottonwoods lining the shore of the Gunnison River offered only modest relief as the mercury climbed north of 95 degrees, and soon enough the haze of Colorado’s largest recorded wildfire would overcome our little oasis…

  • Featured

    Great American Outdoors Act signed in to law

    Gratitude: To advocates who have worked tirelessly to fully and permanently authorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Act. Thank you. To the agencies and organizations who have spoken up for the need to fund the maintenance backlog on our public lands. Thank you. https://vimeo.com/443174737/8941524e65 To the members of Congress - Democrats and Republicans…