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Photography

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the week – cutthroat

    Snow is melting in the mountains, which has us dreaming about high country forays to catch native cutthroat trout. Trout Unlimited is continually inspired by these and other gorgeous native species like brook trout in the east and steelhead and salmon on the west coast. It is what drives us to restore and reconnect rivers…

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the week – the big guns

    Photo of the week by Sam Dean Sometimes river restoration work has TU working with sawyers who use massive chainsaws like this. In the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, TU partnered with the Forest Service to help place large wood products in the river to improve trout habitat. Selectively cutting trees and using heavy equipment…

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the week – taking flight

    Photo by FlyLords for Trout Unlimited Our field work season is just about to take off just like this drone that's headed up over rivers in the Great Lakes region to monitor coldwater refugia for trout.   Using a drone outfitted with thermal imaging technology allows TU to look for groundwater influences. Knowing where cold…

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the Week – Coastal

    While we don’t often think about TU’s work in marine environments, much of our work impacts streams that connect to our oceans. Improving their health invites anadromous fish back to their natal streams to spawn and rear the next generation. We'll keep working on reconnecting these streams with the oceans on both coasts by working…

  • Conservation

    2024 Photo Essay

    2024 Recap (so far) - Photo Essay (Photos by Swiftwater Films) Iron Gate was over 500 feet wide and stood as tall as a seventeen-story building. The farthest downstream of four Klamath barriers dismantled over the past year in the largest dam removal project in history, it impounded a reservoir covering over 1,000 acres and…