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New Mexico Legislature 2025: A banner year for trout
It’s not every year that a state can protect and restore its natural resources or reimagine how they are managed. In its 2025 session, New Mexico state legislators had three such opportunities and admirably met the moment. In no small part due to the efforts of Trout Unlimited, the legislature prioritized modern wildlife management, its…
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Faces of Restoration: Gian Dodici
“Taking a dam out and seeing a free-flowing river again,” he reflects. “I’ve got the best job in the world.”
Like many young kids, Gian Dodici spent his early years fully immersed in the underwater universe of Jacque Cousteau and found world travel at his fingertips by turning the pages of National Geographic. While traveling throughout his childhood, Gian spent time turning over creek rocks looking for crayfish to flipping desert stones searching for scorpions.…
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Faces of Restoration: California North Coast
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities Our ongoing Faces of Restoration series has been a great opportunity to highlight the exceptional contractors and partners who help make TU’s habitat restoration and reconnection projects possible. Usually, these stories focus on a single company or person. This week we’re…
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Celebrating a banner year for Mendocino coho salmon
Last year, CCC coho salmon returns surged to their highest numbers since extensive monitoring began!
Each year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) carefully counts juvenile and adult coho salmon in North Coast rivers and streams. This work is especially important for tracking the status of endangered populations of Central California Coast (CCC) coho. Last winter, CDFW staff realized they were seeing exceptional numbers of adult salmon returning…
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TU keeps making progress in Michigan’s Newaygo County
Trout Unlimited got its start in Michigan, and the state continues to be a hot spot for TU’s efforts to protect and restore coldwater ecosystems. Newaygo County is an area where TU has been working diligently for more than a decade. The progress has been significant and will continue as volunteers and staff in the…
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Avoiding science imperils salmon
A long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding plans for fish passage improvements on Maine’s Kennebec River finally dropped on Feb. 28. Trout Unlimited and our many partners and supporters who are invested in the health of the Kennebec are disappointed that the EIS ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to…
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Katti Renik joins TU’s Great Lakes team
Katti Renik is joining Trout Unlimited’s Great Lakes team as a project coordinator in Northwest Wisconsin. Katti will be working with partners in the Lake Superior watershed on projects to reconnect fragmented habitat, implement natural flood management strategies, and further our understanding of coaster brook trout life-history and habitat restoration opportunities. Growing up on a trout…
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