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Battenkill program coordinator remains motivated after first three years
From rookie to pro, Jacob Fetterman works diligently to improve habitat conditions for Battenkill watershed trout When he first started working in the Battenkill River watershed, Jacob Fetterman was a relative rookie when it comes to stream restoration. He is on his way to becoming a stream-fixing veteran. Fetterman has overseen Trout Unlimited’s Battenkill Home…
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Generous bequest boosts TU’s Land Conservancy Fund
Trout Unlimited’s work inspires in many ways.
Trout Unlimited’s work inspires in many ways. For longtime member and volunteer leader Schuyler Sweet, being involved in a river protection project made such an impact he was moved to extreme generosity. His decision offers Trout Unlimited chapters an important source of funding to support acquisition and protection of land critical to trout and salmon conservation.…
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A once-in-a-generation conservation opportunity in the Land of Enchantment
New Mexico’s leaders propose the state’s first-ever dedicated funding source for conservation In a year when many New Mexicans are still recovering from the two biggest wildfires on record, reservoirs are at historic lows, and the impacts of a changing climate grow increasingly clear, a coalition of organizations including Trout Unlimited is championing a proposal…
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Huge milestone reached in Bristol Bay conservation efforts
The world’s greatest sockeye salmon runs granted new protection under the Clean Water Act Alaska Tribes, anglers and hunters, commercial fishermen and thousands of other businesses and advocates are celebrating a huge milestone in conserving Bristol Bay’s incredible fisheries. After nearly 13 years of tribal consultation, unwavering public input and scientific review, the Environmental Protection…
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Safeguards for America’s largest, fishiest forest
Roadless Rule restored on 9.3 million acres of the Tongass
Roadless Rule restored on 9.3 million acres of the Tongass A huge swath of America’s largest and fishiest forest is now safe from industrial clear-cut logging of old growth trees. The U.S. Forest Service announced this week that it is restoring roadless protections on 9.3 million acres of Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, conserving plentiful…
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Trout Unlimited Presents: Flowing Free
Recovering native trout and restoring communities in Wisconsin On a seasonably mild early September day last year, Chris Collier stood on a bridge deep in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. As he watched the creek flow under his feet, Collier couldn’t help but smile. The newly installed bridge had replaced a culvert blocking fish passage, and…
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Working together for the gold: Meadow restoration in Golden Trout country
For the California Golden Trout, even minor levels of meadow degradation have big impacts on resident populations.
Mountain meadows serve as a key habitat for many inland native trout species across the West. Unfortunately for California’s inland trout populations, some sixty percent of meadow habitat in the Sierra Nevada—home to eight distinct native trout species—is considered impaired. For the California Golden Trout, whose native range sits above 7,500 feet in elevation and…