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Protected: Popular Southwest trout waters
TU’s “Outstanding” work in the Land of Enchantment Thousands of miles of trout streams in New Mexico are susceptible to the historic drought plaguing the Southwest—and Trout Unlimited just helped protect 305 of them throughout northern New Mexico from degradation and mining. Last month, New Mexico’s Water Quality Control Commission unanimously approved two water quality…
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It’s a go on the Colorado
Federal agency green lights a $30 million Colorado River reconnection project The Windy Gap Project on the Colorado River was built to provide water to the six rapidly growing communities of Boulder, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, and Loveland. From the reservoir that pools behind the Windy Gap Dam, a six-mile pipeline diverts nearly…
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In view of Denali, a new threat to wild fish habitat
Why one Alaska guide is paying attention to a proposed industrial access road, and you should too As a young boy growing up in Colorado, Adam Cuthriell dreamed of fishing Alaska’s rivers. He aspired to move north and find work as a fishing guide, drawn by the allure of a wilderness interwoven with healthy streams…
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Smith River win: We’re one step closer to protection
Celebrating a major court ruling in favor of the Smith River Montana’s Smith River is one big step closer to protection from the development of a large-scale industrial copper mine. This week, Trout Unlimited won our court challenge against Canadian-owned Sandfire Resources’ Black Butte Copper Mine. On every count, the court sided TU and our…
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Roads to recovery in Wisconsin’s North Country
Where roads intersect with chilly, clean trout water, you'll find TU's Chris Collier at work As a kid growing up in Ohio, Chris Collier looked forward to vacations of fishing, camping and boating in the wilds of Northern Michigan. These days, he’s creating new memories as a relatively recent transplant to the region. “Northern Wisconsin…
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Hope for New Jersey’s trout in a warmer world
Scientists and anglers are sleuthing for groundwater sources that may help Garden State trout weather climate change Before joining the Trout Unlimited staff, Keith Fritschie spent four Octobers swimming with giant wild brook trout in northern New Hampshire’s Dead Diamond River. The work was part of an Embrace-a-Stream collaboration between New Hampshire Fish and Game,…
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Hope and resilience in the Garden State
Imagine that, a native brook trout stream within sight of New York City.
Hope and resilience. Those were the two words that stuck with me as I walked the miles-long trail with Chris Henrickson, the chapter president of the East Jersey chapter of TU. Eventually, we made our way to a small deteriorating dam. Behind the dam, water collects into a small reservoir, where it warms up under…