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Sockeye Salmon

  • Conservation

    Protected: Salmon and Farms: Restoring Wallowa Lake’s Lost Sockeye Salmon

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    In Northeast Oregon, tribes, irrigators, and state agencies are working together to repair the Wallowa Lake Dam and add fish passage, an effort that will protect regional water supplies and restore a historic salmon population that’s been missing for over a century  Since time immemorial, the sockeye salmon that returned to Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa Lake were critical to the culture, traditions, and subsistence of the Nez Perce Tribe and Confederated Tribes…

  • Advocacy

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says no to Pebble. Again.

    After years of review, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it would uphold its permit denial decision for the proposed Pebble Mine, continuing to block industrial mining from developing on top of the world’s most prolific wild salmon fishery. History repeats itself The Corps first denied the Clean Water Act 404 permit back…

  • Priority Waters

    Caring for the Kenai

    Renowned Alaskan river is part of TU’s Priority Waters Alaska’s famed Kenai River is beloved by many. Its frigid, glacial-blue waters run 82 miles and offers great fishing throughout. The abundance of easily accessible fishing opportunities attracts visitors and residents alike. This cherished river is one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters, and I’m here to…

  • Advocacy Conservation

    Defending Protections for Bristol Bay

    Bristol Bay Orgs & TU file briefs in State of Alaska Lawsuit Against EPA In January 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Clean Water Act 404(c) safeguards for the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. These protections prohibit the proposed Pebble Mine and were widely celebrated by Bristol Bay tribes, the commercial fishing industry, anglers…