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TU and CTNF PARTNER TO RESTORE TINCUP CREEK FOR NATIVE FISH

Published in Uncategorized

Monday, July 17, 2017 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Lee Mabey, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 208-557-5784, lmabey@fs.fed.us TROUT UNLIMITED AND CARIBOU-TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST PARTNER TO RESTORE TINCUP CREEK FOR NATIVE FISH JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF) announced today the…

Diversity Committee Resources

In order to cultivate an active and effective conservation community, our efforts must better reflect the communities in which we engage. Having diverse perspectives at the table is critically important in bringing the conservation mission to life in chapters nationwide. The first step of meeting a goal is to identify what success looks like before…

The fishing derby

I was around 8 or 9 when I last participated in a fishing derby. Whenever we had a big runoff and the city let the Santa Fe River run, Game and Fish would make some pools with sandbags and dump in a few loads of stockers. The river was just a block away from my house,…

Renewable energy, climate change, public lands and bipartisanship … Oh my!

Published in Fishing, From the President, TROUT Magazine

Photo: USFWS/Joshua Winchell In this age of boundless partisanship, something remarkable happened this summer. A smart, forward-thinking piece of legislation addressing climate change was introduced that is sponsored by two Arizona congressmen from opposite ends of the political spectrum: Republican Paul Gosar, who rode the Tea Party wave into Congress in 2010, and Democrat Raul…

Utah Cutthroat Slam hits 500 completions

More than 2,000 anglers from across the country have registered, generating $40,000 in funds for native cutthroat conservation work Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Contacts: Brett Prettyman, Trout Unlimited, 801-209-5320, Brett.Prettyman@tu.org Faith Jolley, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 385-266-2640, fjolley@utah.gov More than 2,000 anglers from across the country have registered, generating $40,000 in funds for native…

Rising from the ashes

Published in Featured

This is a special week for steelhead anglers, and others who care about the magnificent sea-run form of rainbow trout in its native range of the Pacific Northwest. On Friday at 5 p.m. PST, Wild Steelheaders United will launch “Rising from the Ashes,” a new film on the resurgence of summer steelhead in Washington’s Elwha…

Trout Unlimited praises legislation to facilitate abandoned mine cleanups

Bill would enable ‘Good Samaritan’ cleanups and tackle water quality problems across the West  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 3, 2022   Contacts:   Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director for TU’s Angler Conservation Program – corey.fisher@tu.org  Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs for TU – steve.moyer@tu.org   Chris Wood, President and CEO for TU – cwood@tu.org  Trout…

TU AND WGFD LAUNCH PROJECT TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE, HABITAT, AND AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN THE UPPER HOBACK RIVER

Published in Conservation

JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) are excited to announce that the River Bend Ranch Fish Passage and Irrigation Improvement Project is currently underway and is expected to be completed by the end of November 2018. The collaborative project seeks to improve habitat and passage for Snake…

The Way Forward for the Eel River

Published in Dam Removal

PG&E’s decommissioning plan for the Potter Valley Project on California’s Eel River would remove all in-river facilities and make it the longest free-flowing river in the state

A Busy Summer on the Salmon SuperHwy

Published in Restoration

To this day, the Salmon SuperHwy partnership has removed 50 barriers and reconnected over 127 miles of anadromous fish habitat. Three of those were finished this year.

Climate Change

Climate change is not waiting for us in some distant day. It’s here, now. For trout and salmon, the problem is clear enough at the most basic level. Trout and salmon rely on cold, clean water in a world that is rapidly warming. Persistent drought, massive wildfires, catastrophic flooding—our newsfeeds are filled with threats to…