Protected: Conservation Towns – Celebrating Rural America
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Picture a native trout in a river, suspended in the flow. Or wild salmon flooding into a stream, following instincts handed down over too many generations to count.
The NLC Priority Waters Workgroup (NLC PW WG) advances the Trout Unlimited Priority Waters Program by enhancing communication and fostering collaboration to expand the Priority Waters Program. Join our virtual meetings We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8 pm ET. Email Jeff Plackis or Greg Hardy for more information. Committee contacts…
Contacts: Katie Hawkins, California Policy Manager, Trout Unlimited katie.hawkins@tu.org, (530) 414-0388 Joel Weltzien, California Chapter Coordinator, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers weltzien@backcountryhunters.org, (406) 925-3771 Sacramento, CA — Trout Unlimited (TU) and the California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) announced their support for California Assembly Bill 1624, which will conserve habitat and sporting opportunity by protecting the conservation value of any federal public lands within the state that are…
Our Priority Waters approach borrows heavily from the portfolio concept by ensuring that risk for trout and salmon is spread across a variety of habitats and populations.
Here lies the promise of our plans to develop a shared agenda of priority waters.
The Trout Unlimited Priority Waters initiative is all about pulling together to care for and recover America’s trout and salmon watersheds. Our vision: volunteers and staff working hand-in-hand with partners and allies in their communities to protect, reconnect and restore more than 200 Priority Waters from Alaska to North Carolina, from California to Maine. We…
Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements. The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30…
The Fall River is an essential source of cold, clean water for the Deschutes River, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters.
Catch America is a California-based fishing company dedicated to helping anglers catch more fish, learn more about the outdoors, and build stronger connections with nature and family. We combine high-quality tackle, expert-driven education, and community storytelling to make trout fishing more accessible and more successful for everyday fishermen. Our mission is simple: Support fishing guides…
Trout Unlimited recommends utilizing the Good Samaritan Remediation program to advance the initiative Last week, the White House Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission released its strategic initiative MABA 250 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States. Trout Unlimited looks forward to working alongside the commission and federal partners to advance shared priorities including: “balancing stewardship and economic growth, encouraging responsible conservation, restoring America’s wildlife, lands and waters, and protecting our Nation’s…
TU’s sticktuitiveness at work on a Priority Water in California
2023 was a good year for Great Lakes coldwater conservation, marked by an influx of federal funding for necessary infrastructure upgrades.
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today!
Nation’s largest coldwater conservation nonprofit identifies 200+ “Priority Waters” where work is needed to reverse declines of wild and native fish Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.—Wild and native trout and salmon, as coldwater fish in a warming world, are facing enormous threats. More than 1.5 million miles of America’s trout and salmon waters are degraded, and populations…
As part of its statewide Trout Management Plan, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is proposing to simplify angling regulations for all inland waters “to make them easier to understand, and to better align regulations with management objectives on each water.” CDFW is taking public comment on this effort, and on proposed changes…
TU projects in Alaska, Oregon and Washington Priority Waters recommended for a new round of federal infrastructure funding
Another award highlights TU’s good work on coho populations and steelhead benefit too.
The WaterSMART program provides funding to irrigation infrastructure projects and other water-delivery, water conservation or watershed health projects that proactively mitigate conflicts over water scarcity, help ranchers and farmers and make our public lands and waters better able to withstand the impacts of extreme weather events and natural disasters.