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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary: (571) 331-7970emooney@tu.org Trout Unlimited Calls on Gov. corbett to Tighten Marcellus Shale Environmental Standards and Dedicate Portion of Fee Revenue to Conservation “Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale plan announced yesterday is a step in the right direction towards improving existing environmental standards related to Marcellus Shale development,…
Abandoned mines are a problem – a big problem. Today, there are some 500,000 abandoned mines across America. Many of these chronically leak heavy metals and other toxic residues into streams and groundwater. In the western U.S., 33,000 abandoned mine sites have degraded the environment, including popular trout streams such as the Animas River in…
TU is working hard to address a serious problem impacting Washington’s watersheds and threatening the health of our native fish populations: unregulated suction dredge mining and other forms of motorized mineral prospecting. Most recently, TU helped to introduce HB 1261and SB 6149 which would bring Washington in compliance with Clean Water Act rules and would ban suction dredge…
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Baldface Creek, Smith River headwaters, OR. Photo: California Department of Fish & Wildlife Two announcements last week that a region of the country renowned for its s almon and steelhead fishing and biodiversity would be better protected were good news for anglers and native trout conservationists. On Thursday, January 12, the Department of the Interior…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/23/2020 Contact: Steve Moyer, steve.moyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Vice President of Government Affairs Shauna Stephenson, shauna.stephenson@tu.org (307) 757-7861 National Communications Director **For high resolution state-specific maps or images, please contact Shauna Stephenson** The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is finalizing a rule that will drop protections for millions of miles of streams and millions of acres of wetlands, putting watersheds at…
“Historically, for one reason or another, things have been relatively slow to move for the Eagle Lake rainbow trout and in Lassen County,” she explained. “But after a slow start, momentum is building, and funding is flowing for this species in the area.”
Protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030 may not be enough. In 2019, a group of international scientists came up with the notion of a Global Deal for Nature. Their idea is straightforward, and very ambitious. To “save the diversity and abundance of life on Earth,” the scientists said, we need to “save 30…
Jason Barr, born and raised in the shadow of Mt. Shasta at the tail end of the Cascade Range in northern California, has, you might say, an appetite for risk.
The rugged country and streams in the Owyhee River watershed in eastern Oregon represent one of the best remaining opportunities for landscape-scale conservation in the West
A blue-collar angler tangles with permit
WILLOWEMOC WATERSHED SURVEY – JUNE 2023 Trout Unlimited’s Northeast Coldwater Habitat team has designed and implemented an impressive catalog of strategic improvement projects across the state of New York, while actively gaining new information to prioritize future initiatives. Within watersheds of all sizes, we continue to find unique challenges that require intentional approaches for climate…
We recently caught up with Rich Thomas and Sharon Sweeney Fee, who just took over two important leadership positions on Trout Unlimited’s National Leadership Council (NLC).
TU partners with NOAA to prioritize high-impact restoration projects in anticipation of salmon returning
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4/12/2000 Trout Unlimited Volunteers Anxious to Increase Habitat Recovery Resources Trout Unlimited Volunteers Anxious to Increase Habitat Recovery Resources Fishable Waters Act of 2000 Introduced in Congress Today Contact: 4/12/2000 — — Contacts: Maggie Lockwood (703)284-9425 Steve Moyer (703) 284-9406 Washington, D.C. April 12, 2000 (Washington, DC) – Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater conservation…
$3 million in grants will help TU continue restoration work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
A year after Hurricane Helene’s devastation, Hawthorne is among those both looking back at the response and action in the aftermath of the storm while also looking ahead knowing that recovery is just beginning.
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.
Like the Bureau of Land Management and the Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is an agency within the Department of the Interior. However, FWS responsibilities extend beyond land management and include the management of fish and wildlife themselves, not just habitat. This includes many fish and wildlife management activities that fall under their purview, including enforcing wildlife-related laws, including the Endangered Species…
