FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 Contact: Matt Clifford, California Director matt.clifford@tu.org / (406) 370-9431 Brian Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Western Water and Climate brian.johnson@tu.org / (415) 385-0796 Trout Unlimited applauds new agreement for the Eel River Agreement clears path to reconnecting California’s third largest watershed – and a legendary salmon and steelhead river SACRAMENTO–Today, the…
AT TROUT UNLIMITED, we fix rivers and streams. We bring people together. We make waters and communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. We believe the most complex and seemingly insurmountable challenges can be solved when people come together and get to work. We know this from experience. We were founded by anglers who…
A new executive order would require California to conserve 30 percent of its natural lands by 2030
State Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff practices his casting for the friendly legislators’ competition on the North Lawn of the State Capitol. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2014 Contact: Sam Davidson, (831) 235-2542, sdavidson@tu.org Contact: Curtis Knight, (530) 859-1872, cknight@caltrout.org Legislators Compete in Friendly Fly Casting Competition to Show Value of Californias Recreational Fishing Economy…
There is no opportunity for productive fishing or hunting if there is no productive habitat in which to sling a line, spot and stalk or swing an over-under. Bottom line.
Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world.
On November 9, Dean Finnerty became the latest Trout Unlimited representative to testify before Congress, when he appeared before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in support of the Southwestern Oregon Watersheds and Salmon Protection Act. Few are more qualified to tout the importance of southwestern Oregon streams for salmon and steelhead than…
Soda Creek, tributary to the upper Eel River. Large wood structure project directed by TU’s North Coast Coho Project. The Eel River is the beating heart of California’s “Lost Coast,” a swath of rugged country famous for its steelhead a nd salmon streams. Historically, the Eel was the third largest producer of salmon and steelhead…
Outfitters and retailers of fishing equipment announce their supportfor permanently protecting the water, habitat, and sporting valuesof the Sáttítla region in Northern California. ContactsSam Davidson, Policy Director, California Public Lands, Trout Unlimitedsam.davidson@tu.org; (831) 235-2542Redgie Collins, Director of Law and Policy, California Troutrcollins@caltrout.org; (415) 748-8755Joel Weltzien, California Chapter Coordinator, Backcountry Hunters & Anglersweltzien@backcountryhunters.org; (406) 925-3771 REDDING,…
Monument status will better protect the source waters of famous trout streams, key habitats, and fishing and hunting opportunities REDDING, Calif—Today, Trout Unlimited (TU) and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) lauded the announcement from the White House that President Joe Biden will designate the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in the Medicine Lake Volcanic Highlands in…
The Russian River is one of the most famous steelhead fisheries in California. It is also one of the highest priority watersheds for Coho salmon recovery in the Golden State. For many years, TU has worked to support Coho recovery in the Russian River watershed. Our Redwood Empire Chapter has supported this effort through a…
A native Chinook salmon from California’s Central Valley. Conservation of freshwater biodiversity faces major challenges. The fragmented nature of freshwater habitats often results in species populations being highly vulnerable to extirpation. Moreover, areas managed for resource conservation typically reflect jurisdictional or landscape boundaries that have little meaning for aquatic species. Now, a team of scientists…
The Mill Creek Dam Fish Passage Project dramatically improves access for native coho salmon and steelhead to more than eleven miles of high quality spawning and rearing habitat in a key tributary to California’s Russian River. TU and a variety of partners completed construction on this project in October 2016. Adult coho salmons returns in the Russian…
Olsen will lead TU’s trout and salmon conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in the Rockies. Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.— Conservation leader Emily Olsen has joined Trout Unlimited as Vice President for the Rocky Mountain Region, the organization announced this week. Based outside Denver, Olsen will lead TU’s coldwater conservation, habitat restoration, and advocacy programs in…
Congress’ lame-duck session offers opportunities for trout and salmon
An ambitious project on Mill Creek, a key tributary to the Russian River, aims to re-open access to 11 miles of prime habitat for Coho salmon and steelhead. It seems counterintuitive to welcome the sight of large bulldozers hard at work in a salmon stream. But on occasion the presence of ‘dozers in a stream…
Our new film celebrates the incredible work being done to restore this iconic species and their home waters.
Agreement will support process-based restoration in Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest watersheds Contacts: Arlington, Va.—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Trout Unlimited (TU) today announced a five-year, $8.9 million agreement to reconnect and restore arid Western watersheds, including the Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest river systems. TU will…
In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service adopted new rules guiding management planning for the nation’s national forests and grasslands. Three national forests in California-the Sierra, Sequoia, and Inyo-were among a handful of national forest units nationwide to put the new planning rules into effect. The three “Early Adopter” forests in California have now prepared a…
Trout Unlimited is working along the south-central coast of California to recover native steelhead runs, largely by restoring habitat and enhancing fish passage and dry season streamflows through cooperative partnership projects with landowners and agricultural operators. Steelhead are listed as Threatened in this region. On Pennington Creek near San Luis Obispo, TU completed a major…
