Four public lands bills make it out of the House
Now, let’s get them passed in the Senate
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A ‘Wow!’ moment in Lahontan cutthroat trout recovery
By Helen Neville I think it’s safe to say that rarely in my life have I been inspired performing grant reporting. But in a recent effort to compile progress toward metrics for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Keystone Initiative, whi ch funds much of TU’s work on LCT, I had one…
Legacy Contracting: Building bridges for fish and communities on the Salmon SuperHwy
On Oregon’s beautiful North Coast rivers, the Salmon SuperHwy is working hard to reconnect over 180 miles of high-priority, historic salmon, steelhead, lamprey and cutthroat trout habitat in the Tillamook, Nestucca and Sand Lake watersheds.
Biden expands San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
There are only a handful of streams in all of southern California where one can fish for trout. The East and West Forks of the San Gabriel River are two of them.
TU’s Mill Creek project wins Honorable Mention, ICEEFP Distinguished Project Award
TU’s Mill Creek Dam Fish Passage Project, completed last fall, earned Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Project Award at the International Conference on Engineering & Ecohydrology for Fish Passage, held in Corvallis, Oregon, this week. Mill Creek is a tributary to California’s Russian River, an important watershed for endangered coho salmon and steelhead. The project…
Fast Times in Government Affairs
TU’s Government Affairs staff with the 2018 TU-Costa Five Rivers Odyssey team and program coordinator Andrew Loffredo, working the Halls of Congress recently. The last couple of weeks have been wild and wooly around Washington, D.C., as major packages of legislation worked their way through congressional conference committees prior to the government’s fiscal year coming…
OpenRoad episode highlights TU restoration in California’s newest park
In a recent episode, OpenRoad visited one of California’s newest parks, the San Geronimo Commons, to learn about how a former golf course is being transformed into a hub for the local community.
‘Significant and unavoidable’ impacts: suction dredge mining in California
As the California Water Board considers new water quality regulations for suction dredge mining, TU urges anglers to weigh in People are still mining for gold here in the Golden State, often through small scale operations using machinery to suck water and gravel from streambeds so bits of gold can be extracted. This type of…
Voices from the River: Sometime streams
Southern steelhead country. My son and I wandered into the land of the southern steelhead yesterday. Cactus sprouted like gargoyles from the sandstone outcroppings that lined the creek up which we hiked. This winter has been profligate all across California and yet another massive cumulonimbus cloud reared up over the peaks above us. Then it…
Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers laud expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
White House action “needed and welcome” to better protect habitat,water sources, and sporting opportunity in southern California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2024 Contacts: ARLINGTON, VA—Today, President Biden issued a proclamation expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, in the Angeles National Forest in southern California. Trout Unlimited (TU) and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA)…
Senate reviews TU-supported public lands bills
Public lands are vital for trout fishing in America. Any decent map proves this. A hearing in the U.S. Senate on Oct. 19 provided a major opportunity to highlight the importance of public lands for coldwater conservation and to advance legislation that will better protect and restore some of the most famous trout, salmon and…
TU lauds House passage of Protecting America’s Wilderness Act, notes benefits for habitat and sporting opportunities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Miller, Director, Government Affairs, (703) 489-6411, kmiller@tu.org Sam Davidson, California Communications Director, (831) 235-2542, sdavidson@tu.org TROUT UNLIMITED PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF BILL TO IMPROVE CONSERVATION, FOREST HEALTH AND OUTDOOR RECREATION ACCESS IN CALIFORNIA The Protecting America’s Wilderness Act promotes protection and restoration of public lands and waters, wildfire risk reduction, and fishing and hunting opportunities in five national forests in California Feb. 12, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the…
California sportsmen to Congress: reauthorize LWCF
tu-logo-xl.jpg September 17, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Corey Fisher cfisher@tu.org / (406) 546-2979 Sam Davidson sdavidson@tu.org / (831) 235-2542 Sportsmens groups urge California congressional delegation to save the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program vital for habitat conservation and sporting access, expires September 30 TRUCKEE, Calif.Forty-three sportsmens organizations and businesses have signed and submitted…
Conservation and Education on the Fall River
The Fall River is an essential source of cold, clean water for the Deschutes River, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters.
New Streamflow Improvement Plan helps coho in key Russian River tributary
Coho salmon are native to California coastal streams north of Monterey Bay, but populations of “silvers” in this region have been declining for decades and the species is now listed as Endangered in the Golden State. Trout Unlimited is heavily invested in cooperative efforts to recover California coho. One product of this work is development…
TU hails OWRD grants for projects in Crooked and Sprague Rivers
Crooked River, Oregon. Photo: Brian O’Keefe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chrysten Lambert, clambert@tu.org, (541) 973-4431 December 18, 2017 Trout Unlimited: OWRD grants for Crooked, Sprague River projects vital and multi-benefit $4.2 million awarded to high priority fish passage, streamflow restoration projects in key salmon, steelhead and native trout waters KLAMATH FALLS, OreTrout Unlimited hailed recent…
TU in Action: Restoring Oregon redbands; ranch access in Wyoming; exceptional water in PA, and more
TU is part of the newly launched Our Pocono Waters campaign in Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of PA Environmental Digest. The term “partnerships” might sound kind of boring when thinking about restoring cold-water fisheries, but, truth be told, without them, precious little would get done. And there’s nobody better at fostering partnerships—and accomplishing good restoration work—than…
Wielding the conservation power of the President
Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world.
House passes public lands bill, conserves key habitat and famous fisheries in California
The Protecting America’s Wilderness Act promotes protection and restoration of public lands and waters, wildfire risk reduction, and fishing and hunting opportunities in five national forests in California. This week, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. This legislation includes three bills that Trout Unlimited has worked for years with our local…
Trout Unlimited leading “transformational” work with landmark infrastructure funding
TU is working in six of 10 landscapes highlighted for attention by White House CEQ Contacts: Trout Unlimited media resources: https://tu.org/about/media WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House Council on Environmental Quality this week highlighted “for focused attention” a group of 10 Transformational Fish Passage Projects, major watershed restoration projects across the country that are helping ecosystems recover…