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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…
Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world.
On the Mendocino Coast in California, an historic railway line is at the heart of a suite of restoration projects completed this year that will help imperiled fish species in one of the most important river systems on California’s North Coast for Coho Salmon and steelhead.
Colorado TU and national TU worked in harmony to pass groundbreaking changes to Colorado’s oil and gas drilling regulations. Starting in 2014, Trout Unlimited initiated conversations with the oil and gas industry and conservation partners to establish more robust protections for Colorado’s most important fisheries. The idea was simple: prohibit stream-side oil and gas development and require spill protection…
11/24/2003 Opinion Poll Reveals Southern California Voters Want More Protection for Rivers, Public Lands Opinion Poll Reveals Southern California Voters Want More Protection for Rivers, Public Lands Contact: David Katz Trout Unlimited California Director Trout Unlimited 707.543.5877 11/24/2003 — Los Angeles, Calif. — A poll conducted for national conservation group Trout Unlimited by Republican pollster…
Construction phase, Jack of Hearts Creek Coho habitat restoration project The rarest species of salmon in California is getting some help in a legendary coastal river system, thanks to Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project (NCCP) and partners. Recently, the NCCP finished the construction phase of a major fish passage and water quality improvement project…
Construction phase, Jack of Hearts Creek Coho habitat restoration project The rarest species of salmon in California is getting some help in a legendary coastal river system, thanks to Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project (NCCP) and partners. Recently, the NCCP finished the construction phase of a major fish passage and water quality improvement project…
Squaw Creek restoration area, Truckee River watershed. Recently Trout Unlimited’s California Program received major grant awards for eight projects that improve fish passage or dry season streamflows in steelhead, Coho, and trout streams around the state. The Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP), administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife), and the California Wildlife…
Famous trout streams depend on waters flowing from the public lands of Sáttítla. These lands and waters should be permanently protected as a national monument.
June 30, 2016 CONSERVATION GROUPS ENDORSE NEW LEGAL AUTHORITY IN STATE BUDGET TO CONTROL IMPACTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION ON CALIFORNIA STREAMS AND RIVERS SACRAMENTO Leading conservation groups today endorsed unprecedented actions by the Brown Administration and the California Legislature to control impacts of medical marijuana cultivation on the States streams and rivers. The actions…
Multi-benefit flood control projects in California’s Central Valley, which will help bolster depleted runs of salmon and steelhead in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, will benefit from funding authorized by the state’s new parks-and-water bond legislation. On Sunday, October 15, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law a measure that has been one…
Fishing the Carmel River lagoon during steelhead season. In his 1945 novel Cannery Row, John Steinbeck called the Carmel River, on California’s central coast, “a lovely little river… [with] pools where trout live … a place for fishermen to wander in.” In those days the Carmel was a well-known fishery and hosted a robust run…
The Fall River is an essential source of cold, clean water for the Deschutes River, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sam Davidson sdavidson@tu.org, 831-235-2542 Rep. Jared Huffman and Sen. Kamala Harris champion legislation that will better protect and restore habitat and water quality in steelhead and salmon strongholds (April 10, 2019) HEALDSBURG, Calif—Trout Unlimited (TU) today praised the reintroduction of legislation from California Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Jared Huffman (an…
TU’s restoration leader on California’s Central Coast takes his steelheading, and steelhead conservation, very seriously.
For the fourth time in the past five years, the Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District has dedicated water to streamflow for coho and steelhead in a key Russian River tributary. Fish need water. And in many smaller streams along the California coast, they don’t get much of it during the dry season. This time…
TU Council Strategic Planning Resources and Templates Strategic planning is a vital tool for TU councils in order to make a meaningful impact on watersheds and communities in your state. Strategic planning will helps your council to:– Clarify your council’s purpose and long-term goals.– Identify clear, achievable short-term goals and objectives.– Allocate resources effectively.– Align state and…
September 10, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Curtis Knight, California Trout 530-859-1872 Debra Anderson, McCloud Watershed Council 530-345-5603 Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited 415-385-0796 Protect Our Waters Coalition Responds to Nestles Decision to Leave McCloud McCloud, CA. The Protect Our Waters Coalition today issued the response below to the announcement that Nestle has come to the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sam Davidson sdavidson@tu.org, 831-235-2542 May 3, 2021 Trout Unlimited lauds introduction of California public lands bills in the Senate, Senator Padilla’s leadership in protecting and restoring vital water sources, habitat, and access to the outdoors. EMERYVILLE, Calif—Trout Unlimited (TU) today praised the introduction of the PUBLIC Lands Act from California Senator Alex…
New monument designation permanently protects the source waters of the Fall River and other famous trout streams in northern California