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Trout Unlimited commends the Forest Service for releasing proposed plan that includes protections for high-value salmon rivers

SalmonForestFinalSm.jpg NEW TU Logo.jpg November 20, 2015 Contact: Austin Williams, Alaska Director of Law and Policy, Trout Unlimited, awilliams@tu.org, 907-227-1590 Mark Kaelke, Southeast Alaska Project Director, Trout Unlimited, mkaelke@tu.org, 907-321-4464 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited commends the Forest Service for releasing proposed plan that includes protections for high-value salmon rivers Sportsmen and business owners encourage…

Celebrating a dream come true in North Carolina

Published in Partnerships

There was abundant sunshine, bluegrass, barbeque and 300 fly fishing enthusiasts that gathered to celebrate the grand opening of one of the nicest fly shops you’ll ever see—and the only one I’ve ever seen with a built-in bar—the new Brookings Fly Shop in Cashiers, NC.

Oregons and Californias Smith River protected from foreign mining interests

Photo by Ken Morrish 20-year mineral withdrawal approved by Interior Contact: Dean Finnerty, Oregon Field Coordinator dfinnerty@tu.org (541) 214-0642 Washington D.C. — Oregon and Californias Smith River got welcome news as the Department of the Interior approved a 20-year mineral withdrawal, protecting the river from proposed strip mining. In recent years, foreign mining companies have…

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Video spotlight: Grading PA’s trout streams

Published in Video spotlight

This may come as a shock to a lot of anglers out there, but the state with the most miles of trout water isn’t Montana or Colorado. It’s not Idaho or Wyoming or California. It’s Pennsylvania. And in Pennsylvania, folks are serious about their trout water, so much so that state Fish and Boat Commission…

This Land is Your Land: Lucas Mullen

Published in Public Lands

When the opportunities to guide and fish the lands and waters of the Tongass National Forest—America’s largest and biggest fish producing forest—came knocking, he answered.

Voices from the River: Counting coho in Russian River floodplains

Published in Voices from the river

By Charlie Schneider Note: California’s Russian River is famous among anglers for its steelhead fishery, but in recent years this watershed has been the focus of an intensive effort to recover coho salmon, now one of the rarest native fishes in California. TU grassroots and programs such as the Coastal Streamflow Stewardship Project have been…

Lifelong love affair

Published in Uncategorized

Childhood days spent wandering and fishing California’s South Fork Kings River became the foundation of a man’s life as a sportsman-conservationist. By Bill Templin You probably have one of those places in the Great Outdoors that you’ve been visiting since you were very young. For me it’s the South Fork Kings River.SFKingsRiver@oldSwimminHole_Templin.jpg (L) The “old…

Erin Plue Selected as Trout Unlimited’s Idaho Director

Contact: Boise, Idaho – Erin Plue has been chosen from a strong field of candidates to lead Trout Unlimited’s (TU) Idaho program. Since 2020, Plue has led TU’s watershed restoration work in northern Idaho, including the Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Kootenai River basins. Building from a foundation in ecology, she brings diverse skills and…

Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue PG&E over Harms to Salmon and Steelhead on Eel River

For Immediate Release Contact California Trout – Redgie Collins – (415)748-8755 – rcollins@caltrout.org Friends of the Eel River – Alicia Hamann – (707) 382-8859 – alicia@eelriver.org Institute for Fisheries Resources – Glen Spain – (541) 521-8655 – fish1ifr@aol.com Trout Unlimited – Matt Clifford – (406) 370-9431 – matt.clifford@tu.org Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations –…

Public lands package passes House

Published in Conservation, From the field

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act (H.R. 803). Trout Unlimited strongly supports this legislation, as it will better conserve and restore public lands, watersheds and coldwater fisheries in four Western states and support the country’s commitment to countering the impacts of climate change by protecting at least 30 percent of…

Everything you need to know: Eagle Lake rainbow trout

Published in Fishing

Eagle Lake rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum)  Species summary and status: Eagle Lake rainbow trout are a lake dwelling subspecies of rainbow trout found in Eagle Lake and its tributary streams on the east side of the Sierra Nevada in Lassen County, California. First described by J. O. Snyder in 1917, Eagle Lake rainbow trout were…

Bringing the salmon home

Published in Dam Removal

On the border of Oregon and California, the largest dam removal ever attempted, anywhere on the planet, is underway on the Klamath River.

Conservation funding powers TU California Water Project success – project profiles

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TU’s California Water Project is dedicated to improving stream flows in vital waters for salmon, steelhead and trout across the Golden State. On the coast between Eureka and San Luis Obispo, the CAWP develops and implements innovative water storage solutions with agricultural and residential lan downers to help native coho salmon and steelhead runs rebound…

Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions

05/08/2008 Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited: (415) 385-0796 Paul Johnson, Monterey Fish Market: (510) 525-0999 Michael Brunson: Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate: (707) 433-7427 x16 Kirk Hardcastle: Taku River Reds (AK): (808) 281-4090 Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions CA Salmon Businesses, Chefs, Fishermen, Vintners & Conservation Groups…