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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Agriculture, Conservation Coalition Urges Passage of Farm BillGroups call FB conservation programs critical to the health of West (Washington, D.C.) A new coalition of conservation and agriculture groups called on Congress to pass the Farm Bill this year to ensure full funding for conservation title programs, saying they are critical to…
TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries
Photo by Kyle Green, Idaho Statesman Welcome to the weekend edition of Short Casts, where today, it’s all about salmon and the many challenges facing their recovery in the Pacific Northwest. If you haven’t been following Rocky Barker’s summer-long series on salmon in the Idaho Statesman, you can still catch up with it and learn…
6/13/2001 Thompson’s Salmon Recovery Bill Passes House Thompson’s Salmon Recovery Bill Passes House Habitat Restoration Legislation Seeks to Reverse Species Decline on Pacific Coast Contact: 6/13/2001 — — June 13, 2001 Washington, DC – A key salmon recovery funding measure, HR 1157, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), passed the House today. The Northern Californian’s…
Participants in the 2018 Large Wood Technical Field School, hosted by TU and the Salmonid Restoration Federation. Photo: Dana Stolzman, SRF One of the biggest coldwater conservation challenges in the western U.S. is recovering coho salmon in California, the southernmost extent of the species’ historical range. Coho, one of four species of salmon native to…
In fact, Ziemer says, “Water and fire are the West’s greatest expressions of climate change. This makes water investments a top priority for building climate resilience.”
About us In my spare time I am either actively mentoring young men or fly fishing or photographing with my beautiful wife. I love to challenge others to help preserve our waters and fisheries and use my natural talents to do so. My satisfaction comes from pouring my whole soul into whatever I am pursuing…
A coalition of partners in the Lake Superior basin have been awarded $1.45 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to increase climate resilience in communities hit hard by catastrophic, repetitive flooding. Earlier this month, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended the funding of…
For many people in the western United States, public lands are a fact of life.
The inefficient and outdated way oil and gas leases are sold on our public lands puts our big game species, coldwater fish populations, and sage grouse habitat at risk for limited returns.
01/15/2008 Comprehensive agreement for Klamath Basin restoration proposed, sets stage for hyrdropower agreement and dam removal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2008 CONTACT: Severn Williams California Trout 510-336-9566, C 415-336-9623 Chuck Bonham, Trout Unlimited 510-528-4164, C 510-917-8572 Steve Rothert, American Rivers 530-478-5672, C 530-277-0448 Brian Barr, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy 541-482-4459 x…
Local community members and volunteers from Trout Unlimited chapters near and far turned out in a big way to care for and enjoy the Mecan River at the first annual Central Sands Community Celebration on a wet weekend this past May.
Contacts: Dan Roper, New Mexico State Lead, Trout Unlimited, dan.roper@tu.org Ivan Valdez, Owner, The Reel Life Fly Shop, Santa Fe, NM – ivanjvaldez@yahoo.com Santa Fe, NM – The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that approximately 166,000 acres of public land in the headwaters of New Mexico’s…
Floodplain habitat connectivity improvement project site, Lawrence Creek TU’s North Coast Coho Project has been awarded a major grant to underwrite the first year of a three-year project to restore floodplain habitat connectivity in Lawrence Creek, a tributary to Yager Creek in the Van Duzen River drainage in Humboldt County, California. The Lawrence Creek Reconnection…
The indicator dipped below the milky green waters of Northern Nevada’s Truckee River. Riley Roberts pulled hard on his 10-foot 4-weight. He looked at the water through the green mirror of his sunglasses.
On April 7, the long effort to restore the Klamath River and its once-prolific salmon and steelhead runs passed another major milestone when the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) issued its Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification for the removal of the Lower Klamath Project. The Lower Klamath Project includes the…
Get TROUT magazine Did you know that when you join Trout Unlimited, you get TROUT magazine online or in your mailbox? TROUT, the journal of coldwater fisheries conservation, is home to a column from John Gierach, bestselling author of the flyfishing classics Trout Bum and Sex, Death and Fly-Fishing. It’s the only place to read…
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…
Once thought genetically extinct, this native trout is on the path to recovery
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.