It started with a mouse, the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse, which was listed in 2014 under the Endangered Species Act. The listing closed an important pasture to grazing and also locked out trout anglers from fishing the Rio Cebolla. United in their belief that the mouse could be preserved along with ranching and fishing,…
The new programs and authorizations under the Water for Conservation and Farming Act are designed to invest in the nexus between our agricultural sector and healthy, free-flowing streams.” ~TU’s Chrysten Lambert
Separated by several years, two events are working together to make a great trout stream in the Catskills even better.
1/10/2000 The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: What Can We Do Better to Save Salmon? The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: What Can We Do Better to Save Salmon? Contact: 1/10/2000 — — Governor King says the Maine Salmon Plan is “a comprehensive, cooperative approach that identifies every threat to the salmon within our control and sets…
The West is in the grips of another hot, dry summer, with more than 60 large wildfires currently burning across the region. At the same time, the effects of last year’s fires are apparent in many states; Interstate 70, a major artery for east-west transportation, has been shut down through Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon multiple times in the past two months due to mudslides resulting from last year’s Grizzly Creek fire. The epicenter of the ongoing drought is the Colorado River…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 1, 2024 Contact:Matt Clifford – matt.clifford@tu.org – 406.370.9431Charlie Schneider – cschneider@caltrout.org – 707.217.0409Monty Schmitt- monty.schmitt@tnc.org – 510-325-3594 The Salmon Strategy affirms that actions and policies long supported by Tribes and fishing andconservation groups are key to recovery of native salmon and steelhead and their fisheries, andthat strategic, sustained collaboration will be needed…
High potential for energy & low impact on wildlife and habitat The Public Land Renewable Energy Act would support responsible development of wind, solar and geothermal projects on public lands with high potential for energy and low impact on wildlife and habitat. Critically, the act would also strategically direct the royalty revenue from development to invest in…
Brook trout habitat will expand once AMD cleanup takes place on Beech Creek in Pennsylvania
As we enter the final days until the elections in Montana, TU is checking in with local businesses on why passing I-186 is important to them. This editorial from Stephanie Shammel, a rancher downstream of the Kendall Mine, originally appeared in the Billings Gazette. Check out our Instagram story about other Montana businesses who are…
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…
Montana TU is collaborating and trying to come up with answers and solutions for trout health issues in SW Montana.
This week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a Draft EIS affecting four hydroelectric dams on Maine’s Kennebec River. The FERC recommendations amount to incremental improvements over what is now a dire situation for Atlantic salmon in the Kennebec. We have tried the incremental approach before on rivers like the Connecticut, Merrimack, Saco, and Androscoggin.…
You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was a challenging year. The pandemic created lots of hardships for TU’s field staff in New England, including the postponement of many projects. Always flexible, the New England team did a great job reacting to the difficult situation.
Contact: Keith Curley, (703) 284-9428 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hits taken, but federal spending bill less damaging than first proposedSportsmen’s voices heard in Congress; cutting conservation programs would have been bad policy WASHINGTON – Congress apparently heard the outcry over deep proposed cuts to vital conservation programs from Trout Unlimited and other sportsmen’s conservation groups, as…
2/26/2007 Trout Unlimited Hires New Manager for West Branch Restoration Efforts Feb. 26, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Wolfe, (570) 726-3118 or awolfe@tu.org Trout Unlimited Hires New Manager for West Branch Restoration Efforts MILL HALL, Pa. – Trout Unlimited (TU) has hired Rebecca Dunlap as Project Manager for the organizations West Branch Susquehanna Restoration…
Fishing with a black bear near Wrangell, Alaska I’ve had the good fortune of toting a fly rod to some pretty intersting places around the world, and, as a result, have had some sketchy encounters, ranging from an arme d flotilla of Sabine River catfish trotliners to grizzlies in Alaska and Yellowstone to a fairly…
06/25/2008 Trout Unlimiteds Upper Big Lost Project Will Receive Proceeds From Silver Creek Outfitters Film Festival June 25, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Ed Northen: 208-788-316 Trout Unlimiteds Upper Big Lost Project Will Receive Proceeds From Silver Creek Outfitters Film Festival KETCHUM, ID The Hemingway Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) will receive the proceeds from…
TU’s Tim Frahm swinging on the Klamath River near Weitchpec. The legendary Klamath River is the third most productive watershed for salmon and steelhead on the West Coast, after only the Columbia and Sacramento Rivers systems. The Klamath is also Ground Zero for one of the most challenging water conflicts in U.S. history. Trout Unlimited’s…
With outdoor participation skyrocketing, dollars for access, habitat and maintenance crucial For immediate release July 22, 2020 Contact: Shauna Stephenson Trout Unlimited (307) 757-7861, sstephenson@tu.org (July 22, 2020) WASHINGTON D.C. — Landmark conservation legislation that includes full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and dedicated funding for the maintenance backlog on public lands passed the House today, making its next stop the President’s…
Dustin Wichterman lives trout. By day he manages Trout Unlimited’s restoration and protection work in the Potomac headwaters. Most of the rest of the time he’s either fishing for trout or dreaming about fishing for trout. And a big part of that dream is that one day the Potomac headwaters will again regularly churn out native brook trout pushing…
