Caring for the Kenai
This cherished river is one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters, and I’m here to tell you more about it and our work there.
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Southwest Colorado leaders visit D.C. to push for Superfund funding
June 16, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, 970-903-3010 Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 San Juan and La Plata County officials say the Animas River cleanup depends on EPA priority and funding (Washington, D.C.) In the wake of the Trump administrations proposed deep cuts to EPA funding, Southwest Colorado leaders flew to…
Infrastructure investments bolster reconnection of Bigelow Creek
A nearly decades-long partnership for watershed restoration in Newaygo County is getting a boost.
Upper Klamath Basin
Trout Unlimited was a lead negotiator and signatory to the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement under which PacifiCorp will be removing four obsolete dams on the Klamath River. The dams cut off fish access to more than 400 miles of upstream rivers, including spring-fed climate refugia in the shadow of Crater Lake. They also have a…
Federal funding package will fund conservation priorities
By Rob Catalanotto, Laura Ziemer and Steve Moyer After weeks of negotiations, the US Senate and House recently approved a massive appropriations bill to fund the government through fiscal year 2020. The deal averted a government shutdown, which was set to take effect on December 20 had Congress had not taken decisive action. TU field staff…
Effort Advances to Protect New Mexico’s Pecos River Watershed
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…
Restoration in the Sawtooth National Forest benefits unique Idaho redbands and sculpins
In 2022, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service embarked on a five-year $40 million national Keystone initiative to increase the scale of watershed restoration on our national forests and grasslands—home to many of America’s most important native trout and salmon species and the source of drinking water for some 180 million people and 68,000…
Conservationists, Sportsmen Can Both Benefit from Roadless Policy
1/5/2001 Conservationists, Sportsmen Can Both Benefit from Roadless Policy Conservationists, Sportsmen Can Both Benefit from Roadless Policy A press release from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Alliance Contact: 1/5/2001 — — Media Contacts: Robert Munson (406) 887-2052 Kevin Lackey (406) 541-9977 or (877) 770-8722 MISSOULA, MT – “The {U.S. Forest Service] roadless policy can be an…
Reps. DeFazio and Huffman, champions for SW Oregon rivers
U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (Oregon) and Jared Huffman (California) today sent a letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources urging the committee to take immediate action to schedule a hearing for H.R. 310, The Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act. This bill would permanently protect salmon and steelhead strongholds on the southern Oregon…
Klamath Reservoir Drawdown Begins
The world’s largest dam removal project takes another step forward as the reservoirs behind Iron Gate and JC Boyle Dams begin to be drained
Citizen scientists sought for Virginia stream temp study
By Jake Lemon Trout Unlimited is seeking volunteers to help with a program to monitor stream temperatures in the headwaters of the Shenandoah River. TU recently received a $10,000 grant from Virginia Environmental Endowments to engage citizen scientists in the study, which will be conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey. This study will…
Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill
05/15/2008 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2008 Contact: Steve Moyer: 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited commends Congress for approving a Conservation Title of the Farm Bill that will help trout…
TROUT Digital Magazine: Looking back at 2021
I spent a little time looking through the archive of the hundreds of stories the TROUT team of contributors produced this year, and I am proud and grateful.
TU buying water right on Rogue River tributary
An historic mill, and its former owner, are playing a key role in a collaborative effort to save native fish in an important Rogue River tributary. This campaign reached a milestone recently with a formal agreement to sell the mill’s historic water right to Trout Unlimited, with two years to raise the funding.
Watch: New film documents removing 6 dams to restore 6 miles of the Price River
“The Price of Water” details the long-term process, costs and partnerships required to open up the river to recreation in Central Utah
TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Running on empty
Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited sent four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students are exploring the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass National…
Land Conservancy Fund
Trout Unlimited’s Land Conservancy Fund is a matching grant program designed to provide chapters and councils with grants to help with land protection projects, including conservation easements and land trust or agency acquisition and/or ownership of properties that are a priority for native and wild trout and salmon populations. The program is administered by the…
Reconnecting the Mettawee: Six dams down
When it comes to long-term restoration projects, Erin Rodgers measures the passage of time not so much by clocks and calendars, but by kids.
Wenatchee River: Icicle Creek Boulder Fish Passage Project
le Creek is the largest tributary of the Wenatchee River subbasin – a tributary to the Columbia River.
TU members and volunteers mobilize to help communities impacted by Helene
On Oct. 5, less than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast, fishing was not an option.