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Voices from the River: Rising above a seven

Published in Voices from the river

By Jenny Weis Flying low in a DeHavilland Beaver over Bristol Bay, Alaska’s Naknek River, I could see weeds in the clear water, shallow stretches with rocks illuminated by the sun, and deeper pools hiding trout and probably a few king salmon staging to spawn. The window was to my right, and the amost-11-year old…

Voices from the River: Exactly where you want to be

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By Eric Booton I am more familiar with the routine of MRI scans for shoulder injuries than I care to admit. It begins with a large needle into the heart of the joint to inject a dye that makes it easier to view the soft tissue, ligaments etc. and ends with more than 30 minutes…

Voices from the River: Where gratitude flows

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Chulitna River. Photo by Laura Bartholomae By Jenny Weis For those of us in this community who fly fish with any regularity, it’s safe to say we’re pretty lucky. To go fishing is to set aside a few hours just for fun. It’s for breathing fresh air. For taking advantage of clean rivers, access to…

Still standing strong for Bristol Bay

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By Nelli Williams Standing in a packed elementary school gym last week I found myself once again marveling at the persistence and perseverance of the people when it comes to protecting Bristol Bay’s salmon resources. The fight to safeguard Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine has been waging for over a decade, and yet…

Member discounts

 Member Discounts Trout Unlimited is happy to offer our members a number of discounts from hotel and car rentals to retailers like Office Depot and a variety of fly fishing and other outdoor retailers. See list below for benefit providers, discounts available and how to take advantage of them. 30% off for Life and Griffith…

To Wait on Pale Ice

Published in Fishing

Day 4 The Adventure Series is a collection of outdoor experiences, highlighting stories about people with a shared appreciation for wildlife and wild places. These stories reach across cultural and political boundaries, connecting all walks of life and geographies. In pursuit of broadening our collective understanding, TU is partnering with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Arctic…

What was your best fishing trip ever?

Published in Trout Talk

Periodically, we’ll pose questions to a ” fly-fishing roundtable” of TU anglers in hopes of spurring discussion among all anglers about all things fly fishing. This week: What was your best fishing trip ever?

Voices from the river: Return of the G-Man

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Longtime advocate for fishing and hunting and TU grassroots leader Geoff Malloway re-opens the Central Coast Fly Fishing shop. By Sam Davidson To Geoff Malloway, inaction, and its frequent companion inertia, are like poaching. They are a violation of the sportsmen’s code. He can’t abide them. You can see it in his face at meetings…

The Congressional Green Sheets Environment and Energy Daily Report

5/17/2000 The Congressional Green Sheets Environment and Energy Daily Report The Congressional Green Sheets Environment and Energy Daily Report House Panel Marks up Hydro Relicensing Bill in Face of Veto Threat Contact: 5/17/2000 — — MAY 17, 2000 A House subcommittee Tuesday easily approved a controversial bill to streamline the hydropower relicensing process, but received…

Forest fire bill provisions fall short

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2016 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU vice president of government affairs, smoyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Kate Miller, TU director of government affairs, kmiller@tu.org, (703) 489-6411 Trout Unlimited: forest fire bill provisions fall short Draft proposal inadequate for wildfire budget, watershed health (Washington, D.C.) As another wildfire season begins to heat up, the…

Happy Public Lands Month!

Published in Conservation, Uncategorized

By Corey Fisher Trout Unlimited is devoting the month of September to celebrating public lands and the agencies dedicated to upholding America’s public land heritage. It’s no coincidence that National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day are both during September — the month is tailor-made for hunters and anglers to enjoy all…

Public lands, past and future

Published in From the President

September is Public Lands Month, and few places are more important to trout and salmon than our public lands. Half of all the blue-ribbon trout streams in the West, for example, flow across public lands. Our public lands are often the last and best strongholds for many species of native trout and char. My exposure…