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Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers launches ‘Emerging’ podcast

Published in TU Costa 5 Rivers, Youth

Tired of the same river or road playlist? Interested in taking up fly fishing or learning more about it? Or maybe you would like some insight on how to build a career in the fly fishing or conservation arenas? Tune in to the new Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers podcast, “Emerging” presented by Simms Fishing.…

Oregon Wildlands

Western Oregon boasts some of the most biologically diverse and undeveloped lands in the nation. From free-flowing rivers teeming with salmon to deep ancient forests to serpentine soil that feeds plants seen nowhere else on the planet, the area offers people a place to relax and listen to hidden waterfalls, hike within towering redwood cathedrals,…

Woodstock Inn & Resort Fly Fishing

Our Orvis-Endorsed Fly-Fishing Program allows guests from beginner to expert to cast in some of Central Vermont’s most picturesque rivers and streams. Learn to flycast in our meadow with one of our Orvis Endorsed Guides, or head out to one of the local streams (the Barnard Brook and the Kedron Brook) which are located on…

Total Outfitters

Located in the Bitterroot Valley of southwest Montana, our experienced guide staff is prepared to share with you their passion of fly fishing Montana’s epic rivers. ​ Local guides specialize in fishing the Bitterroot, Blackfoot River, Clark Fork, and Missouri Rivers. With some of the best Dry Fly fishing in the state, we spend most…

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.

Summer steelhead in the Elwha rise from the ashes

Published in Uncategorized

Rise of the Phoenix: an Elwha River summer steelhead (Photo: John McMillan) By John McMillan Should we invest in dam removal? It’s a question that many communities, businesses and policy-makers are facing these days — partly because of agin g infrastructure and financial liabilities, and partly because of legal obligations to protect water quality and…

A better way

Published in Uncategorized

Tim Frahm, Central Coast Steelhead Coordinator for Trout Unlimited, admires the newly restored Carmel River above the site of the old San Clemente Dam at the celebration event on June 6. There have no doubt been many parties on the Carmel River, one of the best steelhead streams on California’s south-central coast, over the years.…

Desert carp

Published in Voices from the river, Fishing, Travel, TROUT Magazine

We had a great winter here in Idaho. Lots of high snow. And then spring arrived with buckets of rain in the valleys and more snow up high. We’re closing in on the first day of summer, and our backcountry trout streams are still surging with runoff. High water is a blessing and a curse…

Going to the birds

The fishing had been ok that morning years ago when Corey Fisher and I waded up a small creek in Utah trying not to scare fish — or rattlesnakes. We had each caught a couple, but nothing like the fish we had heard about coming from this remote destination.    That, however, was about to…

Utah approves TU’s first in-stream flow lease

Published in Conservation, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

A recently acquired water lease on Utah’s Weber River could help migratory native Bonneville cutthroat populations survive low water events. Trout Unlimited photo. By Paul Burnett Working within the constraints of Western Water Law to develop mechanisms for keeping water in streams is a slow and difficult process. After several years of groundwork from Trout…

Parkside Elementary, TU team up to protect Rum Creek in Mich.

Published in Uncategorized

By Jamie Vaughan Rockford – Parkside Elementary students are changing the way their school is impacting their neighboring trout stream. The past two years, Parkside fifth graders have been analyzing the health of Rum Creek, an important coldwater tributary to the Rogue River, and decided they wanted to improve the footprint of the school on…

Conservation Success Index

The CSI is TU’s original conservation planning application. Beginning in 2010, the CSI provided the first range-wide summary of watershed-scale information related to salmonid distribution, population attributes, habitat conditions, and future threats. Information from the CSI served as the base data for TU’s 2015 State of the Trout report. The CSI approach has evolved into…

Bring your snorkel

Published in Boats, Featured

The beauty of being perched on a boat headed downstream is the unique ability to see into the water below.

Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn't Want Public Review

7/15/1999 Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn’t Want Public Review Keystone Wants Huge Increase In Water For Snowmaking — But Doesn’t Want Public Review Contact: 7/15/1999 — — Colorado conservationists today criticized Vail Resorts-owned Keystone Corporation’s attempt to avoid public oversight of its proposal to more than double the amount…

Climate change from an angler’s perspective

Published in Conservation

By Carmen Northen The above photo of the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho was taken in the beginning of March of this past winter. In a normal year, there would be at least a foot of snow along the banks, and more up on the slope. But we haven’t seen a ‘normal year’ in…

In Virginia, TU making a difference for native brook trout

Published in Uncategorized

By Seth Coffman For many Virginians, the Eastern brook trout (above) is the iconic symbol of pristine streams and wild places. Brook trout go hand in hand with clean, cold water, and seeing one rise to your well-presented fly never gets old. That is just one of the many reasons TU has been working to…