Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Federal Government Gets Failing Grades in Salmon Plan Report Card Contact: Jeff Curtis Western Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 503-827-5700 x. 11 2/27/2002 — Portland, OR/Washington, DC — The Administration, Congress, and federal agencies charged with implementing the federal governments plan to restore imperiled Columbia-Snake Basin…
Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Community Developed Solution Benefiting Humans, Fish Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited (207) 373-0700, (207) 841-7529 (cell) 10/29/2002 — Union, Maine — Today Trout Unlimited and the Sennebec Pond Association, joined by…
Big things happen when committed people decide that failure is not an option
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…
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…
As the largest river restoration effort in history moves forward, Oregon and California plan for fish reintroduction and monitoring
We’ve all been there. But, thankfully, for must of us, nobody was standing by with a video camera. And, for those of us who’ve never been caught on camera failing miserably while fishing, we have this to appreciate. I’ve endured my share, for sure. I took a fly deep in the flesh of my forearm…
These days, it seems like we encounter a lot of distraction – we’re sucked in by problemsthat don’tmatter and daily stressthat haslittle consequence in the grand scheme of things. So for this year’s State of Trout Unlimited speech we decided it was time to get back to our core values. For a few of us,…
There was a time when I thought being a fishing guide would be about the coolest existence a guy could experience. That all changed one rainy Father’s Day weekend some 15 years ago when renowned guide Rod Patch floated me and my wife down the Cardiac Canyon reach of the Henry’s Fork. From bouncing the…
Trout Unlimited is offering free memberships to dads who are new to TU, love to fish (or want to learn) and care about conservation
5/9/2001 Conservation Groups Withdraw from Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon Relicensing Process Conservation Groups Withdraw from Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon Relicensing Process Contact: 5/9/2001 — — Groups denounce company’s unilateral changes to process for relicensing dams Contacts: Connie Kelleher, American Rivers: (206) 213-0330, ext. 14 Sara Denniston, Idaho Rivers United: (208) 3 Date: 5/9/2001
Now that you’ve gotten some of the basics down of fly fishing, why we love it, some casts, gear and more, it’s time to go out to the water.
Contact:Cory Toye, Trout Unlimited, (307) 332-7700 x14ctoye@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited, Grand Teton National Park Partner to Restore Gros Ventre Watershed Removal of obsolete dam will open more than 100 miles of stream habitat for trout in the Gros Ventre watershed Moose, Wyoming Grand Teton National Park joined with the sportsmen’s group Trout Unlimited…
Thousands of miles of trout streams in New Mexico are susceptible to the historic drought plaguing the Southwest. TU just helped protect 305 of them.
TU is working hard to address a serious problem impacting Washington’s watersheds and threatening the health of our native fish populations: unregulated suction dredge mining and other forms of motorized mineral prospecting. Most recently, TU helped to introduce HB 1261and SB 6149 which would bring Washington in compliance with Clean Water Act rules and would ban suction dredge…
Volunteers are an inspiration to the work Trout Unlimited is doing
2024 Recap (so far) – Photo Essay
10/7/1999 Nevada Public Officials Agree Carpenter’s Plans To Rebuild Road Are Illegal Nevada Public Officials Agree Carpenter’s Plans To Rebuild Road Are Illegal TU Calls on NDEP Not to Issue Bogus Work Permit Contact: 10/7/1999 — — Governor Guinn, Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Pappa, U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, Elko Mayor Mike Franzoia and…
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Program sent a handful of student-anglers on a road trip across America in search of native trout. On the team’s final stop, they visited California. Sequoia National Forest Located in south-ce ntral California, Sequioa National Forest encompasses slightly less than 2,000 square miles. It is named, as is…
The great conservationist, Aldo Leopold, once wrote that “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none…
