Contact: Washington, DC – A new executive order would shrink the boundaries of Utah’s Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The move to remove protections from the two Utah national monuments calls into question the status of other national monuments across the country and could put high-quality hunting and fishing opportunities at risk. National…
Dedicated group of men and women serving the Upper Bear River in Southwest Wyoming.
The Deerfield River Watershed Chapter is committed to the conservation of cold water resources in our catchment area. This includes the mainstem of the Deerfield River and her major tributaries: The Chickley River, Cold River, Clesson Brook, North River, Bear River, South River, Green River as well as her minor tributaries. Our conservation efforts are…
Trout Unlimited has undertaken several movement studies to determine when and where Bear River cutthroat trout move. These studies have helped us identify conservation needs such as removal of barriers blocking spawning runs, and to determine if fish successfully access upstream habitat after barriers are removed. Following trout movement in the Bear River Cutthroat trout…
Contact: The Bureau of Land Management has proposed a new Oil and Gas Leasing Rule that would reduce public participation in leasing decisions and rescind safeguards that helped protect sensitive fish and wildlife habitat on public lands. The proposal eliminates leasing preference criteria established in 2024 that helped direct oil and gas development away from…
The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) is a local non-profit that works to keep the 26,500 square miles of the Copper River watershed free of fish passage barriers.
Contact: Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that rolls back critical protections for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its surrounding watershed. The resolution reopens the watershed to potential sulfide-ore mining upstream of the most visited Wilderness complex in the United States. The House of Representatives…
