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Fishing the Bear River. This reach would be inundated by the proposed Centennial Dam. By Chandra Ferrari With California just emerging from five years of punishing drought, there continues to be a lot of discussion about creating more water storage. While the fastest and most affordable way to capture and store more water is to…
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…
By Jamie Vaughan Hairy Penstemon is blooming at the Parkside Elementary Rain Garden in Michigan. This rain garden is a type of green infrastructure utilizing native plants to help developed areas function more naturally, thus keeping polluted and warmed stormwater runoff out of Rum Creek. We were out in the community with Abigail Henschell (pictured above),…
By Jacob A. Fetterman When I decided to change my major toward the end of my freshman year at Lock Haven University, I had no idea about the journey to follow. I was looking for a career that would allow me to positively impact the natural world I grew up admiring. Five-and-a-half years later, it is safe to say that I am well…
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Contacts: Leslie Steen, NW Wyoming Program Director, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Patrick Barry, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-886-5330, Patrick.m.barry@usda.gov Kelly Owens, Forest Hydrologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-739-5598, kelly.owens@usda.gov Tribasin Fish Passage and Watershed Restoration Project Begins in Upper Greys River Watershed. Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) announced today…
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…
Friday, October 4, 2019 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Kelly Owens, Forest Hydrologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-739-5598, kelly.owens@usda.gov Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) announced today that Phase 2 of the Tribasin Fish Passage and Watersehd Restoration Project is scheduled to begin during the fall…
Once thought genetically extinct, this native trout is on the path to recovery
How we’re making key Western streams more hospitable for trout and people in the hotter, drier present
As infrastructure to support natural gas extraction expanded across the Appalachians over the past decade, the Delaware River Basin remained untouched as the group responsible for the coordinated management of the watershed considered the practice. Now, after years of uncertainty, a vote by the Delaware River Basin Commission has formalized a ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing — often called “fracking” — in the basin. In a special business meeting on Feb. 25, 2021, commissioners…
By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited and local partners recently completed construction on a wetland restoration in downtown Cedar Springs, Mich. With help from a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) this is the second wetland restoration that Trout Unlimited has implemented in this community, which is home to Cedar Creek, an important coldwater tributary to the Rogue River. …
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…
Making sense of the doomsday scenarios, donations and what role TU is playing in this important watershed.
Contact: Katy Dunlap, Trout Unlimited Eastern Water Project Director, 607-742-3331 Mark Taylor, Trout Unlimited Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Savage River watershed one of 10 special places WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited is featuring the Savage River watershed in a new report highlighting outstanding public fishing and hunting areas in the Central Appalachian region that…
Contact:Peter Anderson, (208) 345-9800 or (208) 850-4664 (cell)panderson@tu.org Warren Colyer, (435) 753-3132wcolyer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Hails Victory for Oneida Narrows Trout Fishery IDWR decision ‘underscores that collaboration and partnerships are the future of water management in the West’ Boise Trout Unlimited hailed a decision by the Idaho Department of Water Resources to deny…
TU, BLM ink $8.867 million partnership for watershed restoration across the West.
TU field staff in New York worked extensively in the South Branch of the Moose River, Otter Creek, and Black River watersheds in the summer of 2023. Crew leader Jeremiah Stone, alongside field technicians Andrew Deyo and Hunter Dellow, have been collecting comprehensive data around aquatic passage and potential barriers to trout movement within each…
Trout Unlimited Joins in Historic Pact on Future Operation of Bear River Dams Trout Unlimited Joins in Historic Pact on Future Operation of Bear River Dams Signing ceremony Wed. at 10 a.m. at Gov. Kempthornes office in Boise Contact: Scott Yates Western Native Trout Programs Director: TU 208.552.0891; Cell: 208.520.3467 8/27/2002 — Idaho Falls, Idaho…
Contact:Erin Mooney, Trout Unlimited, (571) 274-0601, emooney@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Utah Trout Unlimited staff member receives prestigious Bureau of Land Management award Kirk Dahle receives distinguished award for restoration work on Otter Creek Salt Lake City, Utah The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Kirk Dahle, a restoration coordinator with Trout Unlimited, with the…
For hundreds of years, the Wuda Ogwa, the site of the Bear River Massacre has undergone significant development, pollution and agricultural use. Now, the Tribe is restoring Wuda Ogwa to its organic and natural glory.