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New effort in Congress to protect our small streams

Published in Advocacy, Government Affairs

I have spent some quality time in the state of Oregon, and I know a beautiful treasure of a river when I see one—even if I might not be the best at catching the trout and salmon that swim in them. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio’s district is filled with waters like these. You will not…

Grand Valley State U film crew highlights Green Team

Published in Youth, Community, Conservation

Students in the Producing for Clients class at Grand Valley State University spend a semester working with nonprofit organizations to create a video that serves the needs of that organization.   This fall, GVSU had a campus-wide focus on water-related issues so students teamed up with Trout Unlimited’s Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative to produce a video that could help enhance their work.   They created a…

Trout Unlimited and U.S. Department of Interior Collaborate to Restore Abandoned Mine LandsPartnership will facilitate cleanup of acid mine drainage across the country

11/1/2005 November 1, 2005 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU Vice President for Government Affairs, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org Trout Unlimited and U.S. Department of Interior Collaborate to Restore Abandoned Mine Lands Partnership will facilitate cleanup of acid mine drainage across the country Washington The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with…

TU welcomes proposed rule protecting trout water near coal mines

July 16, 2015 Contact: Steve Moyer (571) 274-0593 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU welcomes proposed rule protecting trout water near coal mines WASHINGTONA new proposed rule intended to lessen the impacts from mountain-top removal coal mining on rivers and streams represents a worthy effort on the part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Trout…

Local “Green Team” spends summer restoring Rogue River

Published in Uncategorized

Morgan Werner, Matt Anderson, Niyah Banfill, and Meriah Gannon planting riparian trees along Blakeslee Creek. By Jamie Vaughan Rockford locals may have noticed green-clad students working throughout the community this summer, usually covered in mud and always sporting a smile. It may look like a typical summer gardening job, but don’t be fooled: This group…

Truchas

The Truchas Chapter, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has more than 500 members. We work to carry out TU’s vision in the waters of northern New Mexico through our conservation projects and youth programs, through our fund-raising efforts, and our communications and advocacy efforts. Through our conservation projects, the Truchas Chapter seeks to secure…

Play, learn, serve, lead 

Published in Community

Fifteen years before National Volunteer Week was officially recognized, Trout Unlimited (TU) was founded on a revolutionary premise: grassroots volunteers would anchor our work in the watersheds, communities and riverbeds of our mission.

Protect Our Waters Coalition Responds to Nestles Decision to Leave McCloud

September 10, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Curtis Knight, California Trout 530-859-1872 Debra Anderson, McCloud Watershed Council 530-345-5603 Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited 415-385-0796 Protect Our Waters Coalition Responds to Nestles Decision to Leave McCloud McCloud, CA. The Protect Our Waters Coalition today issued the response below to the announcement that Nestle has come to the…