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Trout Unlimited is applauding an ambitious New York stream restoration initiative included in a $3 billion proposal announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week. The “Restore Mother Nature Bond Act” was highlighted in Cuomo’s 2020 State of the State address. It would fund projects that improve critical fish and wildlife habitat and reduce flood risks across New York by reconnecting streams, removing obsolete dams, retrofitting road-stream crossings, restoring wetlands and natural floodplains, conserving forests and open space, reducing stormwater runoff, and upgrading fish…
I had to see the Lamar Valley with my own eyes. We decided to stop and have lunch in the Lamar Canyon section of the river downstream from the valley. It was there I caught my first Yellowstone cutthroat in Wyoming. I had completed the slam, but I was so happy to be there and to have landed a fish in the park that I didn’t even realize I had done it.
One of several BDAs (beaver dam analogues) recently installed in Squaw Creek to improve floodplain connectivity, among many other habitat benefits. By Tom Kloehn Trout Unlimited believes that conservation work begins with people. This belief was affirmed again when over 75 volunteers gathered recently to renew one of the Lake Tahoe region’s most popular places—Squaw…
Regardless of how you see them, these harmless creatures have an important role in the riparian ecosystem. They break down leaves in streams to start the food chain, are food for trout, and can even indicate clean water.
chalk_creek_bonneville.jpg A Chalk Creek native Bonneville cutthroat: Reconnected to spawning habitat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 6, 2013 Contact: Paul Burnett, 801-436-4062 pburnett@tu.org Tim Hawkes, 801-928-9008 thawkes@tu.org Trout Unlimited, rancher boost fish habitat on Chalk Creek Project reconnects Weber River cutthroats with spawning habitat (Salt Lake City)The Weber River is home to one of Utahs most…
The Chetco River, one of the finest salmon and steelhead fisheries in the West. For more than a decade TU has worked with other fishing and conservation groups to protect coastal salmon and steelhead streams in southwest Oregon from mining and o ther types of resource development that could harm legendary fisheries such as the…
TU partners with NOAA to prioritize high-impact restoration projects in anticipation of salmon returning
8/18/2004 TU Releases “Settled, Mined and Left Behind” Report TU Releases “Settled, Mined and Left Behind” Report Ten Western watersheds affected by pollution from abandoned mines profiled in report Contact: Tim Zink Manager, Media Relations Trout Unlimited 703.284.9427 8/18/2004 — Washington — The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today released a report entitled Settled,…
By Andy Brown Recent projects to remove in-stream barriers on two North Carolina streams have opened miles of habitat for trout and other creek-dwelling creatures. The work was completed on Powdermill and Cedar Rock creeks and is part of TU’s coldwater conservation program in the Southern Appalachians. Removing barriers helps fish, including native brook trout,…
tu-logo-xl.jpg For Immediate Release September 17, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593Laura Ziemer, lziemer@tu.org, (406) 599-2606 Trout Unlimited Pleased by Gains, but Disappointed in Missed Opportunity in 2018 WRDA Washington, D.C.House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster unveiled the 2018 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA)out of conference committee, S. 3021, last week…
As a Trout Unlimited Business member from its first day, Black Dog Outdoor Sports used the opportunity of its Grand Opening to support a priority effort toward which many local TU chapters have committed countless hours and substantial funds – namely the Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative (HRI). The Battenkill HRI formally began in January 2020 and represents for Trout Unlimited a full commitment to restoring and sustaining the Battenkill watershed for current and future generations. Led by TU staffer Jacob Fetterman and supported by donations and volunteers from the New York Council and Clearwater, Adirondack, Home-Waters and Southwestern Vermont chapters, the Battenkill HRI employs an ecosystem-based approach to prioritize reconnection, restoration and protection throughout the watershed.
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, and Tribal communities stand to receive substantial economic benefits for local conservation priorities
Notching a dam on Macedonia Brook in Connecticut has opened up an additional 2 miles of quality coldwater habitat for trout in the Housatonic River watershed. After years of planning, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, the Housatonic Valley Association and Trout Unlimited removed parts of the old concrete dam on the Housatonic tributary on…
In 2022, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service embarked on a five-year $40 million national Keystone initiative to increase the scale of watershed restoration on our national forests and grasslands—home to many of America’s most important native trout and salmon species and the source of drinking water for some 180 million people and 68,000…
We are kicking off a monthly series focusing on our work in the Upper Rio Grande basin. This post educates readers to the work that has been done, work that will be done and introduces us to partners and staff who are dedicated to making this initiative successful across TU’s Protect, Reconnect, Restore and Sustain…
The Snake River has, by far, the greatest potential for wild fish recovery of any watershed in the Columbia Basin. Historically it produced about 40 percent of the spring/summer Chinook salmon and 55 percent of the summer steelhead in the Columbia system. Annual run estimates prior to the 1850s exceed two-million fish for all…
TU partners with Lighthawk and American Rivers to highlight three conservation projects helping to recover the Colorado River Basin
We talk a lot about “sustainable development” in the conservation arena. The notion that human progress need not impair or impede the natural order of our rivers is perhaps one of more attractive ideals within the growth and development fields. And, make no mistake, we have the ability to protect our watersheds while we continue…
Trout Unlimited is offering free memberships to dads who are new to TU, love to fish (or want to learn) and care about conservation
3/30/2006 Trout Unlimited Receives Prestigious Conservation Award March 30, 2006 Contact: Laura Hewitt, TU Watershed Programs Director, 608-250-3534 Trout Unlimited Receives Prestigious Conservation Award WASHINGTON, DC – Trout Unlimited, North Americas largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, has received the 2006 Thomas F. Waters Stewardship Award in recognition of its work to restore the rivers and…
