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Steve Fraley has had ties to the Baldwin area and Pere Marquette River for most of his life. He has been guiding primarily fly fisherman with some spinning in the mix on the Pere Marquette River for almost 3 decades. He also guides in Alaska during part of the summer, as well as hosting trips…
In a year of exceptional drought, we’re working to improve conditions for wild and native trout and salmon from the Smith to the San Gabriel
TU’s Tim Frahm swinging on the Klamath River near Weitchpec. The legendary Klamath River is the third most productive watershed for salmon and steelhead on the West Coast, after only the Columbia and Sacramento Rivers systems. The Klamath is also Ground Zero for one of the most challenging water conflicts in U.S. history. Trout Unlimited’s…
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of conservation and community, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, and Trout Unlimited are joining together during these tough times to share youth-related resources and materials. We hope that many young anglers and hunters and their families are all still finding time and space to get outdoors and…
Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, Communications Director, (907) 230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Major Salmon River Restoration Project Completed in Alaska’s Tongass National ForestTrout Unlimited Hails Harris River and Fubar Creek Project as Model for Future Work in America’s Salmon Forest Juneau, Alaska Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, today applauded the completion of a…
The Staney Creek region of Prince of Wales Island holds 139,000 acres of Tongass National Forest wilderness. This temperate rainforest is the largest national forest in the country and holds a unique biodiversity rich with fish, terrestrial wildlife and forest vegetation. It also serves as means for tourist recreation, subsistence for the resource dependent communities…
Spending bill would make significant investments in salmon restoration, climate resiliency, and public lands; WOTUS proposal restores stream protections Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org; (571) 274-0593 ARLINGTON, Va.—Legislation that cleared the House of Representatives today would invest billions of dollars in salmon restoration, climate resiliency projects, and public lands…
Trout Unlimited Youth Essay Contest Winner Elizabeth Bruner, Blairsville, Pa., 11th grade When I was 5-years-old, I asked my parents what the black, round things were scattered all over the lane to our farm. They told me they were black walnuts and could be cleaned, cracked and the meat inside could be eaten. Ever since…
Here lies the promise of our plans to develop a shared agenda of priority waters.
Washington, D.C., is a long way from Dillingham, Alaska, but that’s where Triston Chaney spent his 19th birthday. Triston was among a group of commercial fishermen, lodge owners and outfitters who came back to the nation’s capital to discourage the EPA from permitting the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska. Over birthday cake at our…
TU Teens of Gallipolis stays quite busy over the winter months. Students use this time to practice casting skills outside on the grass or in the gymnasium. We spend time working on knot tying skills and get familiar with the different types of flies that are used in fly fishing. Santa Claus was very generous…
Over the past decade, energy companies have descended on the Mid-Atlantic to drill for gas in the Marcellus and Utica shales, which underlie parts of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland. These shale deposits have made the region a hotbed for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which involves injecting water, sand and chemicals…
Monday, August 15, 2022 Contacts: Lee Mabey, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 208-557-5784, lee.mabey@usda.gov Leslie Steen, NW Wyoming Program Director, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, leslie.steen@tu.org ### JACKSON, Wyoming –The Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF) and Trout Unlimited (TU) announced today that restoration work using innovative techniques on the North Fork of Tincup Creek is currently underway. The…
I recently had a video call with a Trout Unlimited volunteer in New York. I couldn’t help being distracted. Over his shoulder I could see a stream in the background. “What river is that?” I asked. “The West Branch of the Delaware,” he replied. “I actually was watching fish rise before this call started.” Oh,…
Near the dramatic jagged peaks of the Teton mountains sits Jackson Lake Dam.
TU’s restoration leader on California’s Central Coast takes his steelheading, and steelhead conservation, very seriously.
In our last post we explored how the management of water in the West has changed over the past few decades from a climate of conflict to one of collaboration and innovation. In this quest for increased water security, improved fish and wildlife habitat and the inclusion of diverse stakeholders in the decision-making process, TU’s…
1/9/2000 TU Leads State Groups in Demanding Scrutiny of Perrier Threats to Mecan Springs TU Leads State Groups in Demanding Scrutiny of Perrier Threats to Mecan Springs Contact: 1/9/2000 — — Wisconsin anglers and environmental groups, led by Trout Unlimited, have demanded the DNR apply the toughest level of scrutiny for a proposed Perrier well…
The author’s son, RJ, shows off a native brook trout from the restored stream on the family’s land. By Greg Hulver I come from a family of farmers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, specifically, the Cacapon River watershed. Long ago my family settled this area, and the land that we own has been…
wildbrookie.jpg Nov. 18, 2014 Contact: Elizabeth Maclin, Eastern Conservation Vice President, 703-284-9437, emaclin@tu.org Mark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mtaylor@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited: George Washington National Forest Plan protects important trout habitat by taking a sensible approach to energy development New plan will not allow leasing of additional lands for energy extraction, reducing…