We won’t sugar coat this: If you care about Montana’s rivers, we need you now. This spring, Trout Unlimited helped launch the Yes for Responsible Mining initiative (I-186). I-186 can help guarantee a cleaner future for our rivers and streams. It will require mining companies applying for new permits to show reasonable proof that they…
6/13/2001 Thompson’s Salmon Recovery Bill Passes House Thompson’s Salmon Recovery Bill Passes House Habitat Restoration Legislation Seeks to Reverse Species Decline on Pacific Coast Contact: 6/13/2001 — — June 13, 2001 Washington, DC – A key salmon recovery funding measure, HR 1157, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), passed the House today. The Northern Californian’s…
May 27, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Americas anglers stand behind new clean water rule WASHINGTON, D.C.The nations anglers stand firmly behind a new clean water rule that will protect Americas headwater streams from unchecked development while still allowing reasonable leeway when it comes to water…
Stream restoration projects require a variety of tools and tactics. Sometimes you use a trowel, and sometimes a bulldozer.
By Eric Crawford If only it was as simple as an adipose fin. The presence of an adipose fin is universally recognized as the mark. An individual with an adipose fin is, with a few exceptions, considered a wild steelhead. On the other hand, those marked, clipped, or ad-intact fish, they are the hatchery ones. Although it is…
7/26/2001 Trout Unlimited Joins Multi-State Plan for Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Conservation Trout Unlimited Joins Multi-State Plan for Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Conservation Contact: 7/26/2001 — — July 26, 2001 (Boulder, Colo./ Salt Lake City, Utah /Jackson, Wyo.) The Colorado, Utah and Wyoming councils of Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations largest coldwater fisheries organization, announced…
By Cole Baldino On June 18, 2018, a large excavator entered the quiet banks of the Musconetcong River in Bloomsbury, a restoration plan now under way and an arsenal of native limestone boulders at the ready. Five days later the machine was gone and this 1,300-foot section of state-owned Wildlife Management Area had been restored,…
By Jacob Fetterman In the first official year of Trout Unlimited’s Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, we are thrilled to have completed two restoration projects and one reconnection project within the watershed. The projects to enhance cold-water and spawning habitat took place on three tributaries — Camden Creek, Juniper Swamp Brook, and Coulter Brook — all supporting native brook trout. …
Trout Unlimited’s efforts in the Great Lakes region continue to expand and 2018 was a big year for accomplishments in both the field and in advocacy efforts. TU staff and volunteers worked on dozens of major stream restoration, protection and reconnection projects in the region. TU’s active involvement in important issues helped move the needle on issues…
Today the thousands of river miles continue to support healthy populations of wild Pacific salmon, rainbow trout, Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden and more. Just north of the state’s largest populations centers of Anchorage and Wasilla, the area draws attention of recreational users of all types – hunters, anglers, trappers, miners, off highway vehicle operators, pilots,…
A longtime landowner’s love of his rural California land and the tiny steelhead stream that flows through it is key to the success of a challenging TU-led fish passage project.
Dec. 21, 2011 Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU supports EPA rule governing power plant emissions WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited today supported the Environmental Protection Agency’s court-ordered final rule that requires coal- and oil-fired power plants to reduce mercury and other toxic emissions into the…
The New York council of Trout Unlimited is urging TU members to comment on the state’s recently released Draft Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams. The plan will provide a detailed road map for protecting trout waters and informing management decisions to improve fishing for trout, among the state’s most sought-after gamefish. The Department of Environmental Conservation made the plan public on May 29, 2020. The deadline…
Pebble mine is on the ropes in Alaska, but we cannot rest until its permit is officially denied and Bristol Bay is permanently protected
7/2/2007 Nestl Agrees to Rework the Environmental Review For its Proposed McCloud Bottling Plant FOR IMMEDEATE RELASE (July 2, 2007) Contacts: Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited, 510-528-4772 Brian Stranko, California Trout, 925-408-6173 Debra Anderson, McCloud Watershed Council, 530-964-2502 Nestl Agrees to Rework the Environmental Review For its Proposed McCloud Bottling Plant In a major victory for…
6/21/2006 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 June 21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Bowman, 616-460-0477, or Steve Moyer, 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Trout Unlimited (TU) has selected Traverse City as the site for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Dave Sweet, Wyoming Council Chair, (307) 899-9959 Phil Cameron, Jackson Hole TU, (307) 413-1971 TU Jackson Hole Chapter Receives $10,000 to restore Spread Creek JACKSONTrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $10,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to…
By Nick Schmal and Laura MacFarland As stewards of more than 220,000 miles of America’s fishable streams and rivers, the U.S. Forest Service has long been an invaluable partner in protecting and restoring coldwater fisheries and their watersheds throughout North America. Perhaps most impactful in recent decades, has been their leadership in the advance of…
06/12/2009 Volunteers Around the Country Join Together on Trout Unlimiteds National Stream Clean-up Day June 12, 2009 For Immediate Release: Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary 571-331-7970 Volunteers Around the Country Join Together on Trout Unlimiteds National Stream Clean-up Day June 13 national event marks TUs 50th anniversary Arlington, Va.On Saturday, June 13, volunteers around…
By Robert Shane When we think of dams, especially dam removals, we think BIG; we think the Elwha and the Penobscot and the Snake. We imagine monstrosities of concrete and steel blocking important trout and salmon spawning waters. This plight, however, is not secular to big dams. In the state of Massachusetts there are over…
