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For Immediate Release: May 4, 2017Contact: Michael Pauker, Michael.Pauker@berlinrosen.com, 646-335-0330 National Conservation, Sportsmen Groups Applaud Passage of Congressional Omnibus Spending BillThe bill contains more than $1.3 billion in vital funding and protections for Western water resources, including the Colorado River National conservation and sportsmen groups applauded passage through Congress of a new omnibus spending bill.…
The new DEIS for the Snake River won’t restore salmon
National Academy Of Sciences Review: Maine’s Wild Salmon Are Genetically Distinct National Academy Of Sciences Review: Maines Wild Salmon Are Genetically Distinct Trout Unlimited Calls on State and Federal Officials to Move Forward on Recovery Plans Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 207/ 373-0700 1/11/2002 — Brunswick, ME — On January 7th,…
11/21/2003 Statement of Trout Unlimited Applauding Today’s Senate Energy Bill Vote to Allow Work to Continue of the Bill Statement of Trout Unlimited Applauding Today’s Senate Energy Bill Vote to Allow Work to Continue of the Bill Contact: Chris Wood Vice President of Conservation Trout Unlimited 703.284.9403 11/21/2003 — Washington, D.C. — Trout Unlimited applauded…
Federal lawmakers have introduced the bipartisan Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act to reduce regulatory barriers that slow or prevent ecosystem restoration in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-mapped floodplains. The legislation, from legislators including Representatives Bryan Steil (WI-01), Troy Downing (MT-02), Janelle Bynum (OR-02), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), aims to streamline approvals for low-risk floodplain restoration projects by reducing…
A new short film celebrates Bill McMillan’s commitment to citizen science and the Skagit River’s wild steelhead
New water is always exciting, and, while I’ve fished Idaho’s Salmon River a lot for steelhead over the years, I’d never poked into the river’s extreme upper reaches at the base of Galena Summit, where the Sawtooths spread out to the northwest. My thought—and, frankly, my hope—was to get into some native west slope cutthroats…
By David Kinney A few months ago, New York City agreed to voluntarily release more water from its reservoirs on the Upper Delaware in order to protect the river’s wild trout fishery during the summer heat. The decision came after the city and the four states in the Delaware River Basin failed to renew their…
TROUT UNLIMITED RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2016 Contact: David Nickum, dnickum@tu.org, (720) 581-8589 Randy Scholfield, rscholfield@tu.org, (720) 375-3961 Trout Unlimited calls for accountability in Big Thompson fish kill Asks: How did this happen, and how can it be prevented from happening again? (DENVER) Trout Unlimited today called for answers and accountability in the…
Opponents to a fish farmer’s plan to significantly increase trout production at the Grayling Fish Hatchery believed the operation threatened the river’s health below the flow-through facility. (Photo courtesy of Joe Hemming) By Mark Taylor A commercial fish hatchery on Michigan’s famed Au Sable river will cease operations by the end of the year. The…
I suppose there are people – perhaps many people – who do not immediately think of fly-fishing when the hear the word “California”. There was a time when I might not have, either. But I’m over that now, mostly because of great people like my friend Matt Heron.
Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from the new book, “Catching Yellowstone’s Wild Trout: A Fly-fishing History and Guide,” by Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited’s national digital director. The book, endorsed by TU, is available for pre-order now, and hits shelves on June 17. Several of today’s iconic fisheries in Yellowstone National Park are only fisheries…
“Because native trout have adapted over centuries and millennia in specific environments, they are, in many cases, more likely to survive the extremes of those places. Having passed through the crucible of a specific system’s cycles of drought, flood, and wildfire a native trout species may be more hardy than non-native fish.”
We set out to go on the trip of a lifetime and through TU, Hettinger Outfitting, and all those that help preserve the beautiful wilderness of the Bridger-Teton we definitely succeeded. But the boys aren’t calling this one our last…we’re making trips like these a tradition.
By Chris Wood Last week, I saw a video celebrating the removal of the Tack Factory Dam on Third Herring Brook in Massachusetts. Like all dam removals, it involved many partners especially the North and South Rivers Watershed Association, local TU chapters, the MA/RI Council, NOAA, and Steve Hurley of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries…
Conservation Related Policies National Conservation Agenda – (2016) (The National Leadership Council creates and approves the NCA which is designed to chart the course for all components of TU – national staff, councils, chapters and members – to work together on a shared enterprise to implement TU’s mission. Policy on Climate Change and Promoting Responsible…
Below are resources for chapters and councils participating in STREAM Girls. To learn more about this wonderful watershed ed program, visit the STREAM Girls webpage.
For immediate release Contact: Lisa Pelly, (509) 888-0970 Melinda Kassen, (303) 440-2937, x 100 Rob Masonis, (206) 491-9016 Washington Rivers Conservancy to Join Trout Unlimited (Wenatchee, Wash.)– Washington Rivers Conservancy, a nonprofit conservation organization, will become part of Trout Unlimited, the two groups announced today. WRC provides water-rights expertise for river and stream conservation projects,…
For immediate release 10/22/2014 Contact: Dave Glenn (307) 349-1158, dglenn@tu.org Charles Card (307) 710-7067, ccard@tu.org Public Land Agreement to Protect Hunting and Fishing in Daggett County Plan would maintain the Green River as one of the top destinations for anglers Salt Lake City — Stakeholders in Utahs Public Lands Initiative announced today they had reached…
Today, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) filed two applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which together mark a major milestone in the process of removing four hydropower dams through the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA). The objective of the KHSA is to decommission four old hydropower dams along the Oregon-California border, which…
