Dave Freeman with his chosen mode of transportation for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. Courtesy Dave Freeman. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Dave Freeman. He spent a year in the wilds of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with his wife, Amy, to raise awareness about proposed mines in…
This cherished river is one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters, and I’m here to tell you more about it and our work there.
TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries
Two great American landscapes face unprecedented threats from very different sources, but both have a bright future if the right decisions are made at the right time
With Arizona’s legislative session ramping up, here is a look at some of the bills we are watching and how we’ll play both offense and defense to advance our goals of conserving, protecting and restoring our coldwater fisheries and their watersheds
Bipartisan Community Reclamation Partnerships Act passes in the House of Representatives Contacts Today, the House of Representatives passed the Community Reclamation Partnerships Act (H.R.167), legislation led by Congressman LaHood (R-IL) to facilitate partnerships between state agencies and non-liable third parties to clean up abandoned coal mines. Under federal law, non-profit organizations who had nothing to…
A Step Forward For The Ailing Delaware River, Fishery Still At Risk From Drought A Step Forward For The Ailing Delaware River, Fishery Still At Risk From Drought Trout Unlimited applauds DRBC action, calls for scientific review of flows for Upper Delaware tailwaters Contact: Nat Gillespie Catskills Coordinator TU (607) 498-5960 4/5/2002 — Hancock, N.Y…
The Eklutna People envision a thriving fishery accessible by all.
11/17/1999 TU Fears Babbitt’s Atlantic Salmon Listing Efforts Won’t Survive the Politics of a New Administration TU Fears Babbitt’s Atlantic Salmon Listing Efforts Won’t Survive the Politics of a New Administration Federal Register Outlines Potential Aquaculture Regulations Contact: 11/17/1999 — — While the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service formalized…
3/13/2001 Conservation-Sporting Groups Ask President to Support Full Implementation of Roadless Initiative Conservation-Sporting Groups Ask President to Support Full Implementation of Roadless Initiative Contact: 3/13/2001 — — President’s review of roadless policy prevented implementation on Tuesday, March 13 ARLINGTON, VA – Two of the nation’s leading conservation and sporting organizations are calling on President Bush…
Remote sensing is being used to measure improvement in Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat in Nevada. By Dan Dauwalter, Kurt Fesenmyer and Helen Neville Have you ever assisted your local DNR biologist with a painstaking habitat survey on your favorite trout stream where you tediously measured the stream channel, substrates, wood, undercut banks, and so on?…
San Geronimo Creek, which provides important spawning and rearing habitat for endangered coho salmon in Marin County, Calif., flows parallel to the road in the center of this photo on the far side of the former golf course, up against the forested hillside. Imperiled coho salmon benefit from major land acquisition and open space conservation…
A trip with Grizzly Skins of Alaska is more than a fishing trip. It’s an opportunity to experience something important, something worth saving – a place and a way of life that’s priceless in the 21st century.
How hydropower relicensing clears a path for migratory trout and salmon
8/21/2001 Historic Water Lease Benefitting Madison River Fishery Announced Historic Water Lease Benefitting Madison River Fishery Announced Return of water to Madisons tributaries will protect trout spawning and rearing habitat Contact: 8/21/2001 — — Tuesday, August 21, 2001 Bozeman, MT A long-term water lease that will return water to three tributaries of the Madison River…
By Michael Gibson Nothing clears the mind like a good chukar hike. So, when the boss called for a work/chukar retreat in lower Snake River Country, I got excited. Late-season chukar in some of the best, and most rugged, chukar country the planet has to offer. About now, you are probably wondering, what’s this got to do with fish? We’ll get…
On the Mendocino Coast in California, an historic railway line is at the heart of a suite of restoration projects completed this year that will help imperiled fish species in one of the most important river systems on California’s North Coast for Coho Salmon and steelhead.
Some of the “new generation of conservationists,” Bay Area Youth Fly Fishing event, May 19, 2018. By Sam Davidson I recently spent a day fishing for trout—a rewarding mix of small wild fish and 10- to 12-inch stockers—on an obscure tributary to the upper Salinas River that flows out of the Santa Lucia range on…
The long campaign to remove four old dams and recover the Klamath River’s legendary salmon and steelhead runs nears completion.
Feb. 11, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUs Moyer Elected to Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Working on Capitol Hill, Moyer has Helped Protect and Restore Trout and Salmon for More than Two Decades WASHINGTON, D.C.Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimiteds vice president for government affairs, was elected to the…
