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12/18/2003 TU, Leading NW Scientists Detail Strategies for Better Fish Hatcheries in “Blueprint for Hatchery Reform” Released Today TU, Leading NW Scientists Detail Strategies for Better Fish Hatcheries in Blueprint for Hatchery Reform Released Today Contact: Kaitlin Lovell Salmon Policy Coordinator Trout Unlimited 503.827.5700 x. 13 12/18/2003 — Portland, Ore. — Trout Unlimited (TU), the…
9/8/2000 TU Condemns Sen. Slade Gorton’s Anti-Salmon Appropriations Rider TU Condemns Sen. Slade Gorton’s Anti-Salmon Appropriations Rider Contact: 9/8/2000 — — Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President of Conservation Programs, Trout Unlimited: 703-284-9406 Maggie Lockwood, TU Director of Press Relations, Trout Unlimited: 703-284-9425 Alan Moore, Western Communications Coordinator, Trout Unlimited: 503-827-5700 September 8, 2000. Washington, D.CTrout…
06/16/2009 Trout Unlimited Senior Scientist Testifies Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Two Bills That Will Improve Trout and Salmon Habitat June 16, 2009 For Immediate Release: Contact: Jack Williams, Senior Scientist, Trout Unlimited, 541-261-3960 Steve Moyer, Vice President, Government Affairs, 703-447-8401 Trout Unlimited Senior Scientist Testifies Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Two Bills That Will…
The outsize conservation legacy of a garage bamboo rod builder.
In the crisp fall air of September 2023, Irwin Run in Elk County, Pa., was about to breathe as a free stream for the first time in more than 170 years.
FWS removes the native fish from Endangered Species list in a first for a trout or salmon species.
3/25/1999 Conservationists Threaten Suit Over New Columbia River Water Withdrawal Conservationists Threaten Suit Over New Columbia River Water Withdrawal Corps of Engineers Should Reject Irrigation Project To Protect Threatened Salmon Contact: 3/25/1999 — — Three conservation groups have served notice that they intend to sue the Army Corps of Engineers under the federal Endangered Species…
The Nacimiento River at peak winter flow, central California. By Sam Davidson A recent telephone call with the Steelhead Whisperer got me fired up. His brother had been car-camping around the central coast, and had seen people fishing in one of the streams that swerve out of the Santa Lucia range and through the oak…
Central Valley salmon and steelhead runs, such as those in California’s Merced River (above), have been in decline for decades due primarily to lack of water at critical times. Phase I of the Bay-Delta Plan, in which the State Water Board is considering new flow standards for environmental water needs, is our best chance to…
Editor’s Note: John McMillan is the science director for Trout Unlimited’s Wild Steelhead Initiative, and one of the preeminent steelhead scientists in North America. He is also an accomplished angler and, like his father before him, a dedicated coldwater conservationist. This post can also be found on the blog of Wild Steelheaders United. Although winter…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay, (907) 843-1633 or ahurley@utbb.org Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited – Alaska Program, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org Tim Bristol, SalmonState, (907) 321-3291 or tim@salmonstate.org Alaskans comment in record numbers to preserve EPAs proposed protections for Bristol Bay The EPAs proposal to withdraw protections…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/23/2020 Contact: Steve Moyer, steve.moyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Vice President of Government Affairs Shauna Stephenson, shauna.stephenson@tu.org (307) 757-7861 National Communications Director **For high resolution state-specific maps or images, please contact Shauna Stephenson** The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is finalizing a rule that will drop protections for millions of miles of streams and millions of acres of wetlands, putting watersheds at…
5/22/2001 Conservationists to Congress: Forest Service Must be Allowed to Leave Water in Forest Streams Conservationists to Congress: Forest Service Must be Allowed to Leave Water in Forest Streams Subcommittee presented with photographic evidence of dry streambeds in Colorado Contact: 5/22/2001 — — May 22, 2001 Contact: Charles Gauvin, TU President (703) 284-9401 Steve Malloch,…
National Fish Habitat Partnership proposals and applications: The unique 24,000 square-mile unglaciated Driftless Area in the heart of the Upper Mississippi River basin is a natural resource treasure. The scenic landscape with its steep hills and rocky bluffs is home to one of the country’s most remarkable freshwater resources — more than 600 coldwater limestone…
Court Orders Interior Sec. Norton to Move on California Golden Trout ESA Listing Court Orders Interior Sec. Norton to Move on California Golden Trout ESA Listing Contact: Steve Trafton California Policy Coordinator TU 510.528.4772 6/25/2002 — San Francisco, Calif. — A federal judge Friday gave U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton 90 days to move forward…
2/12/1999 TU Blasts Attempt To “Handcuff” NV DCNR TU Blasts Attempt To “Handcuff” NV DCNR Legislation Is Attempt To Hamstring Environmental Conservation In Nevada Contact: 2/12/1999 — — Trout Unlimited today blasted proposed legislation that would make it more difficult for the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to stop water polluters in…
July 17, 2009 Contact: Tom Reed (406) 599-1022 Sportsmen support Testers Jobs and Recreations ActBill would safeguard dozens of hunting and fishing destinations across Montana HELENA, Mont.Hunters and anglers across Montana offered their support on Friday to Sen. Jon Testers Montana Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, noting the bill would safeguard dozens of irreplaceable fishing…
For Immediate Release: CONTACT: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director: 607-742-3331 Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary: 703-284-9408 Trout Unlimited Urges Pennsylvania to Create a Severance Tax on Gas Drilling That Dedicates Funds to Conservation General Assembly must dedicate funds from tax to protect state natural resources. Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited (TU) and its Pennsylvania Council…
For immediate release 4/17/2015 Contact: Dwayne Meadows, (307) 760-6802, dmeadows@tu.org John McMillan, (360) 797-3215, jmcmillan@tu.org Why do steelhead like the color red… And other angling questions you can ask as the Wild Steelheaders United to hosts the first Steelhead Science Workshop for Anglers What: Steelhead Science for Anglers Workshop When: May 9, 10 a.m. to…
By David VanBurgel Picture fly fishing in Maine: canopied streams; cold water tumbling over granite; deep lakes; brook trout as colorful as the streambed gravels of their native waters. The impacts of climate change may not be so easy to see in Maine as they are other places. Still, a recent articleby prize-winning journalist Colin Woodard…
