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Critical Minerals Report: Responsible Mining Done Right

Best Practices for Responsible Mining We recognize that critical minerals mining will be necessary, but it should be done in a manner that avoids or minimizes harm to fish and wildlife and the habitat they depend on. This requires smart planning, stakeholder collaboration and careful execution. History provides a powerful lesson on what happens when…

Canoe Ridge/Ste Chapelle/Sawtooth Winery

Canoe Ridge Vineyard As legend has it, explorers Lewis and Clark noticed a ridge resembling an overturned canoe on their historic 1805 Columbia River journey. Today, that landmark is known as Canoe Ridge Vineyard, the namesake location of one of Washington State’s most recognized wine producers. Established in the Horse Heaven Hills in 1989, followed…

Report: Montana's Private Water Leasing Program Has Benefited Fisheries and Agriculture Alike

12/14/2004 Report: Montana’s Private Water Leasing Program Has Benefited Fisheries and Agriculture Alike Report: Montana’s Private Water Leasing Program Has Benefited Fisheries and Agriculture Alike Trout Unlimited says unique program should be made permanent Contact: Laura Ziemer Western Water Project Trout Unlimited 406-522-7291 12/14/2004 — Bozeman, Mont. — Montanas private instream water leasing program has…

Reflecting on the Yankee Fork project

Published in Conservation

The Yankee Fork historically supported robust populations of salmon, steelhead and trout, but mining – and the intensive timber harvest that accompanied it – reduced what once was a complex, meandering river into a virtual flume.

Solving a math problem for Snake River Chinook

Published in Science, Snake River dams

Two recent studies demonstrate how dam breach paired with increased spill in the mid-Columbia would allow many Snake River spring/summer Chinook populations to reach various management goals I am sitting on my parent’s porch on a Sunday afternoon in July when the neighbors stop by to say hi. “Oh! You are a fish biologist,” they…

Congress Approves Funds for Restoration of American Fork Canyon Watershed

11/4/2005 November 4, 2005 Contact: Ted Fitzgerald, American Fork Home Rivers Initiative Coordinator, 801-465-9949, tfitzgerald@tu.org or Kira Finkler, TU Government Affairs Director, 703-284-9408, kfinkler@tu.org Congress Approves Funds for Restoration of American Fork Canyon Watershed Washington The United States Congress has approved $100,000 for the restoration of the American Fork Canyon Watershed. These funds were approved…

TU Study Shows Snake River Spring Chinook Will Be Extinct In 18 Years

7/9/1999 TU Study Shows Snake River Spring Chinook Will Be Extinct In 18 Years TU Study Shows Snake River Spring Chinook Will Be Extinct In 18 Years Landmark Research Predicts Runs Extinct By 2017 Contact: 7/9/1999 — — Portland, Oregon — July 9, 1999 — Wild Snake River spring and summer chinook salmon could be…

TU names Ziemer to water policy post; Byorth to lead MT Water Project

Trout Unlimited Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 30, 2014 Contact: Pat Byorth, (406).548-4830 pbyorth@tu.org Scott Yates, (307)-349-0753 syates@tu.org Trout Unlimited names Ziemer to new water policy post, Byorth to lead Montana Water Project (Bozeman)Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations largest organization dedicated to trout and salmon conservation, today announced that Laura Ziemer, director of TUs…

Trout Unlimited Hires Project Director For South Fork Snake River Home Rivers Initiative

10/2/2001 Trout Unlimited Hires Project Director For South Fork Snake River Home Rivers Initiative Trout Unlimited Hires Project Director For South Fork Snake River Home Rivers Initiative Contact: Scott Yates , Western Native Trout Program Director , TU 406-522-7291 Western Native Trout Program Director TU 406-522-7291 10/2/2001 — Idaho Falls, Idaho — Trout Unlimited announced…

Recovering Idaho’s native cutts and wild salmon and steelhead

Published in Conservation

Craig Harker and Matt Woodard on the Henrys Fork By Chris Wood Craig Harker and Matt Woodard, two native sons of eastern Idaho, sat in the front. The road hummed as we sped toward Ashton to get me a fishing license before we hit the Henry’s Fork. “I remember it like yesterday,” Craig said. “After…

Trout Unlimited Invests in Partnerships and Restructures Across the Rockies 

New leadership and investments in people reflect growing federal partnerships and project funding across region Contact:  DENVER – Today, Trout Unlimited (TU) announced a series of new investments in its people to accommodate the growing number of innovative partnerships across the Rocky Mountains. Over the last decade, TU has secured roughly $133 million in funding partnerships to…

Trout Unlimited Announces Ted Fitzgerald as American Fork Canyon Project Director

3/22/2004 Trout Unlimited Announces Ted Fitzgerald as American Fork Canyon Project Director Trout Unlimited Announces Ted Fitzgerald as American Fork Canyon Project Director Contact: Tim Zink Manager, Media Relations Trout Unlimited 703.284.9427 3/22/2004 — Washington — National conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today announced that veteran public servant Ted Fitzgerald will join its staff as…

Mike Clark: Bamboo Master

Published in Uncategorized

Mike Clark has been building bamboo fly rods for 40 years. By Randy Scholfield When he started making split-cane bamboo rods 40 years ago, Mike Clark had no idea he could make a living from his hobby. “I built them to satisfy my fishing interests,” he says. Then, one day, a man wandered into his…

Lifelong love affair

Published in Uncategorized

Childhood days spent wandering and fishing California’s South Fork Kings River became the foundation of a man’s life as a sportsman-conservationist. By Bill Templin You probably have one of those places in the Great Outdoors that you’ve been visiting since you were very young. For me it’s the South Fork Kings River.SFKingsRiver@oldSwimminHole_Templin.jpg (L) The “old…

TU Platte Valley Chapter Receives $10,000 to remove barrier on the East Fork Encampment River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Dave Sweet, Wyoming Council Chair, (307) 899-9959 Kani Seifert, Platte Valley TU, (307) 327-5604 TU Platte Valley Chapter Receives $10,000 to remove barrier on the East Fork Encampment River SARATOGATrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded…

A river turned inside out

Published in Conservation, Community, TROUT Magazine, Youth

By Ivory Williams Have you ever seen a river turned inside out? I have and it is a pretty shocking sight. For the past six summers I worked as an intern for Nez Perce Fisheries. Trout Unlimited and the Nez Perce Tribe are partnering on some projects throughout Idaho and I was excited to get…