Goals Located near the second largest metropolitan area in Michigan, the Rogue River is an extremely important trout fishery in southern Michigan. The lower portion of the river is fabled for its excellent steelhead runs. The eastern tributaries host significant brook and brown trout populations. The river is an important economic engine — based on…
3/15/2001 TU Applauds Introduction of Acid Rain Bills TU Applauds Introduction of Acid Rain Bills Contact: 3/15/2001 — — Passage of Legislation a Critical Step in Protecting Virginia’s Streams and Rivers Arlington, VATrout Unlimited, America’s leading trout and salmon conservation organization, applauded Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton for introducing the Acid Rain Control Act…
Region: WestActivities: Hunting, FishingSpecies: Chukar; Bighorn Sheep; Pronghorn; Mule Deer; Rainbow, brown, brook and tiger trout Where: The Pine Forest Range rests in Humboldt County in northwestern Nevada, just south of the Oregon border. This rugged high desert landscape ranges from 4,200 to more than 9,000 feet in elevation, and intersperses sagebrush and otherworldly rock…
Region: New EnglandActivities: Fishing, hunting, hikingSpecies: Brook and brown trout; whitetail deer; ruffed grouse; moose Where: The White Mountain National Forest comprises more than 750,000 acres in the eastern New Hampshire counties of Grafton, Coos and Carroll with a small portion of the forest extending into Maine. The forest includes over 100 miles of the…
Come be a part of that stewardship solution and visit the 100 Mile Wilderness Region from AMC’s Maine Lodges. They’re a proud TU Business member!
Dustin Wichterman lives trout. By day he manages Trout Unlimited’s restoration and protection work in the Potomac headwaters. Most of the rest of the time he’s either fishing for trout or dreaming about fishing for trout. And a big part of that dream is that one day the Potomac headwaters will again regularly churn out native brook trout pushing…
When I was first introduced to fly fishing by my friend, Bill Sargent, in Vermont, I fell in love with a whisper of a stream that flowed off the Green Mountain National Forest. The brookies were rarely longer than six inches, but the scenery and solitude made up for the lack of fish girth. It…
Trout Unlimited is working to minimize impacts of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline on trout streams in Virginia and West Virginia. (Mark Taylor photo.) By David Kinney For more than three years, Trout Unlimited has been working to address impacts of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline through prime Eastern brook trout habitat in West Virginia…
By Mark Taylor The linear shape protruding from my truck door looked strange and out of place. “What the heck is that?” I thought. I followed the item with my eyes and noted that it went toward the tailgate, where my buddy Sam stood. He was preparing to put a reel onto a fly rod.…
In a watershed scarred by mining, TU is giving threatened fish populations a chance at recovery
A lake trout from Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Chris Hunt. I live within a two-hour drive of Yellowstone Lake, the site of one of the greatest environmental tragedies involving native trout in recent memory. In 1994, a non-native lake trout was caught and documented in Yellowstone Lake. Just over a decade later,…
Not all trout water is created equally—particularly in winter. As Umpqua’s Russ Miller points out below, there are different holding lies for trout in the dead of winter. Trout aren’t likely to spend as much time moving about and chasing food as they are in secure, deeper waters where food is essentially delivered to them by…
Photo courtesy of Myers Reece and Hatch Magazine. We all have memories of past fishing experiences, those trips into the woods or down the street to the city park pond are never forgotten. Myers Reece’s recent piece in Hatch Magazine stirred old memories … and then I got to the end, and I was hearbroken.…
Here are two true-life scenarios that played out in the past couple weeks in the waters where I fish and call home.
Adventures are endless on Roadless Areas.
March 11, 2016 Contact: Mark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, mtaylor@tu.org, (540) 353-3556 MEDIA ADVISORY: TU to discuss federal fundings role in Chesapeake Bay conservation success What: Media teleconference to discuss stream restoration success stories in the Chesapeake Bay watershed When: Monday, March 14, 11 a.m. ET. Representatives of the media can participate by…
Our Orvis-Endorsed Fly-Fishing Program allows guests from beginner to expert to cast in some of Central Vermont’s most picturesque rivers and streams. Learn to flycast in our meadow with one of our Orvis Endorsed Guides, or head out to one of the local streams (the Barnard Brook and the Kedron Brook) which are located on…
Abandoned mine drainage impacts a small stream near homes in Pennsylvania. By Mark Taylor In Pennsylvania’s lower Kettle Creek watershed, an area scarred by abandoned mine drainage, water quality is improving. For example, Trout Unlimited and partners have worked to reclaim about 160 acres of abandoned mine land and installed nine passive treatment systems in…
By Morgan Agee I am so excited to be the new West Virginia water quality and monitoring organizer for Trout Unlimited and look forward to spending the next year with the TU team restoring, protecting and educating about the place where I grew up and learned to love the outdoors. With the Trout Unlimited team,…
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ crews are currently working in Wabeno to improve trout fishing adjacent to the town park and elementary school. The goal is to make the trout fishing better, especially adjacent to the town park’s barrier free fishing platforms built by the Friends of Wabeno. This project is a collaboration between the…
