Zinke has history of working with sportsmen and women on wide range of natural resource issues CONTACT: Corey Fisher cfisher@tu.org (Dec. 14, 2016) Washington D.C. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana to lead the Department of the Interior. If confirmed, Rep. Zinke would be in charge of managing hundreds of millions…
By Chris Wood Last month’s release of the draft “environmental impact statement” to permit industrial-scale mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska, made me recall the first time I set eyes on that remarkable landscape nearly 12 years ago. Trout Unlimited was looking to expand our presence in Alaska, so I consulted Tim Bristol, a long-time Alaska…
Snorkeling is a relatively easy and cost-effective way to survey streams for trout populations estimates. This summer, TU’s Jacob Fetterman conducted his first surveys on a stretch of Camden Creek, a tributary to the Battenkill River, prior to a habitat restoration project. He will survey the same stretch next to estimate the impacts of the project.
9/29/1999 Salmon Treaty Agreement Major Step Forward, Says Trout Unlimited Salmon Treaty Agreement Major Step Forward, Says Trout Unlimited Contact: 9/29/1999 — — Trout Unlimited and Trout Unlimited Canada today commended the U.S. and Canadian negotiators for the Pacific salmon agreement announced June 3 in Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington. The agreement ended a…
10/8/1999 Trout Unlimited Praises Temporary Restraining Order On Jarbidge River Work Trout Unlimited Praises Temporary Restraining Order On Jarbidge River Work Conservation group urges Carpenter to respect judge’s order Contact: 10/8/1999 — — Trout Unlimited today praised the U.S. Attorney’s office for obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order against Assemblyman John C. Carpenter’s weekend plans to…
11/16/1999 Trout Unlimited Statement On National Marine Fisheries Service ‘4h Paper’ Trout Unlimited Statement On National Marine Fisheries Service ‘4h Paper’ Contact: 11/16/1999 — — Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater fisheries conservation organization, remains hopeful that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will recognize that bypassing the four Lower Snake River dams is the…
11/29/2001 Trout Unlimited Takes Legal Action To Protect California’s State Fish Trout Unlimited Takes Legal Action To Protect Californias State Fish California golden trouts predicament worsens due to the stocking of non-native fish Contact: Steve Trafton , California Policy Coordinator, TU (510) 528-4772 California Policy Coordinator TU (510) 528-4772 11/29/2001 — Albany, Calif. — The…
3/22/2004 Trout Unlimited Calls for Changes to Flow Proposal for Upper Delaware River Trout Unlimited Calls for Changes to Flow Proposal for Upper Delaware River Contact: Rocci Aguirre Catskills Coordinator Trout Unlimted (607) 498-4671 3/22/2004 — Hancock, NY — National conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today announced it will seek changes to a proposal that…
Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Community Developed Solution Benefiting Humans, Fish Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited (207) 373-0700, (207) 841-7529 (cell) 10/29/2002 — Union, Maine — Today Trout Unlimited and the Sennebec Pond Association, joined by…
5/4/2006 Trout Unlimited Hires New Director for its Wyoming Water Project May 4, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Scott Yates 307-332-7700 Kathleen Campbell 703-284-9427 Trout Unlimited Hires New Director for its Wyoming Water Project Arlington, VA The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) has hired Scott Yates as the new Director of its Wyoming Water…
2/26/2007 Trout Unlimited Hires New Manager for West Branch Restoration Efforts Feb. 26, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Wolfe, (570) 726-3118 or awolfe@tu.org Trout Unlimited Hires New Manager for West Branch Restoration Efforts MILL HALL, Pa. – Trout Unlimited (TU) has hired Rebecca Dunlap as Project Manager for the organizations West Branch Susquehanna Restoration…
3/12/2007 Energy leases along Beaverhead disregard value of priceless trout fishery March 12, 2007 Contact: Michael Gibson 406-543-0054 michael@montanatu.org Corey Fisher 406-721-1002 cfisher@tu.org For immediate release: Energy leases along Beaverhead disregard value of priceless trout fishery DILLON, Mont.The Bureau of Land Managements proposal to lease 27,000 acres along southwest Montanas Beaverhead River for eventual oil…
6/21/2006 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 June 21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Bowman, 616-460-0477, or Steve Moyer, 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Trout Unlimited (TU) has selected Traverse City as the site for…
7/1/1999 Statement on Edwards Dam by Charles Gauvin, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited Statement on Edwards Dam by Charles Gauvin, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited On the Occasion of the Breaching of Edwards Dam and the Freeing of the Kennebec River, July 1, 1999 Contact: 7/1/1999 — — Today’s breaching of Edwards Dam…
5/18/2000 Trout Unlimited Launches New Digital Mapping Software for Fly Fishing Trout Unlimited Launches New Digital Mapping Software for Fly Fishing Software is designed by DeLorme, America’s leading map publisher Contact: 5/18/2000 — — Contact: Contact: Kenny Mendez, Trout Unlimited’s COO, (703) 284-9402 Marlon Welch, DeLorme, (207) 846-7000, ext. 2172 May 17, 2000. Arlington, VA…The…
6/29/2001 Trout Unlimited Urges BPA to Share Energy Optimism with Struggling Salmon Trout Unlimited Urges BPA to Share Energy Optimism with Struggling Salmon BPA celebrates ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ but imperiled fall chinook migration still faces devastation due to lack of spill at dams this summer Contact: 6/29/2001 — — PORTLAND, ORE.…
7/27/2000 Trout Unlimited Responds to Release of Federal Salmon Recovery Plans for the Northwest Trout Unlimited Responds to Release of Federal Salmon Recovery Plans for the Northwest Statement by Jeff Curtis, TU’s Western Conservation Director Contact: 7/27/2000 — — Contact: *Jeff Curtis, TU Western Conservation Director: 503-827-5700; 503-351-2492 (cell) *Alan Moore, TU Western Communications Coordinator:…
Handlng fish is no longer required to prove they exist in a river system. Joshua Duplechian/Trout Unlimited By Helen Neville Documenting the presence of a particular species of fish usually requires physical contact with it, via electrofishing, netting, or even angling. We know the fish is there because we saw it and handled it. But…
04/15/2008 Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest 04/15/2008 Contacts: Clint Sestrich: (406) 823-6985, Travis Morris: (406) 599-3356 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest The Madison Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), Orvis and volunteers from the…
05/15/2008 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2008 Contact: Steve Moyer: 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited Applauds Passage of Key Conservation Provisions in Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited commends Congress for approving a Conservation Title of the Farm Bill that will help trout…
