Search results for “coaster brook trout waters”

In Congress, welcome steps toward mining reform and abandoned mine cleanup

Heinrich and Grijalva legislation sets a course for balancing mineral production on public lands with conservation of rivers and lands Contacts:  Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, cwood@tu.org Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org  Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Mining legislation introduced today by U.S.…

Arizona Trout Unlimited Members On Front-Lines Of Endangered Trout Reintroduction

9/29/1999 Arizona Trout Unlimited Members On Front-Lines Of Endangered Trout Reintroduction Arizona Trout Unlimited Members On Front-Lines Of Endangered Trout Reintroduction Local Members Donate $2,000 for Airlift of Fish Contact: 9/29/1999 — — Arizona’s once prolific Gila (He-la) trout will return to their former home on Wednesday thanks to the leadership, financial assistance and manpower…

Champion of native trout conservation, groundbreaking leader honored by Trout Unlimited

July 26, 2022  Contacts:  Mark Taylor, Trout Unlimited Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mark.taylor@tu.org  Beverly Smith, Trout Unlimited VP of Volunteer Operations, beverly.smith@tu.org  Jeff Yates, Trout Unlimited Director of Volunteer Operations, jyates@tu.org  PORTLAND, Maine — A groundbreaking stream champion from New Jersey and a longtime native trout defender from Arizona have been awarded Trout Unlimited’s highest…

Traditions: ‘Old Friends, New Fish’

Published in Uncategorized

This year’s Fly Fishing Film Tour, of which Trout Unlimited is a longtime sponsor, features a unique film made possible in part by a TU grant to filmmaker Sophie Danison. Danison was awarded the grant as part of an effort to showcase the work women do in the field of filmmaking—her new film, ‘Old Friends,…

New Mexico anglers stand behind new clean water rule

May 28, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403, cwood@tu.org Art Vollmer, chair of TUs New Mexico council, (505) 474-1495, fish4rgct@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Mexico anglers stand behind new clean water rule WASHINGTON, D.C.Anglers in New Mexico support a new rule announced yesterday that restores protections for Americas headwater streams…

Trout Unlimited Receives Prestigious Conservation Award

3/30/2006 Trout Unlimited Receives Prestigious Conservation Award March 30, 2006 Contact: Laura Hewitt, TU Watershed Programs Director, 608-250-3534 Trout Unlimited Receives Prestigious Conservation Award WASHINGTON, DC – Trout Unlimited, North Americas largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, has received the 2006 Thomas F. Waters Stewardship Award in recognition of its work to restore the rivers and…

Sky Blue Outfitters supports clean water in Pennsylvania

Published in Community, Conservation

/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/sky-blue-brown-092817.jpg Pennsylvania is a fly angler’s state. And Rick Nyles is a fly angler – and a darn good one. Rick owns Sky Blue Outfitters in Fleetwood, Penn., and he’s Gold Level Trout Unlimited Business member who has been guiding all over the Keystone State on some of its best waters for 20 years. And…

Pursuing Native Connections 

Published in TROUT Magazine

Photo by Colin Arisman By Daniel Ritz How Bristol Bay Fly Fishing & Guide Academy graduates are redefining fly-fishing travel culture in Alaska. Rounding a blind bend in the Brooks River, the nearly 900-pound brown bear surprises us as it sits haunches deep, ripping into the belly of a bright red 8-to-10 pound Sockeye salmon…

Why Clean Water Matters: Rick Nyles

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By Rick Nyles I’m fortunate to live in Pennsylvania, second only to Alaska in miles of running water. For a trout angler and guide such as myself, my home state provides me a chance to fish my favorite waters and search for new destinations. Yet while thousands of Pennsylvania’s streams support healthy populations of wild…

Think (outside the) Tank: meet the beavers

Published in Think Tank, Trout in the Classroom

It’s been over a month since we released our Think Tank brook trout into the Cross River, and we are finding that they have new neighbors moving in: beavers! Evidence of the beavers can be seen all along the stream—from dams to lodges, chewed down trees to flooded plains. Beavers have long been known to be ecosystem engineers and drastically change the stream in many ways.   The fur trade and the trapping…

Fishing in the Farm Bill

Published in Restoration

Farm Bill conservation programs actually fund a significant amount of coldwater conservation across the country, and Trout Unlimited leverages several Farm Bill programs to improve and restore coldwater streams for trout, salmon, and people.

Fly tying: Damselfly nymph

Published in Fishing, Fly tying

If you fish in froggy water—slow-moving, maybe a bit muddy—you need to have damselfly nymphs in your fly box. They work well in long slicks in trout water or even in high-elevation trout ponds and lakes. And, of course, they’re great for warm-water critters like bass and bluegill in waters where they’re found. The originator…

Daughters

Published in TROUT Magazine

Several months ago, I noticed a thread on the TU online community that centered around “daughters,” and it really moved me. It moved me, so much, in fact, to think, “Jeez, so, so much of the trout fishing literary tradition is about fathers and sons… grandfathers and sons… we should turn that on its ear.”

Local Fishing Businesses Call on President Biden to Designate Sáttítla National Monument

Outfitters and retailers of fishing equipment announce their supportfor permanently protecting the water, habitat, and sporting valuesof the Sáttítla region in Northern California. ContactsSam Davidson, Policy Director, California Public Lands, Trout Unlimitedsam.davidson@tu.org; (831) 235-2542Redgie Collins, Director of Law and Policy, California Troutrcollins@caltrout.org; (415) 748-8755Joel Weltzien, California Chapter Coordinator, Backcountry Hunters & Anglersweltzien@backcountryhunters.org; (406) 925-3771 REDDING,…