By pack mule and on foot, the Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife members went in to save the previously thought-to-be extinct lineage. Less than 100 individual trout were removed and taken to the Durango fish hatchery for safekeeping and possible brood stock development.
California golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) Species summary and status: The state fish of California, California golden trout once occupied about 450 miles of stream habitat in the upper South Fork Kern River and the adjacent Golden Trout Creek. Currently, the trout is native only to two high-altitude watersheds in California’s rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. The…
Momentum is building for TU’s restoration team in New York
This summer, Darek Staab, TU’s Pacific Northwest education coordinator, teamed up with Vámonos Outside, a local group working to connect, engage and inspire Latinx families and community into the outdoors for all of Central Oregon. Vámonos Outside hosts programs throughout the year from ski and snowboarding lessons to summer camp activities. This summer, the organization…
So, what are the best trout fishing places in America? They are the ones that you appreciate most, often times for reasons other than how many fish you catch.
Hint: it isn’t just about the fish.
In Michigan’s Rogue River watershed, TU has been looking to schoolyards adjacent to trout streams to analyze their potential to improve local watershed health.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 Contact: Matt Clifford, California Director matt.clifford@tu.org / (406) 370-9431 Brian Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Western Water and Climate brian.johnson@tu.org / (415) 385-0796 Trout Unlimited applauds new agreement for the Eel River Agreement clears path to reconnecting California’s third largest watershed – and a legendary salmon and steelhead river SACRAMENTO–Today, the…
Contact: Boise, Idaho – Erin Plue has been chosen from a strong field of candidates to lead Trout Unlimited’s (TU) Idaho program. Since 2020, Plue has led TU’s watershed restoration work in northern Idaho, including the Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Kootenai River basins. Building from a foundation in ecology, she brings diverse skills and…
A one-man band for documenting conservation and a cornerstone of TU’s advocacy to protect our special places across the country, Josh Duplechian has served as TU’s senior producer for 13 years.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a plan to rescind the Roadless Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of some of the finest fish and wildlife habitat on our national forests.
Dear Reader, On behalf of Trout Unlimited’s 300,000 members and supporters, 220 professional staff, and our trustees and grassroots leaders, we want to share with you the 2017 Trout Unlimited annual report. We realize that annual reports are essentially ritualized bragging, and should be generally read as such. Please consider these numbers, however, before you…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2021 Contacts: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, chris.wood@tu.org Rob Masonis, VP for Western Conservation, Trout Unlimited, rmasonis@tu.org Greg McReynolds, Snake River campaign director, Trout Unlimited, gmcreynolds@tu.org Comprehensive proposal would remove four lower Snake River dams and invest in the Northwest region’s energy, transportation, and agricultural infrastructure BOISE, Idaho.—U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson…
Last week, about 300,000 farm-raised Atlantic salmon escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture net pen near Cypress Island in Puget Sound. The fish are not native to the Pacific and there are a host of really good reasons for anglers to get out there are try to catch as many of these fish as possible, not…
Laughing Grizzly Fly Shop is owned and operated by Mike Kruise and Scott Bley. We grew up fishing local waters- the St. Vrain, the Big Thompson, the Cache La Poudre, and the lakes and streams of Rocky Mountain National Park. We and our staff are proud of our local heritage, and welcome both local residents…
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The tell-tale bootprint in the mud. You’re not the only one with the inclination to fish this stream today. Imagine yourself on a great backcountry trout stream. Conditions are ripe. Fish are active. Bugs are everywhere. These are the glorious days of summer when some lonesome fishing is exactly what the doctor ordered. Then, as…
Should New Mexicans have the right to wade, float and swim in all the state’s waterways? And if that’s the case, what does that mean for private landowners?
Russ Schnitzer photos By Warren Colyer The ambitious Salmon Superhwy (yes, that is the correct spelling) fish passage program in Oregon is among the programs that will benefit from a recently announced funding boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Trout Unlimited is one of a host of partners in the Salmon Superhwy project, the…
