FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2021 Contact: Chris Wood, chris.wood@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Trout Unlimited congratulates Deb Haaland on her history-making confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. She is the first Native American and only third woman to hold the post. “For Trout Unlimited members across the country, there are few roles as important as Secretary of the…
Monocacy Creek, a spring-fed stream that flows through the heart of Bethlehem, Pa., is featured in a new short film about how the Keystone Fund helps protect Pennsylvania’s hunting and fishing resources.
One of Trout Unlimited’s important partners in Pennsylvania is the Center for Dirt and Gravel Roads Studies at Penn State. TU recently caught up with Steve Bloser, the Center’s director, for a Q&A.
by Jim Strogen The Colorado River below Lake Powell is a blue-ribbon rainbow trout fishery loved by anglers across the country. While this reach is among the prettiest places that I have fished, and one that I try to return to as often as possible, there are issues on the river that are important to…
As we enter a new decade, it is clear that the impacts wrought on ecosystems, communities and fish and wildlife by climate change are outpacing our ability to deal with them in isolation
Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus) Species status and summary: The Colorado River cutthroat trout (CRCT) historically occupied most cool water habitats of the Colorado River watersheds in Colorado, southern Wyoming, eastern Utah, extreme northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. Currently, however, Colorado River cutthroat trout occupy approximately 16 percent of their historic range, primarily…
Kern River Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti) Species summary and status: Kern River rainbow trout look similar to Coastal rainbow trout, have a slight gold hint. They have many fine, irregular spots all over their bodies, and larger fish may have a rosy streak along their sides. They can also be identified by the distinctive…
This week, we moved a step closer to lasting protections for the Bristol Bay region and the most prolific sockeye salmon fishery on the planet
For the California Golden Trout, even minor levels of meadow degradation have big impacts on resident populations.
It’s nice for anglers to know that we have access to literally millions of trout streams and countless acres of trout lakes and ponds on public lands in the United States.
I want you to close your eyes, breathe deeply, relax and envision something. (After you’re through reading this, of course, but here’s the basic screenplay for the movie you’re about to play in your mind…)
Infrastructure funding for water quality and reclamation projects will also benefit trout and salmon Contact: Sara Porterfield, Western Water Policy Advisor, Trout Unlimited, sara.porterfield@tu.org Drew YoungeDyke, National Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, drew.youngedyke@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—The Department of the Interior this week announced over $51 million in watershed and river restoration projects through the Bureau…
It’s no secret that most Trout Unlimited members are fly anglers, many of them avid.
Clifford, a veteran TU staff member in California, will lead TU’s conservation programs in the state; former state director, Brian Johnson, to focus on water and climate initiatives Contacts ARLINGTON, VA – Matt Clifford, a staff member in Trout Unlimited’s California program since 2013, has been named the California Director effective March 25th. Brian Johnson,…
TU is working in six of 10 landscapes highlighted for attention by White House CEQ Contacts: Trout Unlimited media resources: https://tu.org/about/media WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House Council on Environmental Quality this week highlighted “for focused attention” a group of 10 Transformational Fish Passage Projects, major watershed restoration projects across the country that are helping ecosystems recover…
Stand up for trout and salmon, public lands, and clean water What happens in Washington, D.C., matters on your local rivers and streams. You can make a difference. Every day, policy decisions in our nation’s capital reverberate all the way to the places we live, love and fish. Agencies like the Forest Service and NOAA…
Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited President and CEO on Provision to Sell Forest Service and BLM Lands Contact: Washington, D.C. – Budget reconciliation text under consideration by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee includes a number of provisions that would threaten America’s federal public lands and the watersheds they support. Notably, the bill requires the…
Photo by Breckenridge Outfitters For the first time in at least two decades, two high-country trout streams in Colorado are closed to fishing, albeit voluntarily. Stretches of the Fraser and upper Colorado Rivers are closed between 2 p.m. and midnight to give trout dealing with extremely warm water temperatures — tributary streams emptying into the…
Trout Unlimited has received three federal grant awards totaling nearly $750,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for stream protection and restoration projects in the upper Delaware River watershed. These grant awards support the conservation goals of the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with NFWF. Thanks to…
For years and years, fly fishing for trout, for me, was a three-period game, not a four-quarter contest. It was hockey, not football (even though I’m not much of a hockey guy). Depending on the season, the time of day or the weather, I’d go to my fly boxes and choose a fly from one…
