This hydraulic fracturing well pad is located on a state forest in Eastern Pennsylvania. By David Kinney In the four months since the Delaware River Basin Commission issued proposed regulations covering hydraulic fracturing, thousands of people have come forward to speak at public hearings and in written comments about the importance of protecting natural resources…
Trout Unlimited was a lead negotiator and signatory to the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement under which PacifiCorp will be removing four obsolete dams on the Klamath River. The dams cut off fish access to more than 400 miles of upstream rivers, including spring-fed climate refugia in the shadow of Crater Lake. They also have a…
7/17/2003 Colorado Trout Unlimited Officially Goes On Record In Opposition To Referendum A Colorado Trout Unlimited Officially Goes On Record In Opposition To Referendum A Contact: David Nickum Executive Director Colorado Trout Unlimited 303-440-2937 x12 7/17/2003 — Boulder, Co — One of Colorados leading conservation organizations has voted to oppose the States efforts to win…
Inflation Reduction Act lowers carbon emissions, reforms oil and gas leasing on public lands, and invests in climate resiliency projects Contacts: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, chris.wood@tu.org Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org Corey Fisher, Public Lands Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, corey.fisher@tu.org Tasha Sorensen, Western Energy Lead, Trout Unlimited,…
The Goose Creek basin in Idaho contains the western-most Yellowstone cutthroat populations in the Snake River drainage. TU has worked in the basin with the Bureau of Land Management and other partners to evaluate linkages between habitat diversity, coldwater fisheries, and a rare minnow and implement restoration activities to improve habitat conditions. Resources The Goose…
Our suite of analytical, decision support, and communication tools provide a conduit for relaying our scientists’ work to our membership, partners, and the public. These tools include story maps, more focused web mapping applications, and decision support tools. TU scientists developed the Steelhead Atlas and Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Atlas to gather the best map…
“I think we have a responsibility to wild fish and to wild rivers,” Link said. “In the 1800’s, the Snake River produced runs of two million fish – over half of the spring/summer Chinook salmon and summer steelhead came from this one basin. Even today, if you look at the entire Columbia River Basin, the Snake River has by far the greatest potential for recovering wild salmon and steelhead in the entire watershed.”
09/03/2007 Shoshone Agreement Does Not Protect Headwater Fisheries FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Mely Whiting, (720) 470-4758 SHOSHONE AGREEMENT DOES NOT PROTECT HEADWATER FISHERIES Boulder, CO While an agreement announced yesterday by major operators on the Colorado River benefits irrigators, rafters and some populations of endangered fish, it falls short of protecting gold…
Tune in to the awesome 2021 Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) virtual event and you can also support the local TU chapter restoring the rivers you love to fish! When you buy your F3T ticket through one of the links below, the F3T will donate $2 directly to that local chapter, helping them do more…
By Rob Shane For those in the Mid-Atlantic, or for anyone who’s been trout fishing long enough to have a bucket list of rivers, you’re certainly familiar with the Delaware River. Aside from being the source of drinking water for more than 15 million people in two of the largest cities in the United States (New York and Philadelphia), it…
About us Premier fly shop and guide service of northern Colorado. Serving the Fort Collins community since 1992. What we do Fly shop and guide service Where we do it We guide in a variety of places. Northern Colorado: Cache la Poudre River, Big Thompson River, Rocky Mountain National Park. Wyoming: Upper North Platte River…
Below are some of the country’s most unique landscapes that encompass, or exist near, known critical mineral deposits. As you read, please consider our tenets to see how they can avoid and mitigate impacts to irreplaceable natural resources while supporting responsible critical minerals mining. Boundary Waters, Minnesota Straddling the border between northern Minnesota and Canada,…
Below are some of the country’s most unique landscapes that encompass, or exist near, known critical mineral deposits. As you read, please consider our tenets to see how they can avoid and mitigate impacts to irreplaceable natural resources while supporting responsible critical minerals mining. Boundary Waters, Minnesota Straddling the border between northern Minnesota and Canada,…
How a unique partnership is working restore Eel River salmon and steelhead and keep water flowing to Russian River farms
Administration report adds to growing momentum for urgent action to restore imperiled fisheries Contacts: Rob Masonis, Vice President for Western Conservation, Trout Unlimited, rmasonis@tu.org Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, smoyer@tu.org Greg McReynolds, Snake River campaign director, Trout Unlimited, gmcreynolds@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—The Biden Administration released a draft report today from the National…
Photo by Eric Crawford. TU has worked for years to restore salmon and steelhead, and a dam-removal proposal is in the works American Rivers today named the Snake River America’s No. 1 Most Endangered River of 2021, pointing to perilously low returns of Snake River salmon and steelhead, and the urgent need for lawmakers and…
Karuk Tribe Klamath Tribes of Oregon Yurok Tribe American Rivers Trout Unlimited California Trout Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens Associations Salmon River Restoration Council Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers National Center for Conservation Science and Policy Sustainable Natural Heritage Institute FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Craig Tucker, Spokesman Karuk Tribe…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Trotter, (208) 552-0891, x. 712 ktrotter@tu.org Bart Gamett, (208) 588-2224bgamett@fs.fed.us Trout Unlimited Idaho Project Receives Forest Service Award Trout Unlimiteds Idaho Water Project (IWP) recently received the 2009 national Rise to the Future Partner Award from the USDA Forest Service, which recognized IWPs leadership in restoring fish populations in the…
Last month, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced $11.6 million in new funding for habitat restoration projects in the Upper Klamath Basin, of which $1.53 million was awarded to Trout Unlimited for eight projects that will improve water quality and key habitat for native fish in the tributaries to Upper Klamath Lake.
Near the dramatic jagged peaks of the Teton mountains sits Jackson Lake Dam.
