Busy as Beavers
Trout Unlimited hosts youth from around the country to restore Flaming Gorge watersheds. Years of volunteer work have led to a $1.5 million investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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U.S. SENATE APPROVES APPROPRIATION FOR RESTORATION PLANNING IN THE MIDWESTS DRIFTLESS AREA
09/29/05 NEWS RELEASE For release September 29, 2005 For more information: Duke Welter 715-579-7538 Chris Wood 571-274-0601 Laura Hewitt 608-250-3534 U.S. SENATE APPROVES APPROPRIATION FOR RESTORATION PLANNING IN THE MIDWESTS DRIFTLESS AREA Arlington, VA The United States Senate has approved an appropriation to help with the planning for the restoration of the Midwests Driftless Area.…
Are there other benefits to restoring a free-flowing river?
Adding a large amount of spawning habitat would be a major benefit to breaching the four lower Snake River dams, primarily for fall Chinook salmon. Historically, fall Chinook spawned extensively in the mainstem Snake River above Hells Canyon. That spawning habitat was lost when the three-dam Hells Canyon Complex was built by Idaho Power in…
A Colorado fishing story
Two old friends get together in Salida for one last trout trip By Jim Aylsworth While my dear friend Dick and I would enjoy fishing anywhere together, for this trip we chose to explore the water around Salida, Colo. Upon seeing him at the airport I knew better, but just couldn’t help myself. In the…
Taking action to protect the places we live and love
This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By…
Trout Unlimited leading “transformational” work with landmark infrastructure funding
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…
State of the Trout
Executive summary Fishing for trout is a passion shared by countless anglers across the country. The challenge of catching a monster Lahontan cutthroat trout from Nevada’s Pyramid Lake or a salter brook trout from a coastal stream in Massachusetts can be rewarding and frustrating all at the same time. As fly-fishing author John Gierach described…
Eleven Angling
Our mission is to custom-make powerful fishing experiences that will take you from fabled flats in the Bahamas and Florida, to redfish-filled marshes in Louisiana, to glacier-carved river valleys in Iceland, New Zealand, and Chile, to pristine streams and lakes in Colorado. In each destination, world-class food and lodging are combined with guided fishing for…
A letter from the Wyoming Range
Soon enough, as the sun tracks westward over the nearby Salt River Range, I will be cooking fresh, tasty blue grouse over the coals of a spruce fire in a camp out of the wind in wild, wonderful Wyoming
TU's Terry honored for work preserving native trout
For Immediate Release May 19, 2016 Contact: Kevin Terry, kterry@tu.org, Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Terry honored for work protecting native trout in Colorado Trout Unlimited biologist receives award for passion, partnerships in preserving Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Alamosa, CO)–For Kevin Terry, preserving native trout is a passionand his colleagues in the conservation community…
Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware
4/12/2001 Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware Study Indicates Need for Higher Flows in the Upper Delaware Trout Unlimited report shows current flows inadequate for fish, aquatic ecosystem Contact: 4/12/2001 — — Hancock, NY — Trout Unlimited today announced the completion of a report on flow needs for fish and other…
4 bills to keep the West wild
With record high temperatures and historically low water levels, we need to conserve and restore 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030
Through the mud and devastation there is opportunity
A heavy sediment flush has turned the Shoshone River near Cody into a cholocate-covered death swim for trout and other aquatic invertebrates. Photo by Dave Sweet. By Tommy Thompson CODY, Wyoming – A recent mud flow in one of our local rivers has devastated not only a productive fishery, but also the hearts of our…
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Trout Unlimited statement on bipartisan infrastructure agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2021Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited smoyer@tu.org; (571) 274-0593 Sweeping infrastructure legislation introduced, headed for consideration on Senate floor New bill includes many provisions that will help coldwater conservation, but omits critical provisions championed by Trout Unlimited, including failure to support Rep. Simpson’s Snake River salmon…
Small Stream Colorado
Talk about going home again … Todd Moen of Catch Magazine just dropped his latest short film, and it hit me like a surge of nostalgia. I grew up in Colorado and went to college in Gunnison, where much of “Small Stream Colorado” was filmed. The countless little creeks that drain into the Taylor, East…
Protecting the Methow River from mining moves forward
A bill that would protect lands in Okanogan County from mining is moving forward after a markup in today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. The Methow Headwater Protections Act of 2017, S. 566, comes on the heels of a 20 year mineral withdrawal, cementing protections for an area known for it’s agriculture and…
Renewing the call for recovery of Snake River salmon
Chris Wood is joining the leaders of other national conservation organizations to move forward with solutions for wild salmon recovery in the Snake River.
Everything you wanted to know: Lahontan cutthroat trout
Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) Species Summary and Status: The Lahontan cutthroat trout is native to the Lahontan Basin of northern Nevada, northeastern California, and southeastern Oregon. One of the oldest lineages of cutthroat trout, it originally inhabited the ancient Lahontan Basin at least several 100,000 years ago. As of publication, 72 self-sustaining Lahontan…
Riparian Vegetation – Aerial Imagery
TU scientists used National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery to characterize woody riparian vegetation in southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada, which was shown to be more predictive of redband trout distribution and abundance than field-based habitat measurements. Our study highlighted how free high-resolution imagery can be used to characterize woody riparian vegetation and redband…