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Through the mud and devastation there is opportunity

Published in Uncategorized

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…

TU blends online learning with the outdoors to serve young people during lockdown

Published in Youth

Trout Unlimited is serving youth and volunteers in new ways to keep them engaged in our mission to protect, conserve, and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries during the pandemic. Some of our programs have been adapted to fit virtual and at-home formats to provide safe avenues of participation. Online platforms come with unique challenges but boast some exciting prospects.  Here are examples of how we, the…

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…

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…

Protecting the Methow River from mining moves forward

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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…

The Next Eddy

We are a full service fly shop and guide operation in downtown Salida, Colorado. What does full service shop mean? We can help you out in any aspect of fly fishing. We sell and rent the gear you need for a day on the river and we help you out with the gear you already…

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…

Everything you wanted to know: Lahontan cutthroat trout

Published in Travel

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…

The F3T hits western Colorado

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Fishing the Uncompahgre River near Montrose, Colo. Film Tour. Montrose, Colo. This Saturday. Be There (If You Can). I always enjoy a chance to get to Montrose/Telluride area of Colorado, because that’s where I did a lot of fishing in my growing up years. It’s a special region, with a great fishing community, and more…

TU, Field and Stream announce 2011 Best Wild Places

Contact: Chris Hunt, Director of Communications – (208) 406-9106 Colin Kearns, Senior Editor, Field and Stream – (212) 779-5082 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TU, Field and Stream announce 2011 Best Wild Places Six locations chosen for sporting assets and need for long-term protection Washington, D.C. Trout Unlimited and Field and Stream magazine today announced the six…

Local input opens opportunity for BLM Lands in South Park

Published in Conservation

The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office covers some 666,000 acres of public lands sloping eastward from the Great Divide, through Colorado’s Front Range and into the rolling grasslands of the High Plains. Tucked into the rugged folds of its western shoulder lies one of the state’s richest landscapes, home to trophy trout, bountiful…

Naxiyam Wana and the Uniter

Published in Dam Removal

A stream roiling dark with Chinook salmon in central Idaho’s wilderness high country. A throb, a pulse of life into a pristine river, the abundance of the ocean arriving in the flesh of thousands of salmon in a wild mountain river hundreds of miles inland. This was. This was life itself, for the land, for the water, for the people.

Naxiyam Wana and the Uniter

Published in TROUT Magazine, Snake River dams

Wheeler wants the fish back. The Nez Perce people want the fish back. So does the Yakima nation, the Nisqually, the Sauk-Suiattle, the Nooksack. All united to one cause—bring the Snake River salmon back for once and for all. Bring the dams down.

TU Announces Landmark Settlement Agreement on Vowlitz River Hydro Project

8/10/2000 TU Announces Landmark Settlement Agreement on Vowlitz River Hydro Project TU Announces Landmark Settlement Agreement on Cowlitz River Hydro Project Contact: 8/10/2000 — — Contact: Bill Robinson, Washington Council Executive Director, Trout Unlimited, 206-932-6959 Scott Yates, Western Legal and Policy Analyst, Trout Unlimited, 503-827-5700 August 10, 2000. Seattle, WashThe Washington Council of Trout Unlimited…

Cleanup Plans for Abandoned Mine Drainage in West Branch Susquehanna Receive Major Boost

5/16/2006 Cleanup Plans for Abandoned Mine Drainage in West Branch Susquehanna Receive Major Boost May 16, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Wolfe, (570) 726-3118 Cleanup Plans for Abandoned Mine Drainage in West Branch Susquehanna Receive Major Boost STATE COLLEGE Trout Unlimited (TU) recently received an $81,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to develop…