Wyoming volunteers back to work on Little Mountain
Volunteers from the Seedskadee TU Chapter in Wyoming helped plant hundreds of trees along cutthroat trout streams in the Little Mountain region.
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Proposed Bush Budget Ups The Ante For Nw Salmon, Yet Still Falls Well Short
Proposed Bush Budget Ups The Ante For Nw Salmon, Yet Still Falls Well Short Proposed Bush Budget Ups The Ante For Nw Salmon, Yet Still Falls Well Short Recovery funding just over half of that requested by agency in charge of implementing federal salmon plan Contact: Jeff Curtis Western Conservation Director TU 503-827-5700 x. 11…
Sportsmen's groups release action plan for Lees Ferry trout fishery
News for Immediate Release August 26, 2015 Contact: Kristyn Brady, 617-501-6352, kbrady@trcp.org Randy Scholfield, 720-375-3961, rscholfield@tu.org 50 Arizona Groups and Businesses Share Recommendations for Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Sportsmen, conservationists, and fishing guides suggest ways to enhance conditions for rainbow trout and native fish downstream FLAGSTAFF To address concerns over an unstable rainbow trout population…
Native Odyssey: California
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Program sent a handful of student-anglers on a road trip across America in search of native trout. On the team’s final stop, they visited California. Sequoia National Forest Located in south-ce ntral California, Sequioa National Forest encompasses slightly less than 2,000 square miles. It is named, as is…
Working with nature
America has such a well-earned reputation for innovating our way out of problems that we sometimes miss the obvious natural solution. In a series of open houses this summer in Great Basin communities, the Trump administration revealed a plan to reduce wildfire risk by constructing 11,000 acres of fuel breaks across public lands in parts…
Associated Press Article: Good, Bad Science Debated in Fish Hearing
2/9/2000 Associated Press Article: Good, Bad Science Debated in Fish Hearing Associated Press Article: Good, Bad Science Debated in Fish Hearing Contact: 2/9/2000 — — The science used in federal studies of proposals to breach four Snake River dams to save salmon from extinction was either flawed or right on the mark, fishermen, conservationists, farmers…
Trout Unlimited Sends Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Countering Allard's Bypass Flows Claims
4/12/2001 Trout Unlimited Sends Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Countering Allard’s Bypass Flows Claims Trout Unlimited Sends Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Countering Allard’s Bypass Flows Claims Contact: 4/12/2001 — — Charles Gauvin, President of the national conservation organization Trout Unlimited, sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture today…
NOAA: $20M for Trout Unlimited fish passage work
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supports projects in Washington State, California, Michigan, and Wisconsin
Greater Little Mountain: Doing it the right way
A young pronghorn fawn attempts to avoid detection within the Greater Little Mountain Area in southwest Wyoming. Josh Duplechian/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman “The Little Mountain area is considered by many to be the crown jewel for wildlife and recreation.” Former Wyoming Governor David Freudenthal Special places only stay that way if they are protected.…
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Native Odyssey: Jacob Lacy
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Program is sending five college students on a native trout odyssey across America this summer. Meet Jacob Lacy one of the five lucky participants. As a Colorado native I knew I’d end up finding something to take me outside and up to the mountains. With biking, hiking, and…
Acid mine waste and trout don’t mix
The North Star Mine in Silverton, Colo. Mining plays an important part to Colorado’s history. Many mountain towns were founded upon mining and some still rely on it as an economic driver. But it also left a legacy of damage and destruction to many headwater streams and rivers around the state. Trout Unlimited’s mine reclamation program balances maintaining the…
Dry spell in Congress
Congress is deadlocking on public land protection. We deserve better.
Guess the runoff, win a prize (sort of)
Oh brother… the Snake River has apparently R-U-N-N-O-F-F. Well, most of us won’t complain if we have to play the waiting game one way or another. Guess the date that the river clears enough to fish with a dry fly, and you win… a cutthroat trout! Some folks are saying Aug. 1 is the reasonable…
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Hiking the CDT: Fire and wildlife
It was not a bad place to be looking for wildlife. There were deer, elk, and moose everywhere. Our best elk sighting was on the second to last day, when we came over a pass. Down in the valley we saw a group of about 50 elk, two bulls were fighting, their antlers clacking when they crashed together. From that exact spot at the top of the pass, we also saw a bull moose kneeling beside a lake, and four mountain goats along a ridge above him.
Lake Champlain chapter removes old dam opening up brook trout habitat on the Ausable River in NY
By Rich Redman Quarry Dam was an old concrete/timber crib dam located on the West Branch of the Ausable River, approximately four miles east of Lake Placid, N.Y. The dam’s history is lost in the mists of time, but it was probably built to help loggers move logs down the river in the annual log…
Want a river permit for next year? Get the deadlines on your calendar now
ou new to this game there are certain sections of certain rivers, during certain times that you are legally not allowed to float without a permit. Rivers like the Yampa, Green, Salmon, Snake, Colorado, Smith, and the list goes on…
Gunnison River: Concrete Levy Restoration
Goals In 2013 TU partnered with a landowner to remove a 500-foot section of concrete rip-rap on a popular recreational stretch of the Gunnison River. The armored bank was causing channel incision, and depositing sediment in undesirable locations downstream. Lack of vegetative cover and in-channel refuge increased trout susceptibility to low flows and increased water…