We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
“To repeat the obvious, that means in 2006 an estimated 42 percent of the spawners in this “wild” population were hatchery fish. Statistical modeling indicated the number of steelhead smolts barged in the Snake River in the previous several years was a strong predictor of PHOS (Percent Hatchery Origin Spawners).”
The devastating flooding that swept through Kerr County and Central Texas on July 4th didn’t hit the coldwater fishery on the Guadalupe that Trout Unlimited members know and love. The fishery was largely spared.
Conservation groups to file suit over Plum Creek’s conservation plan Conservation groups to file suit over Plum Creeks conservation plan Contact: Bruce Farling Executive Director Montana Trout Unlimited 406-543-0054 6/11/2002 — Seattle, WA — Conservationists will go to federal court to stop Plum Creek from ruining one of the last remaining bull trout populations in…
Paul Zimmerman teaches fly tying to military veterans. At 91 years of age, and as the sole care provider for his wife Patti, he is reluctant to leave her alone. He conducts all of his lessons at his home, an arrangement that’s also convenient for his students, who are often most comfortable with one-on-one engagement and places where calmness and quiet prevail. “Our situation was different from Vietnam,” says Zimmerman, a…
1/9/2000 The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: Aquaculture The Facts about Atlantic Salmon: Aquaculture Contact: 1/9/2000 — — SALMON AQUACULTURE The Maine Conservation Plan fails to adequately address the threats posed to wild salmon stocks by the aquaculture industry. The lack of progress being made on addressing these threats, outlined below, has been cited by the…
When this group gets together, it’s much more than a fishing trip.
Trout Unlimited Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 30, 2014 Contact: Pat Byorth, (406).548-4830 pbyorth@tu.org Scott Yates, (307)-349-0753 syates@tu.org Trout Unlimited names Ziemer to new water policy post, Byorth to lead Montana Water Project (Bozeman)Trout Unlimited (TU), the nations largest organization dedicated to trout and salmon conservation, today announced that Laura Ziemer, director of TUs…
special.jpg Dec. 18, 2014 Contact: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director, 607-703-0256, kdunlap@tu.org Mark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mtaylor@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited releases full 10 Special Places report Report focuses on protecting iconic public fishing and hunting areas from impacts of shale gas development WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited today released a new report…
By Keith Curley Brook trout are often looked at through the lens of decline, and with good reason – brook trout have been lost from many of their historical habitats. The Northeast, however, continues to be blessed with an abundance of brook trout habitat. According to TU’s Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment, and Focal Area assessment…
The Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group (SRHWG) will receive $299,189 to amplify stakeholder engagement, coordination, and knowledge exchange. Contact: Jackson, Wyoming – The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) recently awarded nearly half a million dollars to Trout Unlimited (TU) through two grants to support collaborative watershed groups and restoration planning in northwest Wyoming. The Snake River…
An angler in the George Washington National Forest By Corey Fisher Trout Unlimited is devoting the month of September to celebrating public lands and the agencies dedicated to upholding America’s public land heritage. It’s no coincidence that National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day are both during September — the month is…
As I sit here in Idaho Falls watching two feet of snow melt into a slushy pond at the foot of my driveway, my buddy Kirk Deeter is likely stringing up a 5-weight with members of one of my favorite TU chapters in the country and preparing to chase some fat, tailwater trout. In Texas.…
Brooke Harris briefly holds a Yellowstone cutthroat for a picture after she caught is as part of her efforts to complete the Utah Cutthroat Slam. Brian Harris photo. By Brian Harris I recently opened my home mailbox and was pleased to find the beautiful medallion and certificate recognizing my fourth completion of the Utah Cutthroat…
By Abelino Fernandez Leger In fall of 2020, I worked with Trout Unlimited and Defenders of Wildlife and River Source — a small company specializing in watershed restoration, education and research in New Mexico — on a beaver habitat assessment survey in northern New Mexico. The project goal was to find rivers where beavers could be relocatedand where beavers could do the work…
Five rural communities from across the country are staking their futures on conservation In America’s “Conservation Towns,” rural communities that survived the past century’s boom-and-bust cycles are building new blueprints for economic success by tapping into their most important assets: the rivers and streams, public lands and wild landscapes that have always sustained them. At Trout…
For Immediate Release Aug. 18, 2020 600th angler completes Utah Cutthroat Slam; $50K raised for conservation SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Cutthroat Slam recently hit a few milestones, including reaching its 600th completion and raising more than $50,000 for cutthroat trout conservation. This Utah-focused fishing challenge has seen a surge in participation in 2020.…
Maybe the most etherial flight from Denver follows the spine of the Rockies, the high Divide separating east from west that limbos beneath the Gulf of Mexico and winds its way through the isthmus of Panama, into the South America and on down to the curling tusk of Cape Horn.
On the morning I heard that President Obama designated the Rio Grande del Norte as a national monument, I had joined about forty people for the annual stocking of Rio Grande cutthroat fingerlings – New Mexico’s state fish – in the Rio Grande gorge. My compatriots hadn’t yet heard the great news, and it was…
Our family has an old cabin on a small river that doesn’t have many fish in it. It’s in Michigan. The next cabin downstream, and the one after that, belong to extended cousins, so it’s become somewhat of a ritual to meet for happy hour and share stories about things like the fish you caught…
Local community members and volunteers from Trout Unlimited chapters near and far turned out in a big way to care for and enjoy the Mecan River at the first annual Central Sands Community Celebration on a wet weekend this past May.