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.
Along much of California’s coast, lack of streamflow – often caused by the diversion of water for human use – is a major impediment to recovery of salmon and steelhead. Trout Unlimited works with a diverse collection of partners on projects that improve dry season streamflow for the benefit of native coho and steelhead. Water…
If you’re wondering why salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake River are in trouble, the answer is obvious to me and many, many other scientists working on this issue. It’s the four dams on the lower Snake and the reservoirs behind them: They kill too many fish
By Chris Hunt The thermometer on my dash read a cold 33 degrees. The calendar claimed it was June 13. Sadly, both were accurate. Welcome to Yellowstone. As I topped Craig Pass heading north, snowbanks still lined the Grand Loop Road, and more was falling. My wiper blades could keep the the white stuff off…
Editor’s Note: John McMillan is the science director for Trout Unlimited’s Wild Steelhead Initiative, and one of the preeminent steelhead scientists in North America. He is also an accomplished angler and, like his father before him, a dedicated coldwater conservationist. This post can also be found on the blog of Wild Steelheaders United. Although winter…
9/26/2001 Report Shows That Endangered Species Act and Endangered Trout and Salmon Were Not REsponsible for Firefighter Deaths Report Shows That Endangered Species Act and Endangered Trout and Salmon Were Not Responsible for Firefighter Deaths Rhetoric attempting to link the ESA to the deaths must stop. Contact: Steve Moyer , Vice President for Conservation Progr,…
The skies are different here. They have lots of different shades in distinct lines: dark blue, light blue, pale yellow, orange, pink, red. It kind of makes you want to be up there in the air, and not this boring brush tree desert.
Steve Zakur of Connectictut fishes the Mighty Mo out of Craig, Mont. Kirk Deeter says this would be his choice. Chris Hunt photo. Kirk Deeter: The Missouri, because it’s really long, with a lot of different types of fish, and I still have a lot I want to figure out. I would do the Lewis and…
2025 Western (Rockies) Regional Rendezvous Join fellow TU members, supporters and volunteers from across the region on March 28-29, 2025. Partnering with the Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo, this Rendezvous promises a blend of educational sessions, hands-on workshops, and ample networking opportunities with fellow fly-fishing conservationists. There will be plenty to do from interactive…
New calls to review monument boundaries ignore previous decades of work
In my little microcosm of the Mountain West, we’ve been blessed with an impressive monsoon season this year. With all the doom and gloom of the drought, wildfires and effects of climate change, it is nice to be reminded that sometimes weather does cooperate
Photo by Chris Hunt by Dave Ammons There exist a number of memorable fish in my experience. The little brook trout caught in a narrow, tumbling stream whose encounter caused us both to blush. A cutthroat from the depths of a mountain tarn so clear it reflected a Colorado sky all the way through to…
8/20/2003 Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Policy would jeopardize much of the Wests remaining quality salmon and trout habitat on public lands with little or no public input Contact: Chris Wood Vice President of Conservation 703.284.9403 8/20/2003 — Portland, Ore. — Trout…
The Salmon SuperHwy has achieved more than 50 percent of its goal of restoring fish connectivity to 95 percent of historically available habitat across the Tillamook—Nestucca Sub-basin
In 2022, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service embarked on a five-year $40 million national Keystone initiative to increase the scale of watershed restoration on our national forests and grasslands—home to many of America’s most important native trout and salmon species and the source of drinking water for some 180 million people and 68,000…
In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls and became president. Some of you may recall what I wrote to you back then: While most of the conservation community turned their backs, we engaged the Trump administration over the next four years to protect Bristol Bay. Our advocacy was key to helping persuade them to deny…
As part of Trout Unlimited, she works to protect the hunting and fishing heritage that is so important to so many people. TU’s team works in collaboration with federal and state agencies, partner conservation groups and sportsmen and women for common-sense solutions to protect the wild places of the West. TU is engaged on the legislative level in every Western state and nationally on the congressional level.
It’s the oldest marketing “hook” in the fishing book. “This is going to help you catch more, bigger fish… guaranteed!”
“Take your club as seriously as possible and beyond fly fishing. If Tyler and I hadn’t devoted the time we did to building our club we wouldn’t have had some of the best experiences imaginable in college. It goes beyond building a fly-fishing club.”
As the year draws to a close, let’s celebrate a few of the victories that all of you—members, supporters, partners, donors, and our staff around the country—made possible
Washington commonly institutes fishing restrictions to protect vulnerable fish populations, like they did for steelhead in Scotty Creek, but these restrictions, unfathomably, do not extend to a destructive form of recreational gold mining called suction dredge mining.