Frank Moore, angling and conservation legend, passes away
A life spent not just chasing steelhead but fighting to protect the water they called home.
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TU restores important ‘pocket’ wetlands in Michigan
Trout Unlimited recently wrapped up a multi-year project to create and restore critical wetlands in the Rogue River watershed in southern Michigan. This fall, two more “pocket” wetlands were restored, making a total of four wetland restoration projects over the past three years. Pocket wetlands are small areas that boast large benefits for water quality in this case because of their priority location adjacent to coldwater trout streams. …
‘A. Very. Large. Brown. Trout.’
To catch the biggest fish, sometimes you just need to be in the current MARTINSVILLE, Va. — “Right! Right!” Hunter Hatcher was yelling as he furiously pulled on the raft’s oars. Turning, I saw the reason for his exuberance: a brown trout. A. Very. Large. Brown. Trout. OK. Maybe not very large by Tierra del…
Alaska Kingfishers
Since 1993, Alaska Kingfishers has operated a remote Alaska Salmon Fishing camp on the banks of the Nushagak River in the heart of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The Nushagak River is home to the largest run of King Salmon in the world and it also gets a huge return of Alaska chum salmon and Alaska sockeye…
Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited's Highest Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rick Hartman, Shrems W. Michigan TU616-835-5764 Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited’s Highest Award Chapter recognized for conservation efforts near Grand Rapids. ARLINGTON, Va. Trout Unlimited (TU) has awarded its top chapter honor to the Shrems West Michigan Chapter, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. The chapter was presented with the…
Video spotlight: The Fix
About this time every year, anglers in Idaho start watching the numbers of steelhead topping Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Every steelhead bound for the Gem State has to pass over Bonneville Dam and several more dams, including four on the Lower Snake, before finding their way into the Salmon and Clearwater rivers to spawn…
Big water, big fish, big fun at Tailwater Lodge
Pop quiz: OK, grab a map and point to Altmar, N.Y. That’s what I thought. I couldn’t do it either. But people who know fishing in upstate New York can do it in (forgive me) a New York minute. The Salmon River in Altmar is one of the greatest salmon and steelhead fishing destinations in…
Reflecting on the Yankee Fork project
The Yankee Fork historically supported robust populations of salmon, steelhead and trout, but mining – and the intensive timber harvest that accompanied it – reduced what once was a complex, meandering river into a virtual flume.
The next half-century of hydropower
How hydropower relicensing clears a path for migratory trout and salmon
A Wyoming storm turns into a restoration opportunity
“The root ball and 15 to 30 feet of attached trunk is key for securing the tree in the river and keeping it in place during high flows.”
Conservation Funding: Energy & Water Trout Unlimited Letter to U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Energy and Water
170627_TU_FY18_EW_Approps_House_FNL.pdf June 27, 2017 RE: Bureau of Reclamation FY18 Budget Request. Dear Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Kaptur, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU) and its 300,000 members and supporters to express our views on Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for programs within your jurisdiction which are of great…
Resources
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…
National Park Service targets brown trout at Lees Ferry
by Jim Strogen The Colorado River below Lake Powell is a blue-ribbon rainbow trout fishery loved by anglers across the country. While this reach is among the prettiest places that I have fished, and one that I try to return to as often as possible, there are issues on the river that are important to…
Spokane Falls
SFTU MISSION The Spokane Falls Chapter of Trout Unlimited advocates protecting, reconnecting, and sustaining the wild and native cold water fisheries of the Inland Northwest Region. OUR VISION To create a legacy, ensuring ecosystems that support robust populations of native and wild cold water fish on the Spokane River and its tributaries. VALUE PROPOSITION Create…
Video Spotlight: Signs of Life
By Josh Duplechian Waking up I notice my toes are still frozen solid. I slept in layers for the last few nights. Many layers in fact. The tip of my nose is the only body part not covered from the cold damp January night. We are still in our hotel near the banks of the…
Floodplain connectivity
Floodplains play a critical – if often underappreciated – role in maintaining stream and watershed health. Floodplains are the interface between a river and the land adjacent to it. A connected, functional floodplain attenuates floods and droughts and moderates stream temperatures by retaining water during periods of high flow and releasing it back into the…