“I knew the bugs would be smashed up against the bank and the angle and light would all be just right, but I was in pain. I ended up arguing with myself but seeing the shot already in mind forced me to get up and be a functioning human being. I knew if I didn’t go then, I would miss it. Things couldn’t have worked out any better. I owe that to the river.”
Snake River ambassador, Josh Warnick’s, journey to falling in love with the art of steelheading
About us Since 1950 Kulik Lodge has been a premier fly-out fishing lodge. Located in the heart of Katmai National Park, Kulik is in a prime area to target all 5 Pacific Salmon species as well as Rainbows, Dolly Varden, Grayling and other native Alaskan species of fish. What we do Kulik offers lodging and
Jan. 21, 2015 For immediate release Contact: Gregg Bafundo (206) 276-4843, gbaffundo@tu.orgCrystal Elliot (509) 386-7768, celliot@tu.org Anglers praise bill that reins in suction dredgingBill aims to bring common-sense reforms to largely unregulated practice OLYMPIA – Rep. Gael Tarleton (D-Ballard) introduced a bill, HB 1162, that would limit the use of suction dredging in Washington rivers
A new film about reconnecting a river is a story of resilience, persistence, community, and thriving cutthroat trout. Watch it now.
By Rob Roberts This week, Missoula Mayor John Engen announced the removal of the Rattlesnake Creek Dam, a barrier on a much-loved trout stream that runs through the city. Beginning in the Rattlesnake Wilderness north of Missoula, Rattlesnake Creek is one of the major sources of trout recruitment for the Clark Fork River and a
This summer, Darek Staab, TU’s Pacific Northwest education coordinator, teamed up with Vámonos Outside, a local group working to connect, engage and inspire Latinx families and community into the outdoors for all of Central Oregon. Vámonos Outside hosts programs throughout the year from ski and snowboarding lessons to summer camp activities. This summer, the organization
Contacts: Grand Junction, Colorado – Mesa and Montrose counties released a national conservation area (NCA) proposal that included 29,806 acres of public lands in the Dolores River watershed. “While the NCA proposal from Mesa and Montrose counties makes strides to conserve the Dolores, it doesn’t do enough to protect fish and wildlife habitat and sporting
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the central question of the American West has been: How much water is there in the region, and how do we best use it? This question has been a topic of debate for more than the past 150 years, and we’re still trying to answer it now in the twenty-first century.
Columbia County is located in Northeast Pennsylvania. From our location near the intersection of Interstate highways 80 and 81, we have easy access to many great fishing streams, creeks and rivers where we apply our conservation efforts. The Susquehanna River, Cumberland Valley Spring Creeks and classic Pennsylvania freestone creeks are all just a double haul
Historic willow removal, water withdrawal and upstream channel manipulations have resulted in extreme bank instability and areas of excessive erosion and deposition on Lower Swift Creek. Trout Unlimited photo. November 9, 2020 Contacts: Leslie Steen, NW Wyoming Program Director, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Kay Lynn Nield, District Manager, Star Valley Conservation District, 307-884-7119, knield@starvalleycd.org Adam
We care about clean water, healthy fisheries and vibrant communities. We roll up our sleeves to volunteer, we sit on our boards, and we strategize as members and leaders of staff. We want you to join us. For a discounted first-time membership, click here: https://gifts.tu.org/we-are-tu The aim of this blog series is to highlight our friends, in
The Green Drake. Chris Hunt photo. Five years ago, I drove from my driveway in Idaho Falls all the way to Dead Horse, Alaska, where I caught a glimpse of the Arctic Ocean, and then back again. It was a 10-week journey, and, when it was all said and done, I put about 20,000 miles
Why folks at Trout Unlimited care so much about a shad fishery up the road from the Washington monument
Mining proposal is another reason that New Mexico’s Pecos River needs protection
TU is leading a coalition of sportsmen to permanently protect the Owyhee Canyonlands The thing that strikes me most about the Owyhee River is the incongruity. This amazing trout stream springs from, and flows for many miles through, a desert. Okay, most of this country is technically sagebrush steppe. But it’s dry, hot and largely
