Time to go all in
Mankind’s efforts are no longer cutting it for salmon and steelhead survival on the lower Snake
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Solving a math problem for Snake River Chinook
Two recent studies demonstrate how dam breach paired with increased spill in the mid-Columbia would allow many Snake River spring/summer Chinook populations to reach various management goals I am sitting on my parent’s porch on a Sunday afternoon in July when the neighbors stop by to say hi. “Oh! You are a fish biologist,” they…
US Senate: TU Letter to Senate Energy Committee re Multiple Public Lands Bills
title=”application/pdf” />170330_SENR-Hrg-TU-letter-multi-bills-FINAL.pdf On Thursday, March 30th, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Natural considered and advanced several bills of interest to Trout Unlimited and our members. TU submitted the attached comments outlining our comments on the following bills: TU Supports: S.513, a bill to designate the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management…
Local Community Helps Improve Stream-side Habitat on the Willowemoc
Volunteers help plant trees along Willowemoc Creek at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center. By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year…
It’s time for bold action to save Snake River salmon and steelhead
Salmon and steelhead are robust, adaptable creatures. They have survived across the eons, continuously adjusting to a changing ocean and landscape. Unfortunately, Idaho’s salmon and steelhead have not been able to adapt to the construction of the lower four Snake River dams.
TU applauds Klamath River legislation
May 21, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, (571) 274-0593Sam Davidson, Communications Director, California/Nevada, (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Applauds New Klamath River Legislation Senators Wyden, Merkley, Feinstein and Boxer show leadership, act to resolve long-standing water issues in the third most productive salmon river on the West Coast BERKELEY,…
What role does climate change play in the debate over removing the four Lower Snake dams?
The data show conclusively that the Pacific Northwest’s climate is warming. The Snake River basin will experience hotter temperatures in the summer, which will make water conditions in the lower Snake River more problematic than they are at present. High water temperatures in the Snake under current conditions can take a devastating toll. In 2015,…
TU’s Sara Porterfield ponders uncertain future of water in the West
Editor’s note: To kick off our education series exploring the complexities of water in the West, we interview author and TU’s water policy associate for its Western Water and Habitat Program, Sara Porterfield. How long have you been with TU and what do you work on day-to-day? Sara Porterfield: I started with TU in October…
TU’s Wood Gives Testimony on Lower Snake River Dams
Near the dramatic jagged peaks of the Teton mountains sits Jackson Lake Dam.
Snake River named ‘most endangered’ by American Rivers
Photo by Eric Crawford. TU has worked for years to restore salmon and steelhead, and a dam-removal proposal is in the works American Rivers today named the Snake River America’s No. 1 Most Endangered River of 2021, pointing to perilously low returns of Snake River salmon and steelhead, and the urgent need for lawmakers and…
Conflict to Collaboration
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.…
Whitewater and wild rainbows on an inspiring Alaska wilderness float
But future public access at risk with Alaska governor’s proposal to strip Susitna Basin waters of “Recreational River” status
First of the Klamath dams comes down
All four dams of the Lower Klamath Project will be gone by the end of 2024
Local community helps improve streamside habitat on the Willowemoc
Volunteers help plant trees along Willowemoc Creek at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center. By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall…
Local communities improve streamside habitat on the Willowemoc
By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year for planting,” explained Jeff Foster, president of the local…
Local community helps improve streamside habitat on the Willowemoc
By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year for planting,” explained Jeff Foster, president of the local…
Habitat diversity
The Goose Creek subbasin in the Upper Snake River Basin has a diverse native fish assemblage that reflects the presence of rare non-game species and peripheral populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout. This assessment examines linkages between native fishes and their habitat in the Goose Creek subbasin with several key findings: 1) fish diversity is linked…
Trout Unlimited Supports New York Governor's Funding Proposal
3/13/2000 Trout Unlimited Supports New York Governor’s Funding Proposal Trout Unlimited Supports New York Governor’s Funding Proposal Governor Pataki Proposes to Increase Funding for Conservation and Recreation Contact: 3/13/2000 — — Contact: Nat Gillespie, Trout Unlimited’s Catskills Coordinator, (607) 498 5960; ngillespie@tu.org March 13, 2000. Roscoe, N.Y. . . The New York State Council of…