Search results for “delaware river basin”

The fish are back!

Published in Restoration

Salmon and steelhead are roaring back above the recently removed Klamath dams. Now, what comes next?

Local community helps improve streamside habitat on the Willowemoc

Published in Uncategorized

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

Published in Uncategorized

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

Published in Uncategorized

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…

Trout Unlimited Lauds New Klamath River Agreement

TU Logo 2014.jpg April 18, 2014 Contact: Brian Johnson, California Director, (510) 528-4772 Sam Davidson, Communications Director, California/Nevada, (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Lauds New Klamath River Agreement Latest water sharing agreement is good for farmers, fishermen, and hunters BERKELEY, Calif.Todays formal signing of a water sharing agreement between the Klamath Tribes and…

Trout Unlimited Launches New Film Celebrating Revival of Historic Wyoming Watershed  

Contact: Nick Gann, Rocky Mountain Communications Director, Trout Unlimited – nick.gann@tu.org Trout Unlimited media resources: https://tu.org/about/media CHEYENNE, WY – Earlier today, Trout Unlimited (TU) launched a new film, “Lifeblood,” celebrating the collective work and partnerships needed to revitalize Muddy Creek, an important tributary of the Colorado River Basin located south of Rawlins, Wyoming.  For decades,…

Sprint to the finish on Klamath River dam removal

Published in From the field, Dam Removal, Restoration

Signatories to the Klamath Basin Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, including Trout Unlimited, held a press briefing on November 12 and said they are in a “sprint to the finish” to achieve the pact’s principal goal of removing four old dams on the Klamath River. The signatories, including Tribal leaders, a representative of the ranching community, and…

Leave it to the beavers

Editor’s note: TU sent a handful of college students to the Pacific Northwest for this year’s TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey to study and fish in the Columbia River basin. With misty morning breaths, the Odyssey crew circled up at the entrance of Black Pine Lake in the mountains of Winthrop, Wash. Already dressed in our…

Voices from the River: Making a difference without getting our hands wet

Published in Voices from the river

By Wes Johnson Sometimes the most effective volunteer Trout Unlimited projects might seem like they have nothing to do with fishing. Such was the case with a recent work project by the Weber Basin Anglers Trout Unlimited Chapter out of Ogden, Utah. Higher than normal precipitation throughout northern Utah during the 2016-2017 winter gave rise…

TU Business Spotlight: Sky Blue Outfitters

Published in Uncategorized

I lived in a neighboring state for a while, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was practically in our back yard. I loved the place the first time I saw it. Dense timber, ridge and valley after ridge and valley, and in the bottom of every valley – a stream or a river. There were rivers…

It’s time to step up for the Snake

Published in Snake River

The Snake River Basin should be the largest wild salmon and steelhead stronghold in the continental United States, with its cold, clean water fed by high-mountain snow and its thousands of miles of high-quality habitat—much of it in protected public lands.

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…

Klamath River restoration campaign passes another milestone

Published in Uncategorized

The upper Klamath Basin. Over the past year, TU’s long involvement in the campaign to restore the Klamath River and its salmon and steelhead runs paid dividends as this three-pronged effort passed several major milestones. TU’s staff and grassroots in both California and Oregon have played integral roles in this progress. Most recently, the Klamath…

Everything you wanted to know: westslope cutthroat trout

Published in Fishing

Westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi)    Species Summary & Status: Officially designated as Montana’s state fish, the westslope cutthroat’s historical range included all of Montana west of the Continental Divide, as well as the upper Missouri River drainage. The average size of these fish is 6 to 16 inches, depending on habitat.  It is often…

Klamath Settlement Agreements Finalized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Craig Tucker, Spokesman Karuk Tribe (916) 207-8294 Troy Fletcher, Policy Analyst, Yurok Tribe (707) 498-8486 Jeff Mitchell, Council member, Klamath Tribes(541) 891-5971 Glen Spain, Regional Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens Associations(541) 689-2000 Greg Addington, Executive Director, Klamath Water Users Association (541) 892 1409 Karl Scronce, President, Upper Klamath Water Users…