Search results for “delaware river basin”

Measuring success on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna

Published in Conservation

By Shawn Rummel   The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park.   Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous resource for outdoor recreation.…

Measuring restoration success in PA’s West Branch Susquehanna watershed

Published in Uncategorized

By Shawn Rummel The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park. Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous…

Two days, one fly

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood Walt shook his head. “It’s up to you man, but I wouldn’t use a streamer. There’s a ton of wood and other snags in the river through the park. But it’s your call.” At the put-in, another guide commented, “I had two really good streamer fishermen hit the same stretch yesterday, and…

Are there “good” dams and “bad” dams?

Published in Uncategorized, Dam Removal

We just released an issue of TROUT magazine that focuses most of its 100 pages on the need to remove four dams from the Lower Snake River.  That was an easy call for me as editor because I think removal of the Lower Snake dams, thus giving a huge percentage of steelhead and salmon in the…

TU, Vermont Fish and Wildlife host Chinese delegation

Published in Uncategorized

Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home River’s Initiative, along with our partners at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, were invited to speak to employees of the USFWS and the Chinese Department of Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Management, and the Cinese State Academy of Foresty, about our stream restoration and research projects on the Silvio…

Trout Unlimited praises new Natural Resouces Investment Center

Trout Unlimited Statement Dec. 15, 2015 Contact: Scott Yates, director, TU Western Water and Habitat program, syates@tu.org, (307) 349-0753 Randy Scholfield, TU director of Communications, Southwest region, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Trout Unlimited praises new Natural Resources Investment Center (Washington, D.C.) — Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell unveiled today, at the White House Roundtable for Water Innovation,…

Gambling on Gold

Published in Advocacy

The proposed Uinta Basin Railway poses a significant threat to Colorado River’s Gold Medal waters.

Voices from the River: A reincarnated trout?

Published in Voices from the river

Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife. By Garrett Hanks Extinction, as the saying goes, is forever. Reincarnation? Let’s just say the jury is still out. But the case for rebirth grew significantly stronger over the summer when Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the rediscovery of a native trout species long considered extinct. Thanks to a…

Improving Habitat in a Great Basin Oasis

Published in Restoration

In 2019, the Inland Trout Program of Trout Unlimited set out to improve and restore fish habitat near “the Elbow”, a renowned fishing access area included in the new state park. Utilizing both biogenic floodplain features and rock j-hook structures

Hooked

Published in Snake River

Snake River ambassador, Josh Warnick’s, journey to falling in love with the art of steelheading

Trying to keep a river from dying in Colorado

Published in Conservation

A brown trout caught during an electroshocking fish survey on the Big Cimarron River in Colorado. Trout Unlimited photo. By Cary Denison The Big Cimarron River shouldn’t go dry. This may seem like an obvious declaration about any trout stream. But the truth is, here in Colorado’s Gunnison Basin, and many other places in the…

TU applauds NY decision to protect critical water resources from shale gas impacts

15031253555_7b74450116_o.jpg Dec. 17, 2014 CONTACT: Katy Dunlap, eastern water project director, kdunlap@tu.org, 607-703-0256 Mark Taylor, eastern communications director, mtaylor@tu.org, 540-353-3556 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited applauds New York decision to protect critical water resources from shale gas impacts Washington, D.C.Today New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will prohibit the practice of high-volume…

Snake River salmon and steelhead remain on the brink

Published in Conservation
Steelhead trout.

We’ve had 30 years to get these species recovered. More than $17 billion has been spent mitigating the impacts of the lower Snake River hydro system in numerous forms. From habitat improvement, modification of the dams themselves, increased flows to widespread predator management and intense scientific study, the river’s salmon and steelhead are still on the Endangered Species List with no delisting in sight

New SweetWater beer and #fishforafish campaign benefits brookies

Published in Uncategorized

By Mark Taylor Who isn’t drawn to beer featuring really great trout artwork on cans and packaging? And how great is it when that beer is not only super tasty, but also benefits wild trout? SweetWater Brewery’s new fall seasonal, Mosaic Hazy IPA, checks all the boxes. It’s a juicy, fruity, moderately hoppy (65 IBUs)…