Corinne Doctor serves on the board of her local Boulder Flycasters Chapter in Colorado, and is also the women and diversity initiative coordinator for the statewide Colorado Council. In 2011, she and her husband Garrison founded Rep Your Water, a hat and apparel company that donates 3 percent of every purchase to conservation. In 10…
TU, BLM ink $8.867 million partnership for watershed restoration across the West.
May and June are great months for fishing caddis patterns in the driftless. This year, I noticed many fish receptive to caddis patterns stationed in shallow, fast water in broad daylight. Here are a few suggestions that might help you catch more trout on caddis patterns. I am not a big fan of floating caddis…
Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world.
By Garrett Hanks Wolf Creek pass in the San Juan mountains of Colorado serves as the tipping point between the westward San Juan basin, home to the recently rediscovered San Juan cutthroat trout, and the Rio Grande cutthroat’s namesake river to the east. Unlike trout, bear, mule deer and other wildlife are unhindered by the ridgeline; their tracks freely cross the divide. Look north and you’ll notice the burn scar from the West Fork fire of 2013. Setting off south along the Continental Divide Trail, you quickly…
On a map, it doesn’t look all that far. A quick jaunt up the freeway. A race across a sea of potato fields and a good section of the Idaho National Laboratory, where plans are in place to build a dozen modular nuclear reactors to help power some 36 western communities starting in less than a decade. Finally, there’s the run up the river valley to where the desert meets the Lemhi Range
Two years ago, I took possession of a weathered 15-year- old wooden fishing dory from my friend Andy Toohey. “Took possession,” because I didn’t buy it, and he didn’t want it. He let me have that boat, but only after I had promised that I would fully restore it, and I wouldn’t bring it back, whether I lived up to promise number one or not.
7/11/2006 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexico?s Native Fish July 11, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Schudlich, 505-470-4878 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexicos Native Fish ARLINGTON, VA Trout Unlimited announced today that it has received two grants totaling $460,000 for restoring native fish in New Mexico. Trout Unlimited and…
(June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would begin the process of repealing and replacing the Clean Water Rule in accordance with an executive order signed by President Trump in February. The Clean Water Rule of 2015, which was a critical step in protecting headwaters streams and wetlands across…
Few animals have been as totemic for humans as salmon. Entire cultures of indigenous peoples in North America evolved around this fish, its remarkable life history, and its powers as a food source. Whole reg ional economies have risen and foundered on the vicissitudes of the world’s seven salmon species—five of which are native to…
Media Release August 23, 2009 Contact: Pam Elkovich, 208.345-9800 For Immediate Release Liz Paul 208.343.7481 Lucky Peak Kokanee Salmon On the Move Celebrate Idahos Fish at Kokanee Outdoor Day After spending two to three years feeding in the deep waters of Lucky Peak Reservoir, kokanee salmon are red, fat and fighting their way up Mores…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Mark Kaelke, Trout Unlimited Southeast Alaska Project Director, 907-321-4464, mkaelke@tu.orgPaula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Director of Communications, Alaska Program, 907-230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org Trout Unlimited Commends Alaska Board of Fisheries for Adopting Statewide Phase Out of Felt Sole Wading Products Action marks an important step in controlling spread of aquatic invasive species ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March…
Contact:Charlie Card – (307) 710-7067Dave Glenn – (307) 349-1158Joy Bannon – (307) 287-0129 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pipeline decision a positive step for sportsmen FERC denies preliminary permit for Million Pipeline Lander, Wyo. The Sportsmen for the Green coalition welcomed a federal decision today that called into question the validity of a proposal to pipe water…
James Garrison of Lebanon, Pa., is the winner of the July TroutBlitz contest. Aug. 7, 2015 Contact: Chris Hunt, (208) 406-9106 Jack Williams (541) 261-3960 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pennsylvania angler wins July TroutBlitz contest New terrestrial fly assortment in store for August winner WASHINGTON, D.C. James Garrison of Lebanon, Pa., is the winner of Trout…
By Eric Booton I don’t consider myself a big drinker. There are few nights that I will have more than a beer o r two. But there is one thing I truly enjoy about my days on the water. And that is indulging myself in a nice, refreshing gulp after that rush of the first…
The move would protect more than nine million acres of roadless areas in the Tongass. The public has 60 days to provide comment on the proposal
By: Jenny Weis Eating delicious, wild, Bristol Bay salmon in your home just got easier thanks to TU Gold-level business member, Pride of Bristol Bay. (Click to order!*) Let me tell you why I’m so excited about this. Fishing Bristol Bay is amazing in its own right. The trout are enormous, the landscape is remote…
Trump order cuts protection for two million acres of national monuments Mounting threats to public lands leave sportsmen and women asking ‘what’s next?’ Dec. 4, 2017 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – President Trump announced today that he intends to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly two million acres, putting sportsmen and…
Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge has twice been selected as an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge of the Year. That’s a prestigious honor, awarded by people who know the ins and outs of running a lodge.
By Eric Booton Frustration is exhaled from behind my fully zipped collar, and the cloud of vapor fills the drawn hood of my wading jacket, fogging my lenses, furthering the frustration. I’ve heard nothing but positive reviews of this impressively clear and painfully cold spring creek. With an exception or two, I was easily able to round…
