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,…
3/8/2001 Golden Trout Petition And Legal Actions Will Move Forward In Spite Of Decision To Remove Beer-Maker’s Cattle From Sensitive Areas Golden Trout Petition And Legal Actions Will Move Forward In Spite Of Decision To Remove Beer-Maker’s Cattle From Sensitive Areas Contact: 3/8/2001 — — Contact: Steve Trafton, TU California Policy Coordinator: 510-528-4772, cell. 510-418-1812…
Southern steelhead country. My son and I wandered into the land of the southern steelhead yesterday. Cactus sprouted like gargoyles from the sandstone outcroppings that lined the creek up which we hiked. This winter has been profligate all across California and yet another massive cumulonimbus cloud reared up over the peaks above us. Then it…
3/3/2004 Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Contact: Rob Roberts Embrace-A-Stream Coordinator Trout Unlimited 703.284.9424 3/3/2004 — Washington — National Conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) this week announced its selections for 2004 Embrace-A-Stream grants. Embrace-A-Stream is the flagship grant program for funding Trout Unlimited grassroots fishery conservation efforts. This…
Millions of Americans in the East will head to the Atlantic’s beaches for vacation this summer. Even anglers who don’t own saltwater-specific gear can use their freshwater equipment to have fun and catch some fish
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org U.S. House of Representatives Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Cuts Conservation Funding and Blocks Natural Resources Initiatives Bill attacks Clean Water Act, public land management,watershed restoration, and conservation funding. Arlington, Va.— Trout Unlimited (TU) strongly opposes the appropriations bill for Interior,…
Buhler was right. There was absolutely no mistaking it. The Kern River rainbow has a vibrancy in color, all of its colors, that simply isn’t present in its hatchery imposters. The back of the fish was more densely clustered with darker and more defined spots, the rose coloring along its lateral line was more clearly defined and the most telltale mark, the white edges along its fins, were clearly defined.
July 30, 2013 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mike Connor solid choice for DOI deputy post WASHINGTON, D.C.Mike Connor, the Obama administrations appointee to the post of Deputy Secretary of the Interior, is an excellent choice who will help the department navigate the challenges it faces throughout…
9/29/1999 Salmon Treaty Agreement Major Step Forward, Says Trout Unlimited Salmon Treaty Agreement Major Step Forward, Says Trout Unlimited Contact: 9/29/1999 — — Trout Unlimited and Trout Unlimited Canada today commended the U.S. and Canadian negotiators for the Pacific salmon agreement announced June 3 in Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington. The agreement ended a…
By John Braico Over the past 20 years I’ve been fishing for Atlantic salmon in Canada, at times enjoying spectacular angling in a northern wilderness setting. Only once did I fish the Maritimes, specifically the storied Miramichi of New Brunswick. I was awed by a log-sized salmon just a tad smaller than the record…
July 16, 2014 Contact: Chuck Caulkins, Cortland Line Co. (646) 549-0795 Joel R. Johnson, TU Chief Marketing Officer (646) 573-6410 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cortland supports Trout Unlimiteds restoration program As it prepares to celebrate its centennial, Cortland partners with TUs signature restoration funding effort, Embrace-a-Stream ORLANDOAs Cortland Line Co. prepares to celebrate its 100th year…
Contact:Elizabeth Maclin, Trout Unlimited, emaclin@tu.orgBill Eyre, Orvis, eyreb@orvis.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orvis, TU begin project to open 1,000 miles of water over next decade MANCHESTER, Vt. Orvis and Trout Unlimited this week announced the first two streams that will be improved to allow better passage for wild and native trout as part of the new…
June 5, 2015 Contact: Brian Zupancic, government affairs manager, (703) 284-9427 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Anglers, hunters support bipartisan House renewable energy bill WASHINGTON, D.C.A new bipartisan renewable energy bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives has brdfoad support within the sporting community because it includes royalty provisions for public lands renewable energy development that…
July 13, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org U.S. House of Rep. Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Cuts Conservation Funding and Blocks Natural Resources Initiatives Bill attacks Clean Water Act, public land management, watershed restoration, and conservation funding. Arlington, Va. Trout Unlimited (TU) strongly opposes the appropriations bill…
A TU chapter partners with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to search for pure Kern River rainbow trout in its spectacular native range
Trout Unlimited is working to minimize impacts of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline on trout streams in Virginia and West Virginia. (Mark Taylor photo.) By David Kinney For more than three years, Trout Unlimited has been working to address impacts of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline through prime Eastern brook trout habitat in West Virginia…
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Program sent a handful of student-anglers on a road trip across America in search of native trout. On the team’s final stop, they visited California. Sequoia National Forest Located in south-ce ntral California, Sequioa National Forest encompasses slightly less than 2,000 square miles. It is named, as is…
Biggest fish of the day, general trout season opener, Los Padres Reservoir, April 2019. April is the cruellest [sic] month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Thus begins The Waste Land, T.S. Elliot’s most famous work and the defining poem of the Modernist era…
The rest of us, not so much. Winter continues in the West, but that’s ok with us anglers.
The Arroyo Seco River. By Sam Davidson Not long ago, on an unseasonably warm Saturday, I went fishing in the desert. Well, technically the Arroyo Seco River isn’t desert—the fishable section flows through a rugged canyon sheathed in cha parral. But it might as well be in the desert. It’s hot and dry there much…
