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U.S. House of Representatives Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Cuts Conservation Funding and Blocks Natural Resources Initiatives

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,…

Climate news: Striped bass taking bite out of Atlantic salmon

Published in Conservation

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…

Salmon Treaty Agreement Major Step Forward, Says Trout Unlimited

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…

Cortland partners with TU to support Embrace-a-Stream

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…

Orvis, TU begin project to open 1,000 miles of water over next decade

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…

Sampling the southern Sierra

Published in From the field
River in forrest with mountains in Sequoia National Park

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

Anglers, hunters support bipartisan House renewable energy bill

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…

U.S. House of Rep. Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Cuts Conservation Funding and Blocks Natural Resources Initiatives

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…

Native Odyssey: California

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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…

Trout Love Snow

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Person in wide river casting with snowy mountains behind

The rest of us, not so much. Winter continues in the West, but that’s ok with us anglers.

Virginia gives Atlantic Coast Pipeline conditional approval

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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…

The cruelest month

Published in Voices from the river, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

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…

Voices from the river: Fishing in the desert

Published in Voices from the river

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…

TU Business Spotlight: Trout Scapes River Restoration, LLC

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By Walt Gasson Like any great company, Trout Scapes River Restoration, LLC is about great people. Brian Cowden is one of those great people. Brian comes to Trout Scapes after being the VP of Sales and Marketing for a Montana based river restoration firm. Prior to that role, Brian worked at Trout Unlimited where he…

Maclin, Curley promoted to new posts

Elizabeth Maclin Feb. 23, 2015 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU promotes Maclin to executive VP post; Curley promoted to VP for eastern conservation WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood announced today the promotion of Elizabeth Maclin to the organizations executive vice president position. Maclin…

The Salmon Superhighway

Published in Conservation, Science, steelhead, TROUT Magazine

On the north coast of Oregon, six major river systems spanning 940 square miles that drain into Tillamook and Nestucca bays provide a historic opportunity for science, collaboration between landowners, resource agencies and other stakeholders, and joint efforts of volunteers and professionals to come together to reconnect productive habitat for six species of anadromous (ocean-going)…

TU work pays off: Smith and Cascade-Siskiyou

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Baldface Creek, Smith River headwaters, OR. Photo: California Department of Fish & Wildlife Two announcements last week that a region of the country renowned for its s almon and steelhead fishing and biodiversity would be better protected were good news for anglers and native trout conservationists. On Thursday, January 12, the Department of the Interior…