Wyoming governor visits Little Mountain’s cutthroat paradise
Gov. Mark Gordon and his staff spent time on the ground in Wyoming’s treasured Little Mountain, located in the state’s southwest corner
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Photo of the Week – success story
With our Faces of Restoration series coming to a close for now, we wanted to include one more instrumental face.
Chasing the Green Drake all the way to the Arctic
The Green Drake. Chris Hunt photo. Five years ago, I drove from my driveway in Idaho Falls all the way to Dead Horse, Alaska, where I caught a glimpse of the Arctic Ocean, and then back again. It was a 10-week journey, and, when it was all said and done, I put about 20,000 miles…
Praying for rain on the Western Slope of Colorado
The thin, cool air and the end of high mountain wildflower season were calling my name.
TU’s top 10 conservation campaigns of 2019
Bristol Bay The clear, cold rivers of the Bristol Bay region in southwest Alaska support some of the strongest remaining salmon runs in North America. These waters entice anglers, tourists and other outdoor enthusiasts from around the globe to view rare and majestic wildlife, marvel at an untouched landscape, and chase trophy rainbow trout and salmon. The region is under imminent threat…
TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front
12/9/2006 TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front Dec. 9, 2006 Contact: David Stalling, (406) 531-7840, dstalling@tu.org Chris Hunt (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.org For immediate release: TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front GREAT FALLS, Mont.Trout Unlimited on Saturday thanked U.S. Sens.…
TU’s Stream Restoration: Utilizing Wood from Hazardous Fuels Reduction Treatments for Healthier Watersheds
Did you know that in Wyoming, Oregon and elsewhere, TU also plays a role in active forest management by using low-value wood products from hazardous fuels reduction projects completed by the USDA Forest Service to build in-stream restoration structures?
Conservation of Greater Little Mountain Area included in draft BLM management plan
Proposed Rock Springs resource management plan balances conservation and energy development ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft resource management plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office, located in southwest Wyoming. The area is home to the Greater Little Mountain Area, a 500,000-acre region prized by hunters…
Video spotlight: Tour de Tahoe
Combining fly fishing and mountain biking is certainly nothing new, but I’ve seen a few videos over the last several months that indicate this “bike-packing” into backcountry fly-fishing destinations is becoming more of “a thing” lately. Video of Tour de Tahoe // Bikepacking and Fly Fishing in the Sierra Mountains The video above is a…
Dispatch from Apacheria
It is July in Arizona, and the heat lies out there like some hulking great beast, a monster with an appetite that seems always unsated.
It’s official: Apache trout are back
FWS removes the native fish from Endangered Species list in a first for a trout or salmon species.
Warm winter days are nice — when they are rare
By Mark Taylor I probably shouldn’t have been surprised. The first truck was parked just past the “Special Regulations Trout Water” sign. A few hundred yards farther up the gravel Forest Service road I met an SUV coming my way. Two friends from my local Trout Unlimited chapter were in it. We rolled down our…
Finding a deeper story in the Vermont woods
The fish gently bobbing in my hands reminds me of the gift of public lands. In what other ways are we able to so intimately connect with a place? Adjusting my hunched crouch, I pull out a film camera and click the shutter.
A Nation’s River
In the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia small streams tumble through hollows choked with hardwoods and laurel. In the valleys, creeks are born at gurgling limestone springs. Generations ago there were trophy-sized native brook trout here. But as our nation grew the health of these creeks and these trout was an afterthought. Man’s impact damaged trout streams and trout populations. …
Montana Hunters and Anglers ask delegation to permanently protect the Rocky Mountain Front
3/23/2006 Montana Hunters and Anglers ask delegation to permanently protect the Rocky Mountain Front March 23, 2006 Contact: David Stalling, Trout Unlimited: (406) 721-4441, (406) 531-7840 (cell) Nathan Birkeland, Montana Wildlife Federation: (800) 517-7256 Rich Day, Montana Wildlife Federation: (406) 546-9347 (cell) Montana Hunters and Anglers ask delegation to permanently protect the Rocky Mountain Front…
30 Great Places: White Mountain National Forest
Region: New EnglandActivities: Fishing, hunting, hikingSpecies: Brook and brown trout; whitetail deer; ruffed grouse; moose Where: The White Mountain National Forest comprises more than 750,000 acres in the eastern New Hampshire counties of Grafton, Coos and Carroll with a small portion of the forest extending into Maine. The forest includes over 100 miles of the…