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Every entry in our sweepstakes powers our work keeping rivers cold and fish thriving.
Oct. 1, 2013 Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement from Trout Unlimited on the Shutdown of the Federal Government WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited is disappointed by the federal government shutdown because it undercuts fall fishing opportunities that are economically vital to communities bordering national parks and monuments. The…
Embrace A Stream (EAS) is a matching grant program administered by TU that awards funds to TU chapters and councils for coldwater fisheries conservation. Since its inception in 1975, EAS has funded more than 1,250 individual projects with more than $5 million in direct cash grants. For current updates on EAS projects, visit the EAS…
Abandoned hardrock mines create some of the most significant water quality problems facing our country, but in Congress we have an opportunity to invest in cleaning up pollution of the past, while modernizing our mining laws so we don’t face the same issues in the future
Contact:Erin Mooney Trout Unlimited, (215) 557-2845, emooney@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Marcellus Shale Impact Bill a Step Forward for Fish and Wildlife in Pennsylvania New rules a step in the right direction, but protections should be stronger. Harrisburg, PA House Bill 1950, the state’s long-debated Marcellus Shale bill, passed the Pennsylvania House and Senate and is…
New TU film gives a case study of how TU is leasing water rights to benefit rural communities and restore a former Blue Ribbon trout fishery.
The great conservationist, Aldo Leopold, once wrote that “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none…
STATE OF THE BASIN For far too long, the Colorado River has been overused and overworked. Despite this year’s epic winter, the system’s largest reservoirs are still less than a third full, while the Basin faces threats to its environmental, economic, and cultural values. With so much at stake for the future of the Colorado…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2014 Contact: Russ Schnitzer: (307) 438-1365 Steve Moyer: (703) 284-9406 Trout Unlimited applauds House passage of Farm Bill Conference Report WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited congratulated the House today for voting to reauthorize the Farm Bill and helping to keep trout and salmon resource conservation efforts in place across the nation.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Caltagirone, President Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited (775) 232-9697 mcaltagirone@sagebrushtu.org The Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited is Now Accepting Applications for Funding of Northern Nevada/California Focused Coldwater Fisheries and Watershed Conservation Projects (August 17, 2009 Reno, NV) The Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited has announced it is now accepting applications…
2/21/2003 Trout Unlimited Signs Cooperative Agreement With Natural Resource Conservation Service (NCRS) Trout Unlimited Signs Cooperative Agreement With Natural Resource Conservation Service (NCRS) Contact: Steve Moyer VP of Conservation Programs Trout Unlimited 703-284-9406 2/21/2003 — Arlington, VA — Trout Unlimited (TU) and USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) signed an agreement today which committed the…
The ruling makes it possible to move forward with planning for the Colorado River Connectivity Channel, yet hurdles remain. Denver, Colo. (December 14, 2020) – Recently, U.S. District Court Judge, Timothy M. Tymkovich, dismissed a 2017 lawsuit clearing the way for construction of a new reservoir and making it possible to move forward with the construction of the Colorado River Connectivity…
7/27/2000 CARA Taps Rare Bipartisan Vein in Congress CARA Taps Rare Bipartisan Vein in Congress Senate Committee Passes the Conservation and Reinvestment Act Contact: 7/27/2000 — — July 25, 2000. Washington, DC. Trout Unlimited applauded passage of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 2000 (CARA) by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today. The…
By Chris Hunt The low grumble in Phoebe’s throat grew into a steady growl, and her floppy ears perked up. She stared across the Little Greys River Canyon in the fading twilight, clearly interested in something across the river. “Hush,” I said instinctively, nursing a gin and tonic and staring into the flames that were…
3/30/2006 TU announces expansion of its abandoned mine cleanup efforts across the West March 30, 2006 Contact: Chris Wood, TU Vice President for Conservation, (571) 274-0601 Ted Fitzgerald, TU American Fork Canyon Project Manager, (801) 465-9949 Chris Hunt, PLI Communications Director, (208) 552-0891 x 714 TU announces expansion of its abandoned mine cleanup efforts across…
10/25/2001 NOAA, Trout Unlimited Join Forces For Coastal Habitat Restoration NOAA, Trout Unlimited Join Forces For Coastal Habitat Restoration NOAA to Provide up to $1 Million for Local Coastal Restoration Efforts Contact: Gordon Helm , , NOAA (301) 713-2370 NOAA (301) 713-2370 10/25/2001 — — The Commerce Departments National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and…
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…
My first Make a Difference Day still gives me goosebumps. It was October 2006. We had decided to do a special volunteer event just for the national day of service. We did not expect much as we had decided to take a regularly scheduled volunteer event, coin it a Make a Difference Day event, change the date…
Photo above: Congressman Dan Meuser (white shirt) and Earth Conservancy president/CEO Mike Dziak (speaking) during a tour of an abandoned mine reclamation site in Luzerne County, Pa. Earth Conservancy photo. There are moonscapes outside Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—piles of black culm left behind from coal mining operations before the dawn of regulation four decades ago. A local…