Big day in Klamath Country
This Transfer Order is a critical step forward in the long slog to remove four old fish-blocking dams and re-open more than 400 miles of historic habitat for the Klamath’s struggling salmon and steelhead runs.
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Hunters and Anglers Unveil Vision for National Wildlife Refuges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2021 CONTACT: Randall Williams | rwilliams@trcp.org | 406.491.6767 Leading conservation groups and industry brands release report with recommendations for the future of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-managed public lands (Washington D.C.)—A new report from 32 hunting- and fishing-related conservation organizations and businesses celebrates the successes of the National Wildlife Refuge System in…
Empowered: Lights out for wild salmon
Salmon in the Snake River Basin must navigate eight major dams between the Pacific Ocean and Idaho.
Infrastructure investments bolster reconnection of Bigelow Creek
A nearly decades-long partnership for watershed restoration in Newaygo County is getting a boost.
Fishing for Answers to the Critical Minerals Conundrum
TU continues to focus on mining issues, policy changes and water quality impacts so you can focus on fishing.
Second Phase of River Bend Ranch Project Nears Completion
The innovative project will reestablish a thriving riparian zone and install bioengineered bank stabilization treatments throughout the floodplain to improve habitat and connectivity for all life stages of Snake River Cutthroat Trout, promote bank and channel stability, and reduce erosion and land loss. Contacts: SUBLETTE COUNTY, DATE – A collaborative effort to improve fish habitat,…
Seeking blue, seeing gold
Meadow and watershed restoration in the Golden Trout Wilderness
Trout Unlimited Releases New Film Celebrating Salt River Restoration Efforts
Contact: Nick Gann, Rocky Mountain Communications Director, nick.gann@tu.org Earlier today, Trout Unlimited released a new film, “Horses and Highwater: Restoring Tincup Creek,” documenting the restoration of the Salt River Watershed and the people who made this incredible project come to life. Located in northwest Wyoming and southeast Idaho, the Salt is a blue-ribbon fishery for…
Wielding the conservation power of the President
Conservation is the best idea that America ever gave the rest of the world.
Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited's Highest Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rick Hartman, Shrems W. Michigan TU616-835-5764 Shrems West Michigan Chapter Receives Trout Unlimited’s Highest Award Chapter recognized for conservation efforts near Grand Rapids. ARLINGTON, Va. Trout Unlimited (TU) has awarded its top chapter honor to the Shrems West Michigan Chapter, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. The chapter was presented with the…
New Trout Unlimited Program to Serve U.S. Veterans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 New Trout Unlimited Program to Serve U.S. Veterans Project will engage veterans in conservation and fly fishing. Arlington, Va. – Trout Unlimited (TU) announces its new Veterans Service Program that will serve U.S. veterans throughout the country, through conservation projects and fly fishing…
Short casts: Roadless battle over?; EPA cuts; salmon sex, and more
Some of America’s wildest lands should staty that way if a legal decision last month in Washington has any staying power. The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia threw out the state of Alaska’s last-ditch effort to undermine the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects some 50 million acres of public lands, including Alaska’s…
Idaho creek facelift a boost for wild steelhead
Video of Wimpey Skinner 2017 A collaborative effort in Idaho has left one creek for the better. What: Wimpey Creek is a tributary to the Lemhi River. Its confluence with the Lemhi is about 11 miles south of the Lemhi’s confluence with the Salmon River. Wimpey is one of three or four Lemhi tributaries that…
Short casts: Waters of our youth; fly fishing ballplayers; Top Chef on the water
Photo courtesy of Myers Reece and Hatch Magazine. We all have memories of past fishing experiences, those trips into the woods or down the street to the city park pond are never forgotten. Myers Reece’s recent piece in Hatch Magazine stirred old memories … and then I got to the end, and I was hearbroken.…
Outdoor journalist helps TU, others with new book
Kris Millgate is a tenacious outdoor journalist, and I’ve come to admire her as much for her work as I do for her enthusiasm. Several years back, while working to garner press for TU’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Project, I contracted with Kris to help produce high-quality videos that showcased TU’s work on public lands and waters…
TU volunteers monitoring spawning redds and dam sites in Massachusetts
Members of TU’s Deerfield Watershed chapter work on their redd survey on their home river. The past year has seen TU staff and volunteers in Massachusetts engaged in a variety of efforts in the field. The Deerfield Watershed chapter had a big year in 2018, particularly with their efforts with a sapwning study in the Deerfield…
Embrace A Stream Challenge: Only 48 hours left to ‘Give Where You Fish’
Join Trout Unlimited and Orvis in helping 17 local TU chapters — made up of members and volunteers like you — restore the rivers they love and unlock $20,000 in cash prizes to support their work. Together we’ve already raised more than $31,000 for these great projects, and with just 48 hours left in the…
Trout Unlimited receives EPA grant to expand STREAM Girls
By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited staff in Michigan are excited to announce the expansion of the STREAM Girls program throughout the state thanks to a recently awarded grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education Program. The goal of expanding Trout Unlimited’s STREAM Girls Program is to educate more than 275 girls, 35 partners and volunteers, and 1,000 community members…
A bridge over No Name Road
A longtime landowner’s love of his rural California land and the tiny steelhead stream that flows through it is key to the success of a challenging TU-led fish passage project.
12 hours and 305 miles of trout restoration in Virginia
Surveying a recent Trout Unlimited dam removal site deep in Virginia’s mountains, Dylan Cooper made sure to not just focus on what wasn’t there anymore, but what remained.