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Mine reclamation takes partners

Published in Conservation

Partnerships are critical to getting large tasks accomplished. That’s true in nearly every aspect of Trout Unlimited’s work: from getting legislation passed to ensuring clean water for anglers and access to public lands to habitat improvement projects to help restore native fisheries, and most certainly, for the complex nature of abandoned mine cleanup.    Near Crested Butte, Colo., and up…

Trout Unlimited expands Tree Army to more Michigan watersheds

Published in Community

Trout Unlimited’s Rogue River Tree Army planted 17,067 trees along rivers and streams throughout the Rogue River watershed over the last two years. Its “soldiers” are just getting started. The Tree Army, which is funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through the U.S. Forest Service, is made up of TU staff, seasonal work crews and volunteers. This year, the Rogue River Tree Army…

Are you ready for the F3T?

Published in Trout Talk

March 10 can’t come soon enough.   The Fly Fishing Film tour, otherwise known as F3T, provides a time when I can’t wait to sit in front of a screen. While the snow still flies in Colorado, I revel in films that whisk me away to far-off adventures. I can drool over beastly fish. I get my adrenaline pumping with insane footage, and this year, we can do all this from the…

Make America Beautiful Again 250 Initiative Creates Opportunities for Shared Stewardship and Voluntary Conservation 

Trout Unlimited recommends utilizing the Good Samaritan Remediation program to advance the initiative  Last week, the White House Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission released its strategic initiative MABA 250 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States. Trout Unlimited looks forward to working alongside the commission and federal partners to advance shared priorities including: “balancing stewardship and economic growth, encouraging responsible conservation, restoring America’s wildlife, lands and waters, and protecting our Nation’s…

Trout Unlimited Volunteers Anxious to Increase Habitat Recovery Resources

4/12/2000 Trout Unlimited Volunteers Anxious to Increase Habitat Recovery Resources Trout Unlimited Volunteers Anxious to Increase Habitat Recovery Resources Fishable Waters Act of 2000 Introduced in Congress Today Contact: 4/12/2000 — — Contacts: Maggie Lockwood (703)284-9425 Steve Moyer (703) 284-9406 Washington, D.C. April 12, 2000 (Washington, DC) – Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater conservation…

PARTNERSHIP LED BY TU AND TPL TO RECONNECT TRIBUTARIES IN THE GROS VENTRE HEADWATERS

Published in Uncategorized

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Chris Deming, Senior Project Manager, Trust for Public Land, 307-739-3941, chris.deming@tpl.org PARTNERSHIP LED BY TROUT UNLIMITED AND TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO RECONNECT TRIBUTARIES IN THE GROS VENTRE HEADWATERS JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Trust for…

Reconnecting headwaters of the Gros Ventre River in Wyoming

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Chris Deming, Senior Project Manager, Trust for Public Land, 307-739-3941, chris.deming@tpl.org PARTNERSHIP LED BY TROUT UNLIMITED AND TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO RECONNECT TRIBUTARIES IN THE GROS VENTRE HEADWATERS JACKSON, Wyoming Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Trust for Public…

Colorado River Connectivity Channel Clears Final Federal Hurdle

Partners applaud decision allowing $30M river reconnection project to proceed FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2022 Contacts: Mely Whiting, Colorado Water Project Legal Counsel, 720-470-4758 Jeff Stahla, Public Information Officer, Northern Water, 970-622-2331 Ed Moyer, County Manager, Grand County, 970-531-7799 John Andrews, P.E., State Conservation Engineer, NRCS, 720-544-2834 DENVER, Colo.—The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)…

Nuts and Bolts

Published in Restoration

Nuts and Bolts The intense effort and partnership behind restoring fish habitat on a remote Alaskan island This summer, Trout Unlimited completed a major restoration project on Kuiu Island in the Tongass National Forest This work reconnected nearly two miles of habitat for coho, chum, pink salmon, rainbow trout, coastal cutthroat trout and sculpin. But…

Sen. Kohl?s Farm Bill program would aid fisheries and stream restoration

3/29/2007 Sen. Kohl?s Farm Bill program would aid fisheries and stream restoration March 29, 2007 Contact: Dan Wisniewski (608) 698-8680 Laura Hewitt (608) 250-3534 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sen. Kohls Farm Bill program would aid fisheries and stream restoration Legislation would provide $60 million for fish and riparian habitat MADISON, Wisc.Trout Unlimited applauded Sen. Herb Kohl,…

Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexico?s Native Fish

7/11/2006 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexico?s Native Fish July 11, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Schudlich, 505-470-4878 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexicos Native Fish ARLINGTON, VA Trout Unlimited announced today that it has received two grants totaling $460,000 for restoring native fish in New Mexico. Trout Unlimited and…

Salmon-Challis Forest Service biologist receives national award for his work to protect fish in the Little Lost, Big Lost and Salmon River drainages.

09/27/2007 Salmon-Challis Forest Service biologist receives national award for his work to protect fish in the Little Lost, Big Lost and Salmon River drainages. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Kim Goodman (208) 552-0891 SALMON-CHALLIS FOREST SERVICE BIOLOGIST RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR HIS WORK TO PROTECT FISH IN THE DRAINAGES OF THE BIG LOST,…

Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen and Crew Call Pebble Mine a Disaster for Alaska;

05/20/2009 Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen and Crew Call Pebble Mine a Disaster for Alaska; May 20, 2009 Contact: Nelli Williams Program Director Trout Unlimited Alaska Program 907-770-1776 nwilliams@tu.org Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen and Crew Call Pebble Mine a Disaster for Alaska; Celebrity Crab Fishermen ask Gov. Sarah Palin to Halt Project (ANCHORAGE, May…

Two House bills seek to undermine Clean Water Act

April 17, 2015 Contact: Brian Zupancic, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9427 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Two bills in Congress will undermine effort to protect headwaters WASHINGTON, D.C.–Two U.S. House of Representatives committees passed separate bills this week that would severely hinder the effort to restore protections to Americas headwater streams under the iconic Clean Water Act. One…