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TU members in NY urged to comment on draft trout plan

Published in Conservation

The New York council of Trout Unlimited is urging TU members to comment on the state’s recently released Draft Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams.  The plan will provide a detailed road map for protecting trout waters and informing management decisions to improve fishing for trout, among the state’s most sought-after gamefish.  The Department of Environmental Conservation made the plan public on May 29, 2020. The deadline…

Hermosa is a backyard treasure

Published in Featured

By Ty Churchwell Just eight miles from Durango’s city limits is the 107,000-acre Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Wilderness. Enacted in 2014, the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act is the result of a community coming together for a favorite backyard playground for locals and a destination for America’s public land visitors who flock to the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado each year.    Prior to the passage of the…

TU applauds new Klamath River agreement

November 17, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian J. Johnson, California Director(415) 385-0796; bjohnson@tu.org Sam Davidson, Communications Director(831) 235-2542; sdavidson@tu.org Trout Unlimited lauds Governors Newsom and Brown, Warren Buffett, Tribes for clearing path to Klamath River dam removal States of California and Oregon demonstrate “timely and critical leadership” in resolving issues related to transfer of…

TU and Forest Service team up for Michigan intern program

Published in Responsible Recreation, Featured, Youth

In 2020 Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the Huron-Manistee National Forest, ran a program that employed interns on three Wild and Scenic Rivers.  The interns represented both Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service, informing river users of the regulations, providing information on coldwater resources as well as Wild and Scenic designations and Leave No Trace principles.  Interns were stationed at river landings to check permits (where required) and educate…

All you wanted to know: Redband trout

Published in Fishing, Travel

Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss sub-species) Species summary and status: Redband trout are subspecies of rainbow trout and exist in two well-defined geographic regions. The Columbia River redband trout is found in Montana, Washington, and Idaho, and the Great Basin redband trout is found in southeastern Oregon and parts of California and Nevada. The redband is similar…

Biden Administration calls for passage of Good Samaritan legislation; reforming mining laws 

Mine entrance with polluted water coming out of it

New recommendations include providing Good Samaritans with liability protections to clean up abandoned mines, modernizing mining laws, and improved permitting processes.  Contacts:     Arlington, VA. (September 12, 2023) – Today, the Biden Administration released a new report, Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands, from the Interagency Working Group on Mining Reform with policies to support…

Lower Snake River Dam Bypass Economic Impact Q & A

11/3/1999 Lower Snake River Dam Bypass Economic Impact Q & A Lower Snake River Dam Bypass Economic Impact Q & A Contact: 11/3/1999 — — Q. What’s the bottom line? The study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Drawdown Regional Economic Workgroup (DREW) concludes that bypassing the four Lower Snake dams would create…

TU Member Wins Hoover Medal, Highest Humanitarian Honor for Engineers

11/25/2003 TU Member Wins Hoover Medal, Highest Humanitarian Honor for Engineers TU Member Wins Hoover Medal, Highest Humanitarian Honor for Engineers Contact: Tim Zink Manager, Media Relations Trou Unlimited 703.284.9427 11/25/2003 — Knoxville, Tenn. — An engineer in Tennessees highland coalfields recently was awarded his professions highest honor for humanitarian service for directing a project…

Butte Creek Mill Partnership Secures Permanent Water Protections

For Immediate Release Contact: Chrysten Rivard, chrysten.rivard@tu.org, (541) 973-4431 Jay (Howard) O’Neil, joneil@ksu.edu, (785) 410‐2303 Bob Russell, rrussell1950@aol.com, (503) 880‐2147 Sharing the Water: Partnership Secures Permanent Water Protections to Benefit Native Fish and Keep a Historic Mill Operating in Oregon’s Rogue River Basin Eagle Point, Oregon – A long-term collaboration between the Butte Creek Mill…

Voices from the River: Dressing up for conservation

Published in Voices from the river

Helping organize rallies, like this one at the Idaho State Capitol, to show elected officials how sportsmen and sportswomen feel about legislation is an important part of the politics of conservation. Trout Unlimited photo. By Brett Prettyman Waders and work boots are the uniforms people typically think of when they envision Trout Unlimited staffers, members…

Innovative solutions solve low water issue on popular Western fishery

Published in Conservation, Community, Featured, Science

“The Provo River stakeholders mimicked a model of collaboration seen often but not enough in other parts of the West. We found a win-win scenario that worked within the existing system. We’ve worked with a water supplier whose primary goal is to use all their water allocation in the best use possible and a corporation striving to make rivers and streams around where they use water and do business healthier. That’s a formidable partnership moving forward to keep people, businesses, and our fish happy.”

Great Lakes community meets the moment to advance coaster restoration

Published in Priority Waters

On the Lake Superior coast, a coalition of partners facilitated by Trout Unlimited are coming together to breathe new life into the study and recovery of native coaster brook trout – a life history variation of brook trout that spend part of their lives in Lake Superior. Scientists do not consider them to be genetically…

Trout Unlimited Asks Court To Expedite Decision In The Case Involving California's State Fish

Trout Unlimited Asks Court To Expedite Decision In The Case Involving California’s State Fish Trout Unlimited Asks Court To Expedite Decision In The Case Involving Californias State Fish Contact: Steve Trafton California Policy Coordinator (510) 528-4772 1/17/2002 — Albany, CA — The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited has asked a federal judge to grant their…

Trout Unlimited Joins in Historic Pact on Future Operation of Bear River Dams

Trout Unlimited Joins in Historic Pact on Future Operation of Bear River Dams Trout Unlimited Joins in Historic Pact on Future Operation of Bear River Dams Signing ceremony Wed. at 10 a.m. at Gov. Kempthornes office in Boise Contact: Scott Yates Western Native Trout Programs Director: TU 208.552.0891; Cell: 208.520.3467 8/27/2002 — Idaho Falls, Idaho…

States and feds agree to work together to restore and enhance the Driftless Area

4/19/2006 States and feds agree to work together to restore and enhance the Driftless Area EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:00 a.m., April 19, 2006 Contact: Duke Welter, 715-579-7538 or Kathleen Campbell, 571-274-0597 States and Feds Agree to Work Together to Restore and Enhance the Driftless Area Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois join with the U.S. Department of…

Sennebec Pond Association & Trout Unlimited Host Information Meeting

7/23/2001 Sennebec Pond Association & Trout Unlimited Host Information Meeting Sennebec Pond Association & Trout Unlimited Host Information Meeting Contact: 7/23/2001 — — July 23, 2001 Union, Maine . . . The Sennebec Pond Association and the St. George Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a Public Information Meeting on Monday, July 30 to explain…

Local “Green Team” spends summer restoring Rogue River

Published in Uncategorized

Morgan Werner, Matt Anderson, Niyah Banfill, and Meriah Gannon planting riparian trees along Blakeslee Creek. By Jamie Vaughan Rockford locals may have noticed green-clad students working throughout the community this summer, usually covered in mud and always sporting a smile. It may look like a typical summer gardening job, but don’t be fooled: This group…