Protected: Popular Southwest trout waters
Thousands of miles of trout streams in New Mexico are susceptible to the historic drought plaguing the Southwest. TU just helped protect 305 of them.
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North Coast Coho Project completes construction phase of major habitat restoration effort in SF Eel River
Construction phase, Jack of Hearts Creek Coho habitat restoration project The rarest species of salmon in California is getting some help in a legendary coastal river system, thanks to Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project (NCCP) and partners. Recently, the NCCP finished the construction phase of a major fish passage and water quality improvement project…
South Fork Eel River coho getting some help
Construction phase, Jack of Hearts Creek Coho habitat restoration project The rarest species of salmon in California is getting some help in a legendary coastal river system, thanks to Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project (NCCP) and partners. Recently, the NCCP finished the construction phase of a major fish passage and water quality improvement project…
Remote sensing will revolutionize trout conservation
Remote sensing is being used to measure improvement in Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat in Nevada. By Dan Dauwalter, Kurt Fesenmyer and Helen Neville Have you ever assisted your local DNR biologist with a painstaking habitat survey on your favorite trout stream where you tediously measured the stream channel, substrates, wood, undercut banks, and so on?…
California’s new cannabis rules will help salmon, steelhead
Consider some of the major factors in the decline of native salmon, steelhead and trout in North America. Extensive loss of habitat from dams and other development. Too much water diverted from streams. Degraded water quality from poorly maintained roads and leaky old mines. In California, you can add cannabis cultivation to this list of…
TU applauds Regional Conservation Partnership Program improvement bill
Oct. 17, 2017) WASHINGTON, DC – Trout Unlimited, its 300,000 members and supporters nationwide, and its dozens of staff members who work with farmers and ranchers daily, applaud the introduction of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act bill today. The bill is designed to make the Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program, (RCPP), one…
Three questions for the Chairman of the Board
Longtime leader Terry Hyman talks about why he’s bullish on Trout Unlimited.
TU and Forest Service team up to close damaged road in Georgia
There is a time and place for mud-bogging, and one of the places where it doesn’t fit is in and around delicate trout streams.
Preventing a death by a thousand cuts
Protecting Yellowstone Cutthroat from deadly threats in their historical range.
Watch: “Reviving the Bear”
Once thought genetically extinct, this native trout is on the path to recovery
Biden expands San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
There are only a handful of streams in all of southern California where one can fish for trout. The East and West Forks of the San Gabriel River are two of them.
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.
Conservation is an investment in local communities
As Congress considers infrastructure investments to stimulate the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, they can look to organizations like TU for evidence conservation is a job-creating investment.
Faces of Restoration: Rob Roberts’ explosive talents
Today, we are highlighting Rob Roberts, senior project manager at TU, who last year had an explosive summer with the U.S. Forest Service and the City of Missoula
A barrier on Jenny Creek is gone
Salmon and steelhead gain access to more habitat on a key Klamath River tributary
Taking action to protect the places we live and love
This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By…
Saving salters
By Chris Wood I admit that I am a bit of a freak about salter brook trout. You consider yourself a seasoned and knowledgeable angler, only to learn of these furtive coastal fish that occupy saltwater habitat and can grow four inches in a single winter in the salt. Daniel Webster is purported to have…
Eastside Road Floodplain Restoration Project, White Mountain National Forest
Goals The White Mountain National Forest, a popular New England vacation destination, is home to hundreds of miles of hiking trails spanning over 4,000-foot mountaintops, 1,250 square miles of wilderness and 600 miles of rivers and streams. The relatively steep topography makes these streams great candidates for strong Atlantic salmon and brook trout populations. When…
How the shutdown is harming anglers
By Chris Wood “Good riddance. Think of all of the money we are saving.” I looked at Max in exasperation. He is one of the most hard-core sportsmen I know. I have hunted for whitetail with him in driving rainstorms in West Virginia, and stalked catfish on the Potomac using hummus-impregnated Clouser-minnows. He is a…
Native trout matter in New Mexico
By Toner Mitchell For the past 10 springs, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has hosted a release of Rio Grande cutthroat trout fingerlings at the – as of 2014 – Rio Grande del Norte National Monument just west of the village of Questa. Initially the event drew decent crowds, 10 to 20…