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Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s grant funds fish passage work in Appalachia 

Published in Uncategorized

Anyone who shops at Bass Pro Shops knows that the retail stalwart and its sister store, Cabela’s aren’t just about bass.  Nor is the company’s charitable foundation.  A grant from the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund recently helped Trout Unlimited’s staff in the mid-Atlantic continue to make progress in its ambitious fish passage…

Minnesota Trout Unlimited to Receive $2 Million from State Outdoor Heritage Fund to Improve Trout Habitat

Contact:John Lenczewski, Executive Director, Minnesota Trout Unlimited, (612) 670-1629JP Little, Council Chair, Minnesota Trout Unlimited, (612) 207-3305 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Minnesota Trout Unlimited to Receive $2 Million from State Outdoor Heritage Fund to Improve Trout Habitat Money will fund 11 new restoration projects across the state. ST. PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Trout Unlimited will receive $2.1…

Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust

8/20/2003 Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Bush Administration Healthy Forest Initiative Fails Fish, Public Trust Policy would jeopardize much of the Wests remaining quality salmon and trout habitat on public lands with little or no public input Contact: Chris Wood Vice President of Conservation 703.284.9403 8/20/2003 — Portland, Ore. — Trout…

Grants & Corporate Fundraising

Grants & Corporate Fundraising Increasingly, chapters and councils have found that local foundations and corporations interested in environmental causes can be a powerful avenue for raising funds. In many of these cases, these funders already have stated programs and efforts to support local water quality or habitat programs and the projects offered by TU fit…

Hope in the heart of the city

Published in Community, Conservation, Fishing, From the President, Youth

It was humid and drizzly—the warmest day of the year so far, but nothing could contain the excitement of these kids. “Are you excited to go fishing,” I asked a young boy named, Derrick. His smile was all the answer needed.   More than 40 inner city kids met this past weekend at the Winans Meadow…

Walking the Talk

Published in Conservation

Photo by Robin Kadet Petey jumped in my lap within moments of sitting down. Phil Monahan rescued the little dog when he found him walking alone down a highway. A few things stand out about the Orvis offices in Manchester, Vermont. First, as Petey demonstrated, their offices are very pet-friendly.Second, their street address is “Conservation…

Native and wild

Published in From the President

If you want to get normally serene trout anglers wound up, just wade into the “hatchery vs. wild/native” debate. I know of at least three organizations that were formed because of disagreements with Trout Unlimited chapters over hatchery and wild fish

Sweetwater Brewing Co. to give $100k for clean water initiatives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tucker Berta Sarkisian SweetWater Brewing Co. tucker@sweetwaterbrew.com ATLANTA (6.1.16) SweetWater Brewing Company is broadening its annual Save Our Water campaign to protect our right to clean water and tasty brews to include five partner organizations: Waterkeeper Alliance, Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Surfrider, and Coastal Conservation Associations National Habitat Program, Building Conservation…

Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants

3/3/2004 Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Trout Unlimited Awards 2004 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Contact: Rob Roberts Embrace-A-Stream Coordinator Trout Unlimited 703.284.9424 3/3/2004 — Washington — National Conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) this week announced its selections for 2004 Embrace-A-Stream grants. Embrace-A-Stream is the flagship grant program for funding Trout Unlimited grassroots fishery conservation efforts. This…

Testimony of TU President Charles Gauvin to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund

3/10/2004 Testimony of TU President Charles Gauvin to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund Testimony of TU President Charles Gauvin to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund Contact: Steve Moyer Vice President, Government Affairs Trout Unlimited 703.284.9406 3/10/2004 — Washington —…

Conservation programs on the administration chopping block once again

Published in Government Affairs, Advocacy, Conservation

The Trump administration is once again proposing significant government funding cuts that that would hamstring critical clean water programs and weaken TU’s federal partners. If these cuts were enacted, they would undermine efforts by Trout Unlimited and our conservation partners to protect coldwater habitat in places like the Colorado River basin, the Chesapeake Bay and…

Why the federal budget matters for trout and salmon

Published in Advocacy

On Tuesday, the President signed this year’s massive $1.5 trillion funding bill into law … Here are four reasons why Trout Unlimited is excited about the passage of the federal government funding omnibus bill.