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Sportsmen present path forward for national monument proposals

News for Immediate Release Jan. 21, 2016 Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Kristyn Brady, TRCP, 617-501-6352, kbrady@trcp.org Randy Scholfield, TU, 720-375-3961, rscholfield@tu.org Sportsmen Present Path Forward for National Monument Proposals Report offers road map for future monuments that represent hunting, angling values MISSOULA, Mont. A coalition of sportsmens groups and businesses is presenting a…

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Trout Unlimited Media Resources Trout Unlimited is the nation’s leading conservation organization uniting people behind clean waters, healthy fish, and thriving communities. Are you a reporter on deadline? Reach out to one of our communications directors to get the information you need. Working on a longer piece about trout and salmon, rivers and streams, and…

NMWF and TU congratulate New Mexico delegation for protecting Valle Vidal

11/17/2006 NMWF and TU congratulate New Mexico delegation for protecting Valle Vidal November 17, 2006 Contact: Oscar Simpson, New Mexico Wildlife Federation, (505) 345-0117 Bill Schudlich, New Mexico Council of Trout Unlimited, (505) 470-4878 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NMWF and TU congratulate New Mexico delegation for protecting Valle Vidal ALBUQUERQUETwo sportsmens groups thanked the states federal…

Monumental Myths: Part 3

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/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/4.png Editors note: This is the third in a three part series looking at the myths perpetuated in the national discussion about national monuments and the Antiquities Act. By Corey Fisher The issue of national monuments and the Antiquities Act tends to elicit passionate responses, both for and against. It also spurs misconceptions. Here are…

Monumental Myths: Part 3

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Editors note: This is the third in a three part series looking at the myths perpetuated in the national discussion about national monuments and the Antiquities Act. By Corey Fisher The issue of national monuments and the Antiquities Act tends to elicit passionate responses, both for and against. It also spurs misconceptions. Here are some…

Fishing, hunting CEOs offer Antiquities advice to POTUS

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April 14, 2017 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Trump: The undersigned organizations are writing in support of the Antiquities Act of 1906 and to express our opposition to any executive action that seeks to administratively overturn a national monument. Signed into law by Theodore…

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…

Congress Fulfills Trout Unlimited?s Holiday Wish List

12/11/2006 Congress Fulfills Trout Unlimited?s Holiday Wish List Dec. 11, 2006 Contact: Kathleen Frangione, (703) 284-9427 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Congress Fulfills Trout Unlimiteds Holiday Wish List Last-Minute Votes Lead to Public Land Protections and Funding for Cleanup of Abandoned Mines ARLINGTON, Va. In the waning hours of the 109th Congress, budget negotiations helped deliver a…

Report shows importance of roadless areas to Colorado?s hunting and fishing heritage

1/4/2006 Report shows importance of roadless areas to Colorado?s hunting and fishing heritage January 4, 2006 Contact: Tom Beck (970) 882-5435 or Brian ODonnell (970) 375-9022 Report shows importance of roadless areas to Colorados hunting and fishing heritage DENVERA new report produced by Trout Unlimited and released on Wednesday emphasizes the strong connection between successful…

Report shows importance of roadless areas to Colorado’s hunting and fishing heritage

01/04/2006 January 4, 2006 Contact: Tom Beck (970) 882-5435 or Brian ODonnell (970) 375-9022 Report shows importance of roadless areas to Colorados hunting and fishing heritage DENVERA new report produced by Trout Unlimited and released on Wednesday emphasizes the strong connection between successful hunting and fishing in Colorado and healthy roadless areas in the state.…

Voices from the River: Teachers and preachers

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By Toner Mitchell The four-day gathering was a professional development course for secondary school teachers, its mission to explore the nexus of fly fishing, religion and philosophy, and how the re sulting ferment might motivate resource conservation in anglers (and students). We discussed several texts, some Thoreau, a PhD thesis arguing that fly fishing naturally…

Thanks Antiquities Act for a great hunting season

Published in Public Lands

After a final trip to hunt Gambel’s quail in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest in February, another hunting season ends. Once shotguns and rifles are given a final cleaning all that remains is storytelling with family and friends. This is often done around backyard barbeques and the dinner table over delicious meals of wild duck, quail,…

Native Trout Odyssey Team

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Native Trout Odyssey team to make final stop in Washington D.C. Five college students; 10 weeks; 10 states; 18 native trout species. The Native Odyssey crew (left to right): Brett Winchel, Matt Crockett, Jacob Lacy, Heather Harkavy, Austin Burroughs. This Summer, TU, in partnership with U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, and Fishpond,…

Of monuments and missed opportunities

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood The one that got away isn’t always a fish. Eighteen years ago, I got a phone call from the forest supervisor of the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest in southwest Oregon. He wanted President Clinton to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to make a big chunk of the forest a national monument…

TU praises Ritter for clarifying roadless intent

4/16/2007 TU praises Ritter for clarifying roadless intent April 16, 2007 Sportsmen praise Ritter for clarifying roadless intent DENVERThousands of Colorado sportsmen likely breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend when Gov. Bill Ritter clarified his intentions regarding the future protection of the states 4.1 million acres of roadless backcountry, said Dave Petersen, Colorado…

Sportsmen key to cleaning up abandoned mines

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Trout Unlimited began organizing sportsmen and women in a coordinated manner in 2001–largely in response to my observation when I worked at the Forest Service that the voice of hunters and anglers was largely missing from the development of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule—an initiative that protected nearly 60 million acres of some of the…