Trout Unlimited, Forest Service launch $40 million initiative
A new chapter in a longstanding partnership to recover and reconnect trout waters on public lands.
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A brief history of the drift boat
What, exactly, are the features that distinguish a McKenzie River drift boat?
Salmon SuperHwy logs 95 miles … and counting
The Salmon SuperHwy has achieved more than 50 percent of its goal of restoring fish connectivity to 95 percent of historically available habitat across the Tillamook—Nestucca Sub-basin
TU’s science programs in Great Lakes keep growing
By Jake Lemon Trout Unlimited’s team in the Great Lakes region continues to expand on its ambitious science-related initiatives, which are critical in informing protection and restoration projects in the region. TU continues to support our chapters and partners in enhancing their water monitoring activities with the Mayfly sensor station, a low-cost real-time stream monitoring technology. Developed by Stroud Water…
Driftless symposium goes in-person again
Over 135 people attended the 2025 Driftless Symposium hosted by the Trout Unlimited Driftless Area Restoration Effort and the Wisconsin Wetlands Association on Tuesday February 25 in La Crosse, Wisc. Several common threads emerged among this year’s presentations, highlighting both threats to watershed health and the countermeasures being developed to face those threats. Threats to…
Pennsylvanias Slate Run recognized in 10 special places report
Dec. 3, 2014 Contact: Katy Dunlap, Trout Unlimited Eastern Water Project Director, 607-742-3331 Mark Taylor, Trout Unlimited Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pennsylvania’s Slate Run recognized in 10 ‘special places’ report Exceptional freestone trout stream is a legendary trout fishing destination. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Trout Unlimited is featuring Pennsylvania’s Slate Run in a…
TU welcomes new EPA Clean Power Rule
WASHINGTONTrout Unlimited welcomed today EPAs Clean Power Plan as an important step for substantially lowering greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, the largest source of climate change-causing emissions. No one knows the adverse impacts of climate change better than sportsmen and women who cherish the nations coldwater fisheries. Trout and salmon need cold, clean…
Take action: A chance in Congress to help our rivers, fish, and economy
TU is supporting the Moving Forward Act, which addresses significant water management challenges facing the West
TU’s Finnerty to Congress: protect SW Oregon salmon and steelhead strongholds
On November 9, Dean Finnerty became the latest Trout Unlimited representative to testify before Congress, when he appeared before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in support of the Southwestern Oregon Watersheds and Salmon Protection Act. Few are more qualified to tout the importance of southwestern Oregon streams for salmon and steelhead than…
TU testifies in Congress in support of salmon strongholds bill
Trout Unlimited has many on staff and among its volunteer-members who are expert in policy issues related to trout and salmon conservation. Matt Clifford, attorney for TU’s California Water Project, is one. Clifford testified today at a hearing held by the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural resources Committee, in support of…
No Room for Mistakes on New York’s Upper Delaware River
National Park Service photo. By Chris Wood and Jeff Skelding It could have been far worse. The Up per Delaware River dodged a bullet last week when heavy rains and flooding washed out a railroad culvert, and a 63-car train carrying an assortment of waste materials, some of it toxic, derailed near Deposit, N.Y. Two…
Southwest Colorado leaders visit D.C. to push for Superfund funding
June 16, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, 970-903-3010 Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 San Juan and La Plata County officials say the Animas River cleanup depends on EPA priority and funding (Washington, D.C.) In the wake of the Trump administrations proposed deep cuts to EPA funding, Southwest Colorado leaders flew to…
Why clean water protections matter now more than ever
Five key reasons why clean water protections are critical for blue lines across the United States
Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Abandoned mines are a problem – a big problem. Today, there are some 500,000 abandoned mines across America. Many of these chronically leak heavy metals and other toxic residues into streams and groundwater. In the western U.S., 33,000 abandoned mine sites have degraded the environment, including popular trout streams such as the Animas River in…
Bush Administration Should Mark Anniversary Of Roadless Policy By Keeping Its Promises
Bush Administration Should Mark Anniversary Of Roadless Policy By Keeping Its Promises Bush Administration Should Mark Anniversary Of Roadless Policy By Keeping Its Promises Contact: Steve Moyer Vice President for Conservation Programs Trout Unlimited 703/ 284-9406 1/10/2002 — Arlington, VA — On the anniversary of the establishment of a sound national policy for protecting roadless…