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Deming Creek restoration benefits Klamath bull trout, redband

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The new confluence of Deming Creek and the South Fork Sprague River. By Chrysten Lambert Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Parnter’s Program completed a substantial habitat reconnection project on the South Fork Sprague River, the headwaters of the iconic Klamath River. The project involved restoring the Deming Creek tributary…

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’s Finnerty to Congress: protect SW Oregon salmon and steelhead strongholds

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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 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…

TU testifies in Congress in support of salmon strongholds bill

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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

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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…

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…