Search results for “watershed”

Trout Unlimited Supports Removal of Energy Leases from BLM Auction

Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary (571) 331-7970 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Supports Removal of Energy Leases from BLM Auction Over 4,300 acres in Monongahela National Forest pulled from sale. Arlington, Va.–Trout Unlimited (TU) supports the decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to remove West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest from its planned…

Pioneer Valley

Located in western Massachusetts covering the counties of Hampshire and Hamden. Local rivers and steams are in the lower Connecticut River Watershed, including the Westfield, Swift, and Ware Rivers.

TU hails new, better day for fisheries conservation on the farm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2015 Contact: Scott Yates, (Upper Columbia, Gunnison River Basins), (307) 349-0753 Warren Colyer, (Bear, Blackfoot River Basins), (435) 881-2149 Randy Scholfield (TU communications), (720) 375-3961 Steve Moyer (National), (703) 284-9406 Trout Unlimited hails new, better day for fisheries conservation on the farm NRCS-funded projects deliver benefits for fish, farm and…

Congress steps up to approve Delaware River Basin Conservation Act

Published in Import

By Mark Taylor   In the early morning hours Saturday, Congress stepped up to protect one of America’s most historic watersheds.   The Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, first introduced in 2010 and long a priority for Trout Unlimited and our partners in the region, finally cleared both the House and Senate as a provision…

Washington water woes in Seattle Times

Published in Conservation, Fishing

Washington commonly institutes fishing restrictions to protect vulnerable fish populations, like they did for steelhead in Scotty Creek, but these restrictions, unfathomably, do not extend to a destructive form of recreational gold mining called suction dredge mining.

Doc Fritchey

The Doc Fritchey Chapter (#108) is proud to be fulfilling TU’s mission of conserving, protecting, and restoring the coldwater fisheries and watersheds of Dauphin and Lebanon counties in south-central Pennsylvania.

TU praises EPA?s efforts on abandoned mines

5/10/2006 TU praises EPA?s efforts on abandoned mines May 10, 2006 Contact: Contact: Chris Wood, cwood@tu.org, (571) 274-0601 Rob Roberts, rroberts@tu.org, (406) 543-1192 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU praises EPAs efforts on abandoned mines Agencys policies could lead to more on-the-ground restoration projects WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited (TU) today praised the Environmental Protection Agency for its…

TU lauds new public lands bill for NW California

Published in Uncategorized

The northwest corner of California, between the Russian and Klamath Rivers, is home to some of the best remaining salmon and steelhead streams in the West. This region boasts some of the most famous steelhead fisheries in the world, including the Trinity, Mad, Mattole, and Eel River systems . Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project…

TU lauds legislation to address abandoned mine lands

March 10, 2021  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contacts:  Jen Orr-Greene, Eastern Policy Director, Trout Unlimited, jen.orrgreeen@tu.org  Steve Moyer, VP for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org  ARLINGTON, Va. — Trout Unlimited enthusiastically supports bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Trust Fund and will accelerate its investments in former coal communities across the country.  TU is urging…

Teachers, staff step up to save trout at Colorado school

Published in Community, Youth

By Matt Moskal It’s a heart-warming phenomenon when stress, hardship and tragedy bring people together. Groceries are delivered to elderly neighbors, engineers fabricate ventilators seemingly out of thin air and corporations donate millions to those in need. Even in the most polarized of eras, hardship brings out the best in humanity. For Colorado conservationists, nowhere…

Perrier Backs Away From Mecan Spring Pumping Proposal

2/7/2000 Perrier Backs Away From Mecan Spring Pumping Proposal Perrier Backs Away From Mecan Spring Pumping Proposal Company’s Dealings in Other States Makes Trout Unlimited Wary of “Perrier’s Plan B” Contact: 2/7/2000 — — Resistance from Wisconsin’s anglers, homeowners and environmentalists caused Perrier to rethink its proposal to install a high-capacity pump in Wisconsin’s prized…

Kiap TU Wish

Kiap TU Wish works to protect, reconnect, and restore the coldwater fisheries and their watersheds in Polk, Pierce, and St. Croix Counties of Wisconsin and to insure access to fishable coldwater streams.

TU’s California program awarded $2.47 million in new conservation grants

Published in Uncategorized

Squaw Creek restoration area, Truckee River watershed. Recently Trout Unlimited’s California Program received major grant awards for eight projects that improve fish passage or dry season streamflows in steelhead, Coho, and trout streams around the state. The Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP), administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife), and the California Wildlife…

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 —…

New Streamflow Improvement Plan helps coho in key Russian River tributary

Published in Science, Conservation

Coho salmon are native to California coastal streams north of Monterey Bay, but populations of “silvers” in this region have been declining for decades and the species is now listed as Endangered in the Golden State. Trout Unlimited is heavily invested in cooperative efforts to recover California coho. One product of this work is development…