Search results for “watershed”

Grand Valley Anglers

Grand Valley Anglers was started over 30 years ago and with over 300 members we are the largest chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Federation of Fly Fishers in western Colorado.   Our mission is to PRESERVE, PROTECT, and RESTORE cold water resources and their watersheds, and to educate the public about this mission. To fulfill this mission, we engage in…

Spring Creek

The mission of the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited (SCCTU) is conserving, protecting, and restoring Spring Creek’s cold water fishery and watershed. SCCTU accomplishes our mission through advocacy, conservation projects, and community outreach programs. From 1999 until 2023, SCCTU has funded 30 projects totaling $3,533,000 for work on Spring Creek and other related nearby…

Newsletter highlights TU’s work in New York in 2020

Published in Community

We all know that 2020 was far from a normal year. Despite the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Trout Unlimited’s team in New York soldiered on. The team, which continues to grow, was able to accomplish many key projects in the field as well as to continue advocacy efforts. Below are a few of the highlights from 2020, as well as a look ahead to what’s on the horizon for 2021.

TU in California: 2016 Highlights

Published in Uncategorized

By Brian Johnson It’s been a busy and amazingly productive year for Trout Unlimited in California. With the help of our 10,000 California members and our dozens of agency and project partners, we reached major milestones on many of ou r highest priority initiatives. All of these highlight TU’s successful formula for protecting and restoring…

Colorado River Basin and Greater Southwest

STATE OF THE BASIN For far too long, the Colorado River has been overused and overworked. Despite this year’s epic winter, the system’s largest reservoirs are still less than a third full, while the Basin faces threats to its environmental, economic, and cultural values. With so much at stake for the future of the Colorado…

CALIFORNIA COASTAL STEELHEAD DATA

Trout Unlimited works with a wide variety of partners in California to conserve, protect and restore trout and salmon populations and their habitats. For many years, one of our primary partners in our effort to recover native Coho salmon and steelhead in coastal watersheds was the Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR). CEMAR closed…

Breakthrough for the Eel

Published in Conservation

A new agreement promises to resolve decades of conflict over water use on California’s third largest watershed––and a legendary salmon and steelhead river 

Steelhead days

Among the many charms of autumn is the advent of steelhead runs in many rivers. Where I live, on the central California coast, most streams aren’t yet connected to the ocean—until the rainy season begins in earnest, the sandbars that have set up over the summer between their mouths and the salt remain intact. That…

Sharing paradise with grandkids on Earth Day

Published in Climate Change

“But mitigation alone won’t be enough. TU’s continued support of programs and policies geared towards carbon reduction and climate change mitigation will be critical in keeping our coldwater fisheries of today, coldwater fisheries of tomorrow. Our practice of using sound science in decision making has made us among the most respected environmental organization in the nation – when TU speaks, decision makers listen. We’ll need to continue to flex our voices.”