Welcome to the Greater Boston Chapter of Trout Unlimited (GBTU) #013. From river cleanups, scientific assessments and restoration projects in our home waters, the Neponset River Watershed, to teaching middle & high school students, about caring for the environment through the love of fly fishing. GBTU provides a myriad of opportunities for anyone interested or…
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the central question of the American West has been: How much water is there in the region, and how do we best use it? This question has been a topic of debate for more than the past 150 years, and we’re still trying to answer it now in the twenty-first century.…
Trout Unlimited Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2016 Contact: David Nickum, dnickum@tu.org, 720-581-8589 Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Stacy Chesney, Denver Water, stacy.chesney@denverwater.org, 303-628-6700 Trout Unlimited honors Denver Water with River Stewardship Award In recognition of utilitys collaborative water conservation, river habitat projects DenverColorado Trout Unlimited has awarded Denver Water, the Denver…
Just another field season at TU.
Thirty five years exploring the waters of Wyoming’s Carbon County as a fishing guide connected Jeff Streeter to the landscape of the region in a way few come to realize. After three decades of leading clients to fish on the Encampment and North Platte rivers, among others, Streeter was preparing to hang up the waders.…
The lifeblood of the Village of Pecos, the Pecos River flows through public and private lands in a narrow canyon flanked by in aspen, Gambel oak, and mixed conifer. The Pecos boasts a fun salmon fly hatch in early summer, and I love how spooky the fish are in autumn, when elk bugles echo, the banks blaze with yellow cottonwoods, and the water resembles the air above, cold, clear and…
America has such a well-earned reputation for innovating our way out of problems that we sometimes miss the obvious natural solution. In a series of open houses this summer in Great Basin communities, the Trump administration revealed a plan to reduce wildfire risk by constructing 11,000 acres of fuel breaks across public lands in parts…
Bill would discourage speculative leasing on public lands and bring balance back to public land management. By Tasha Sorensen Trout Unlimited expressed its support Friday as Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020. The bill would improve the current oil and gas leasing system by taking into consideration…
High in the headwaters of Back Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are several small streams that only run after it rains. Those “ephemeral” tributaries to Back Creek, a wild brook trout stream that also holds browns and rainbows, intersect with the proposed 600-mile route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a project that…
11/1/2005 November 1, 2005 Contact: Steve Moyer, TU Vice President for Government Affairs, (703) 284-9406, smoyer@tu.org Trout Unlimited and U.S. Department of Interior Collaborate to Restore Abandoned Mine Lands Partnership will facilitate cleanup of acid mine drainage across the country Washington The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney: (703) 284-9408TU National Press Secretary Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Beaver Creek Restoration Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $2,200 Embrace-A-Stream grant to its Seneca Valley chapter in Maryland. The Embrace-A-Stream grant will help fund…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney: (703) 284-9408TU National Press Secretary Gary Borger Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Paradise Spring Creek Restoration Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $4,500 Embrace-A-Stream grant to its Gary Borger chapter in Wisconsin. The Embrace-A-Stream grant will help…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney: (703) 284-9408TU National Press SecretaryTwin Cities Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Hay Creek Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $2,500 Embrace-A-Stream grant to the Twin Cities chapter in Minnesota. The Embrace-A-Stream grant will help fund a restoration…
July 16, 2015 Contact: Steve Moyer (571) 274-0593 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU welcomes proposed rule protecting trout water near coal mines WASHINGTONA new proposed rule intended to lessen the impacts from mountain-top removal coal mining on rivers and streams represents a worthy effort on the part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Trout…
Note: this is part of a series of blogs detailing the Antiquities Act and national monuments that matter to hunters and anglers. Come back and visit in the coming days to learn more about your public lands and how national monuments conserve our hunting and fishing heritage. And while you’re at it, tell Congress don’t…
As a western fly fisherman who has never wet a line east of Colorado, I was drawn into Walt Franklin’s account of fishing a variety of rivers and streams near his home along the Pennsylvania/New York border. The watersheds of three rivers – the Genesee, the Allegheny, and Pine Creek – can be traced to…
October 11, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shauna Stephenson, Shauna.Stephenson@tu.org / (307) 757-7861 Chris Wood, chris.wood@tu.org / (571) 274-0601 Trout Unlimited congratulates new Forest Service Chief, Vicki ChristiansenChristiansen sworn in today to head agency tasked with managing millions of acres of public lands (Oct. 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited welcomed Vicki Christiansen as the…
Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Trout Unlimited and Sennebec Pond Association Celebrate Sennebec Dam Removal Community Developed Solution Benefiting Humans, Fish Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited (207) 373-0700, (207) 841-7529 (cell) 10/29/2002 — Union, Maine — Today Trout Unlimited and the Sennebec Pond Association, joined by…
