A massive package of legislation, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is currently working its way through Congress, having been passed by the Senate earlier this week. If enacted, this bill would make essential investments of remarkable size and scope to help the nation address the impacts of climate change, including some of the worst impacts of the…
Nation’s largest coldwater conservation nonprofit identifies 200+ “Priority Waters” where work is needed to reverse declines of wild and native fish Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.—Wild and native trout and salmon, as coldwater fish in a warming world, are facing enormous threats. More than 1.5 million miles of America’s trout and salmon waters are degraded, and populations…
Trout Unlimited & the Forest Service: A Partnership That Works In 2022, Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service embarked on a five-year $40 million national initiative to increase the scale of watershed restoration on our national forests and grasslands—home to many of America’s most important native trout and salmon species and the source of drinking…
Stream Explorers and TU Teens encompass TU’s two levels of youth memberships. But they also are the names for a wide range of activities and programs for young people of these ages. TU Chapters provide meaningful watershed experiences for Stream Explorers that are elementary-aged. TU Teens includes experiences in middle and high schools. TU’s regional…
5/4/2006 Trout Unlimited Hires New Director for its Wyoming Water Project May 4, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Scott Yates 307-332-7700 Kathleen Campbell 703-284-9427 Trout Unlimited Hires New Director for its Wyoming Water Project Arlington, VA The national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU) has hired Scott Yates as the new Director of its Wyoming Water…
6/21/2006 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 June 21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Bowman, 616-460-0477, or Steve Moyer, 703-284-9406 Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Traverse City in 2009 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Trout Unlimited (TU) has selected Traverse City as the site for…
This fall, the film iteration of Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs Through It” turns 25. The film made fly fishing trendy (too trendy, some would say), and it helped put Montana on the fly fishing map. While the film and the book centered on the Blackfoot River near Missoula, the film’s fishing was actually shot…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney: (703) 284-9408TU National Press Secretary Southeast Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Elk Creek Restoration Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $7,500 Embrace-A-Stream grant to its Southeast Wisconsin chapter. The Embrace-A-Stream grant will help fund a restoration…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Tom Wolf, Oregon Council Chair, (503) 640-2123 Mike Gentry, Tualatin Chapter, (503) 636-0061 TU Tualatin Valley Chapter Receives $9,900 to Restore Salmon Habitat on the Necanicum River LAKE OSWEGOTrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Dave Sweet, Wyoming Council Chair, (307) 899-9959 Phil Cameron, Jackson Hole TU, (307) 413-1971 TU Jackson Hole Chapter Receives $10,000 to restore Spread Creek JACKSONTrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $10,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to…
Contact: Corey Fisher, (406) 546-2979 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TU Supports Balanced Leasing Plan on Uinta Forest Service development strategy protects critical habitat while allowing for responsible energy development SALT LAKE CITY – A newly released U.S. Forest Service plan to lease and drill public lands in the Uinta National Forest strikes a good balance between…
Jan. 21, 2014 Contact: Tim Bristol, Director, TU Alaska (907) 321-3291 Chris Wood, President and CEO, (703) 284-9403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU Praises U.S. Sen. Begich for Opposing Pebble Mine Senators Support Vital for Long-term Protection of Bristol Bay ANCHORAGETim Bristol, director of Trout Unlimiteds Alaska Program, praised U.S. Sen. Mark Begich for opposing the…
For immediate release 3/5/2014 Contact: Chris Schustrom, Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, 406-260-1198 Bill to protect Flathead River passes House of Representatives Washington D.C. The North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 2259), a bill aimed at protecting well known public lands west of Glacier National Park was approved by the US House…
By Nick Schmal and Laura MacFarland As stewards of more than 220,000 miles of America’s fishable streams and rivers, the U.S. Forest Service has long been an invaluable partner in protecting and restoring coldwater fisheries and their watersheds throughout North America. Perhaps most impactful in recent decades, has been their leadership in the advance of…
Grant helps TU and Questa restore Red River, revitalize outdoors economy (Questa, NM)Trout Unlimited announced today that it has received an $80,000 grant from the LOR Foundation for its Upper Rio Grande Community Initiative, a program focused on revitalizing Questa and other rural New Mexican communities by restoring the land and water upon which they…
TU is working with conservation parnters in Tennesee to reintroduce native brook trout in Little Stony Creek. Editor’s note: TU volunteers are in the news every single day. Here are just a few examples of how TU’s volunteers are making fishing better this week. The Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Pennsylvania is about…
Save the Date: Tuesday, October 16, for the 2018 Driftless Projects Tour. We’ll spend a lovely autumn day on a comfortable charter bus touring a major multiyear Driftless Watershed project and a smaller stream with some unique characteristics. If you’ve fished the last day of trout season October 15 (except in Iowa), you can ease…
