Search results for “watershed”

TU Supports Balanced Leasing Plan on Uinta

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…

TU Lauds Begich for Opposing Pebble Mine

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…

Bill to protect Flathead River passes House of Representatives

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…

Wisconsin TU honors retired Forest Service hydrologist Dale Higgins

Published in Uncategorized

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…

Trout Unlimited receives $80,000 from LOR Foundation for Rio Grande Community Initiative

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…

Stream Explorers and TU Teens

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…

Newsletter features 2020 highlights for Great Lakes team

Published in Conservation

We all know that 2020 was far from a normal year. Despite the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Trout Unlimited’s Great Lakes team 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…

Trout Unlimited Invests in Partnerships and Restructures Across the Rockies 

New leadership and investments in people reflect growing federal partnerships and project funding across region Contact:  DENVER – Today, Trout Unlimited (TU) announced a series of new investments in its people to accommodate the growing number of innovative partnerships across the Rocky Mountains. Over the last decade, TU has secured roughly $133 million in funding partnerships to…

Cool streams in a warm future: Moving from talk to action

Published in Conservation

Yellowstone cutthroat trout are the prime beneificiaries of climate change adaptation work done on Idaho’s Crow Creek Photo by Chris Hunt. By Dr. Jack Williams An old friend from back in our government days, Wayne Elmore, frequently noted that “when it’s all said and done, there will likely be more said than done.”  How true.…

Play, learn, serve, lead 

Published in Community

Fifteen years before National Volunteer Week was officially recognized, Trout Unlimited (TU) was founded on a revolutionary premise: grassroots volunteers would anchor our work in the watersheds, communities and riverbeds of our mission.

Oil & Gas Reform

Overview Trout Unlimited’s efforts to balance coldwater conservation with responsible energy development date back more than a decade. TU’s leadership in the effort to protect the Wyoming Range represents one of the best examples of anglers and hunters bringing people together from across the political spectrum for a common goal to protect public lands. In 2009, TU led a…

Navigating public land oil and gas leasing

Published in Advocacy

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is at the center of a seismic shift in how America manages its public land energy resources. From sweeping regulatory reforms to legislative reversals, the past 10 months have redefined the balance between energy development and conservation.

Massachusetts brook trout conservation area growing

Published in Conservation

Franklin Land Trust recently acquired for conservation 154 acres in Heath, Mass., abutting its 96-acre Crowningshield Conservation Area, also in Heath. The purchase — which took place on June 25, 2020, from the Gudell Family — increases the size of a tract important for protection and conservation of native brook trout. It was supported by funding…

Tour TU’s Driftless projects on Oct. 16

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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…

High Country

Our mission is to conserve, protect and restore High Country coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Trout Unlimited believes that conservation should be a true partnership between landowners, agencies, municipalities, and all stakeholders. We work to protect critical habitat, to reconnect degraded waterways, and restore populations to coldwater fisheries. Through sound science, we inform our priorities…

TU TV Reaches One Million ESPN2 Viewers

11/17/1999 TU TV Reaches One Million ESPN2 Viewers TU TV Reaches One Million ESPN2 Viewers Audience Taking Advantage of Show’s New Website, www.TUTV.org Contact: 11/17/1999 — — Trout Unlimited Television’s (TUTV) ESPN2 series has hit the ground running in its second season, attracting a cumulative audience of one million viewers through its first five weeks,…

TU lauds new Forest Service guidelines for groundwater

May 2, 2014 Contact: Laura Ziemer, (406) 522-7291 x 103, lziemer@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited praises Forest Service for tackling groundwater rules to protect headwaters and fishing New groundwater policy a needed step to steward water resources and prized fisheriesin the face of climate change, drought (Washington, D.C.) Trout Unlimited today praised the Forest…