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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week approved the partial transfer of ownership of four dams on the Klamath River from the utility PacifiCorp to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC). The purpose of this transfer is to enable the KRRC to decommission and remove these dams, beginning in 2021. FERCs decision marks a…
Contact: David Kinney, Trout Unlimited, 856-834-6591, david.kinney@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited, issued the following statement about President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to select U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the Department of the Interior and Michael S. Regan, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality secretary, to lead the Environmental Protection…
Happy New Year and it couldn’t have come soon enough. We are ready to start fresh, work hard, and reinvigorate youth outreach efforts this coming spring, summer and fall. Despite the limitations of 2020, volunteer leaders like yourself were able to keep many youth outreach efforts going, even if they looked a little different. Building on some…
The rugged country and streams in the Owyhee River watershed in eastern Oregon represent one of the best remaining opportunities for landscape-scale conservation in the West
Summer is a great time to get out on the water with your kids, family or friends to enjoy time outdoors, whether fishing, hiking, bird watching or simply enjoying a streamside walk. This summer, we’re asking all of TU’s supporters to become a Community Scientist and use that time outdoors to help drive our knowledge…
Fishing. Conservation. Community. We bring people together across the country to care for our rivers and help make our water cleaner and our communities healthier. Please join us. Priority Waters are rivers and streams across America where Trout Unlimited is focusing our energies to care for and recover wild and native trout and salmon watersheds.…
10/7/1999 Nevada Public Officials Agree Carpenter’s Plans To Rebuild Road Are Illegal Nevada Public Officials Agree Carpenter’s Plans To Rebuild Road Are Illegal TU Calls on NDEP Not to Issue Bogus Work Permit Contact: 10/7/1999 — — Governor Guinn, Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Pappa, U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, Elko Mayor Mike Franzoia and…
TU Report Details Impact of Overuse of Water on Colorado’s Rivers & Streams TU Report Details Impact of Overuse of Water on Colorados Rivers & Streams Contact: Melinda Kassen Director, Colorado Water Project 303/440-2937 1/7/2002 — Denver, CO — A new report says that Colorados rivers and streams are beginning to show clear signs of…
New Legislation Would Protect Taxpayers, Prevent Nation’s Largest Toxic Polluter from Destroying Rivers New Legislation Would Protect Taxpayers, Prevent Nation’s Largest Toxic Polluter from Destroying Rivers Bill would prevent bad actors, like those behind Rock Creek Mine proposal underneath Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, from sticking taxpayers with billions of dollars in cleanup costs Contact: Chris Wood…
5/31/2000 FERC Stands by Edwards Dam Removal Decision FERC Stands by Edwards Dam Removal Decision Kennebec River Healthy One Year Later Contact: 5/31/2000 — — News from The Kennebec Coalition: American Rivers, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Trout unlimited Contact: Margaret Bowman, American Rivers: (202) 347-7550 Andy Goode, Atlantic Salmon Federation: (207)…
04/14/2008 Trout Unlimited Report Finds Recreational Angling Generates Over $1 Billion to Driftless Area Economy 04/14/2008 Contacts: Laura Hewitt (608) 630-2743, Erin Mooney (571)-331-7970 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited Report Finds Recreational Angling Generates Over $1 Billion to Driftless Area EconomyFishing Tourism Reaps Huge Benefit to Four States LACROSSE, WI A report commissioned by Trout…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katy Dunlap, Trout Unlimited, (607) 742-3331 John Barone, Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, (914) 572-3626 Scott Kovarovics, Izaak Walton League of America, (301) 548-0150 ext. 223 Dave Miller, New York State Trappers Association, (607) 664-7161 Kip Adams, Quality Deer Management Association, (814) 326-4023 Richard Martin, Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, (717) 480-0324 Terra Rentz, The…
Contacts: Randy Scholfield Director of Communications, Colorado Water Project Trout Unlimited 303.440.2937 x108, rscholfield@tu.org Drew Peternell, 303.440.2937, x102, dpeternell@tu.org Sinjin Eberle, 303.333.7465, sinjin.eberle@coloradotu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited: Latest federal recommendations on Windy Gap water project dont go far enough to protect the Upper Colorado River from collapse DENVER Dec. 5, 2011 – A new…
Tongass transition out of old-growth logging stalled New report finds Forest Service continued focus on timber shortchanges Southeast Alaskas growth industries: fishing and tourism JUNEAU, Alaska — A new report finds the U.S. Forest Services four-year-old pledge to end old-growth logging and to support key economic sectors in Alaskas Tongass National Forest has stalled. Headwaters…
Today the thousands of river miles continue to support healthy populations of wild Pacific salmon, rainbow trout, Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden and more. Just north of the state’s largest populations centers of Anchorage and Wasilla, the area draws attention of recreational users of all types – hunters, anglers, trappers, miners, off highway vehicle operators, pilots,…
Abstaining from fishing doesn’t just happen. There must be a reason.
Data collected, scientists now set out to gauge how flows affect the river’s wild browns.
The thrill of the catch
Good Samaritan legislation would allow third party groups to clean up polluting mines Contact: Corey Fisher, Trout Unlmited, corey.fisher@tu.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) – A coalition of 41 conservation groups, including organizations representing millions of hunters, anglers, public land advocates, and wildlife professionals, have sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of…
Trout Unlimited has worked for decades advocating for balanced management of our public lands that are so important to sustaining healthy trout and salmon populations and our angling and hunting heritage.