The power of Trout Unlimited is often amplified by partnerships
A new short film highlights how one such collaboration is moving forward an ambitious restoration effort in New York’s Adirondack Park.
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TU’s Ziemer testifies before House Natural Resources Committee
In fact, Ziemer says, “Water and fire are the West’s greatest expressions of climate change. This makes water investments a top priority for building climate resilience.”
Conservation Areas
Conservation should be a true partnership between landowners, agencies, municipalities, and all stakeholders. We protect critical habitat, reconnect degraded waterways, and restore populations to coldwater fisheries. We use sound science to inform our priorities, using critical data on the health of these fisheries to guide our conservation efforts. Fisheries management Our ‘whole watershed’ vision of…
West Kill Brewing & Trout Unlimited present: Brookies for Brookies
Catskill craft beer conservation partnership announced
Against all odds, these native trout survive
In the Rio San Antonio, TU is working to restore a vital and vulnerable watershed.
Farm Bill for Fish Conservation
When you think of Farm Bill conservation, what comes to mind? Maybe fields full of pheasants or ringed by deer stands? Prairie potholes for waterfowl? What about fish – perhaps a little farm pond full of bluegills and bass? Our friends at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership put together an excellent overview of how…
Good outcomes from field season
By Jason Willis It seemed like a good time to shed light on some positives from the 2019 field season as we deal with the trying times currently enveloping our country. Here is a brief history, summary and outcome of the successful Monarch Pass Gravel Mine project. The U.S. Forest Service’s Salida Ranger District released…
Students, volunteers celebrate Connecticut’s Salmon Creek
In celebration of Earth Day, Sharon Central School students and local volunteers took part in a day-long planting project to help restore the banks of the Salmon Creek in Salisbury on Tuesday, April 24. At the annual Salmon Kill Watershed Festival organized by Trout Unlimited and the Housatonic Valley Association, students planted native trees and shrubs such as…
Students, volunteers celebrate Connecticut’s Salmon Creek
In celebration of Earth Day, Sharon Central School students and local volunteers took part in a day-long planting project to help restore the banks of the Salmon Creek in Salisbury on Tuesday, April 24. At the annual Salmon Kill Watershed Festival organized by Trout Unlimited and the Housatonic Valley Association, students planted native trees and…
Blue Lines & Brook Trout – Mapping Critical Spawning Habitat in Connecticut’s Priority Waters
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today!
TU Begins Work on Landmark Salmon Conservation Partnership with Big Timber
8/29/2000 TU Begins Work on Landmark Salmon Conservation Partnership with Big Timber TU Begins Work on Landmark Salmon Conservation Partnership with Big Timber Contact: 8/29/2000 — — Contact: Steve Trafton, TU California Policy Coordinator: 510-528-4772 Craig Bell, TU Point Arena Project Coordinator: 707-884-3012 Alan Moore, TU Western Communications Coordinator: 503-827-5700 August 21, 2000. Mendocino County,…
30 Great Places: Hermosa Creek
Region: Southern RockiesActivities: Mountain biking; Skiing; 4WD; Fishing; Hunting, campingSpecies: Colorado River cutthroat trout; elk Where: The Hermosa Creek Watershed comprises 107,886 acres in La Plata and San Juan Counties, in southwestern Colorado. The area, just north of the town of Durango, is in public hands, managed as a combination of wilderness, roadless and special…
TU restores important ‘pocket’ wetlands in Michigan
Trout Unlimited recently wrapped up a multi-year project to create and restore critical wetlands in the Rogue River watershed in southern Michigan. This fall, two more “pocket” wetlands were restored, making a total of four wetland restoration projects over the past three years. Pocket wetlands are small areas that boast large benefits for water quality in this case because of their priority location adjacent to coldwater trout streams. …
Sportsmen praise passage of Hermosa Creek bill
Dec. 12, 2014 Contact: Ty Churchwell, 970-903-3010, tchurchwell@tu.org John Gale, 303-441-5156, galej@nwf.org Matt Kenna, (970) 385-6941, matt@kenna.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen praise passage of Hermosa Creek bill Legislation conserves outstanding Colorado backcountry hunting and fishing lands DURANGO, Colo. Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, the National Wildlife Federation and other sportsmens groups today praised Senate…
Native Washington kokanee in peril
By David Kyle What is a kokannee? This is a question I get asked a lot. Kokanee (aka “little redfish”, “silver trout”, “landlocked sockeye ”, and “blueback”) are the non-anadromous form of sockeye salmon (O.nerka) and are distributed through the North Pacific. Kokanee are smaller than their larger cousins, averaging 10”-14” in length and 1.5…