Author Archives: Erin Mooney
Upper Delaware River At Risk-Take Action Now
The advocacy group American Rivers today named the Upper Delaware River as the most endangered river in America. Located in the epicenter of the Marcellus Shale region, the river sits in the crosshairs of natural gas development in the East … Continue reading
On the Rise TV Show Guest Lands Probable World-Record Trout
It’s a fish story about the one that didn’t get away, and you can see it this week on Trout Unlimited: On the Rise, airing exclusively on Sportsman Channel. During filming of the episode earlier this year on Nevada’s Pyramid … Continue reading
Good Fishing in the Adirondacks in third edition
“Good Fishing in the Adirondacks” has just been released in an overhauled third edition. Using information from local guides, outfitters, outdoor writers and Trout Unlimited members from each section of northern New York, the book has lots of maps, photos … Continue reading
Cash for Rainbows on Idaho’s South Fork Snake River
On Idaho’s South Fork Snake River, a bounty is being offered for non-native rainbow trout, in an effort to save the river’s native Yellowstone cutthroats. Idaho Fish and Game, along with TU, have developed a competition with cash incentives for … Continue reading
Trout Unlimited: On the Rise Debuts On Sportsman Channel
Great trout fishing almost always has a great conservation story behind it, and Trout Unlimited: On the Rise, the television show from the nation’s largest coldwater conservation group covers both big-fish and big-habitat stories in spades when it makes its … Continue reading
West Virginia TU Council Votes to Ban Drilling
The West Virginia TU council voted to ban drilling in the Monongahela National Forest– an area with some of the best last remaining brook trout populations in the East. This is the first time a TU council has taken a … Continue reading
Contemporary Sportsman Magazine: A Definite Cure for the Winter Blues
The first issue of the online magazine, The Contemporary Sportsman, has been published, and it has arrived right on time, when winter seems interminable and tying flies isn’t fully curing the need to get out and wet a line. With … Continue reading
TU Remembers Sam Hamilton
TU mourns the passing of a great friend, Sam Hamilton, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Hamilton, 54, died on February 20 of an apparent heart attack while skiing in Keystone, Colo. Hamilton had served in the … Continue reading
Chris Wood to Become New CEO of TU
Chris Wood, currently TU’s Chief Operating Officer, will become CEO on February 1. He will succeed Charles Gauvin, who has been TU’s CEO since 1991. Trout Unlimited’s board of trustees approved the succession plan at its meeting last week in … Continue reading
Vote For Jim Range As Budweiser Conservationist of the Year
Former TU Trustee Jim Range, who died earlier this year, has been nominated for the Budweiser Conservationist of the Year Award. To vote, go to their web site. Votes are being accepted through December 15, 2009. Jim Range was a … Continue reading
