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Restoring Salmon Habitat: A Jobs Creator for Southeast Alaska

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

The 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is a vast, wild landscape pulsing with some of the world’s most productive freshwater systems for salmon and trout. Everything here revolves around fish, whether it’s for income, recreation or simply putting … Continue reading →

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Fishermen to Forest Service: Grow Jobs, Protect Salmon

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

Salmon anglers and U.S. taxpayers, take notice. It’s time to tell the U.S. Forest Service to stop misspending your money in one of America’s Best Wild Places, the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska.  That’s the message from a group of … Continue reading →

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Youth Art Exhibit Celebrates Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

  An exhibit featuring art made byKetchikan elementary students that celebrates Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is on display at the Tongass Historical Museum through February 25. “A Forest of Words: Youth Voices Celebrate the Tongass National Forest” is a … Continue reading →

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Budget Shift Needed for Tongass Salmon

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

  Trout Unlimited and partner organizations are preparing to send a group of commercial fishermen, anglers, guides and yacht-tour operators to Washington, D.C., next month to push for stronger conservation of fish habitat in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska. The group will meet … Continue reading →

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TU Hits Trade Shows To Talk Up Tongass

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

Trout Unlimited hit two large sportsman’s shows on the West Coast recently to introduce its Tongass 77 campaign to the hunting and angling community. TU’s Sportfish Outreach Coordinator for Southeast Alaska, Mark Hieronymus, spoke with many lodge owners and guides at the … Continue reading →

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The MeatEater Promotes Old Growth Conservation in Alaska’s Tongass

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

Author and hunter Steven Rinella, host of Sportsman Channel’s MeatEater show, champions old growth conservation in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest in a new video. Produced as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s “Conservation Field Notes,” the video explores why habitat protection on … Continue reading →

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Tongass Guardians: Documenting Alaska’s Coastal Rain Forest

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Paula Dobbyn

Documentary photographer Julie Denesha has created a new series of stunning images of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The project — Tongass Guardians – was made possible through a U.S. Forest Service residency program for artists and writers called Voices of the … Continue reading →

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Best Wild Places Features Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Paula Dobbyn

Field & Stream turned its attention to Alaska’s coastal temperate rain forest — the Tongass National Forest – this month as part of its Best Wild Places series.  Outdoor writer Darren Dorris teamed up with Tim Bristol, director of TU, … Continue reading →

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Radio Campaign Touts Southeast Alaska Salmon Fishery

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Paula Dobbyn

Trout Unlimited and the Sitka Conservation Society partnered on a series of radio ads recently to draw attention to the importance of wild salmon to the economy, culture and lifestyles of Southeast Alaskans. Southeast Alaska is home to the world’s … Continue reading →

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TU Alaska Program Launches “Clean Your Waders” Ad Campaign

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Paula Dobbyn

Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program, ran radio and print ads during this summer’s busy fishing season to alert people to the dangers of aquatic invasive species and offer tips for how they can help curb the spread of these noxious creatures … Continue reading →

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