Tag Archives: Randy Scholfield

Outdoors heritage at risk

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Randy Scholfield

Check out this Field and Stream column about how much is at stake for anglers and sportsmen in the wrongheaded HR 1 budget bill. If this slash-and-burn measure now before Congress goes through, decades of collaborative conservation work by TU … Continue reading →

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Fraser River: going, going . . .

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Randy Scholfield

A Denver Post article provides a wake-up call about the dire state of the Upper Colorado and Fraser Rivers due to massive water diversions to the Front Range. Diminished flows have wiped out important bug hatches, raised water temperatures, and put the … Continue reading →

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Upper Colorado River is “Tapped Out”

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Randy Scholfield

Here’s a new TU video that asks the important question, “Denver, do you know where your water comes from?”  For decades, water diversions from the Upper Colorado River have been fueling Front Range population growth, and two new proposed diversions … Continue reading →

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Idahoans want alternatives to Teton Dam

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Randy Scholfield

The proposal to rebuild Teton Dam in eastern Idaho’s rugged Teton Canyon (a fantastic native trout fishery) isn’t very popular with the people of Idaho, according to a new poll conducted by American Rivers. The survey found that, when presented with options, … Continue reading →

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Interior award shows power of partnerships

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

Kudos to TU’s Washington Water Project, which recently received a Partners in Conservation award from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for “outstanding contributions to salmon recovery in Washington state” for their work with the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Implementation Team.  The … Continue reading →

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A wake-up call on water crisis

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

TU’s Washington Water Project recently hosted nationally recognized water expert Robert Glennon to speak about the water crisis facing the United States and the world.  “There’s not any single thing we must do, but there are many things we should … Continue reading →

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TU teamwork brings down a dam

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

Check out this fun video showing how Wyoming’s East Yellowstone chapter removed a natural dam in a little over an hour, with nothing more than a few handtools and some volunteer muscle, opening up stream spawning areas for cutthroat trout. Great example of TU at … Continue reading →

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Rescuing fish with Cody’s conservation heroes

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

I was in Cody, Wyoming, this week for the East Yellowstone TU chapter’s annual trout rescue.   For two decades, they’ve been saving thousands of fish trapped in these ditches when the water is turned off at the end of … Continue reading →

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Spread Creek Dam removal gets underway. . .

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

Dams and other irrigation diversions can pose a major challenge to healthy stream flows and habitat connectivity in the West.  After several years of securing funds and organizing partners, TU’s Wyoming Water Project last week launched a major dam removal … Continue reading →

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Check out this online fishing mag

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Randy Scholfield

Hey, have you seen the Contemporary Sportsman yet? Check it out — it’s a beautiful new online fishing/hunting mag. Great articles about steelheading, wingshooting, etc. Yours truly has a column (see p. 54) in the most recent summer 2010 edition about Idaho’s … Continue reading →

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