Tag Archives: restoration

Kerber Creek: Mining and trout

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Randy Scholfield

by Jason Willis I moved out to Colorado from the Pittsburgh area about a year and a half ago to work for Trout Unlimited as a contractor on the Kerber Creek Restoration Project.  Fresh out of graduate school, I was … Continue reading →

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Finding Hope at Feather River Bridge

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Randy Scholfield

By Pam Harrington When I see a fish snuggled up in a pool that was created by TU’s river restoration work, it touches my heart.  I close my eyes and listen to the music of riffles where before there was … Continue reading →

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Winter river projects: Worth the suffering

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Randy Scholfield

By Cary Denison Working in the cold of winter is an unfortunate and often unavoidable circumstance of river restoration, especially those projects that involve upgrading irrigation diversion structures like the Relief Ditch Diversion, which is currently under construction on the … Continue reading →

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TU Down Under: Coastal Connection

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Chris Hunt

Note: Last fall, I was invited to New South Wales, Australia, to share TU’s story with recreational anglers Down Under. After a long nine-month wait, I’m here in Australia touring conservation projects undertaken by the New South Wales government fisheries … Continue reading →

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What’s sexy about the Farm Bill?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Chris Hunt

OK, so not much, really. Unless you love to hunt and fish and understand how Farm Bill conservation programs serve to benefit fish and game habitat on private land all across America. That’s right. Private land. Farm Bill money goes … Continue reading →

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Making rivers whole again

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Randy Scholfield

I was reminded the other day of just how big of an impact a single TU reconnect project can have on an entire river watershed. Consider that a recently completed fish passage on an old diversion dam on Wyoming’s Greybull River … Continue reading →

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Responding to flooding

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Chris Hunt

As the Northeast takes a wintertime breather from its river and stream recovery efforts in the wake of tropical storm Irene, a couple things come to mind. First, this act of God is likely not the last the Eastern Seaboard … Continue reading →

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