Category Archives: Conservation
Conservation community joins with sportsmen to save Green River
Yesterday, American Rivers named the Green River the second most endangered river in the country, citing a proposal to pump 81 billion gallons (yes, you read that right) of water from the Green 560 miles to the front range of … Continue reading
That Yellowstone Feeling
If someone knocked me out, blindfolded me, transported me to a river in Yellowstone National Park, then woke me up, spun me around a few times, and took off the blindfold, I’d still know exactly where I was within seconds. … Continue reading
Want to fish Yellowstone? For free?
Here’s your chance! TU is teaming up with Simms, the Yellowstone Park Foundation and the Outdoor Blogger Network for the the TU Blogger Tour 2012, and two winning bloggers will get the chance to come to Yellowstone this summer and … Continue reading
TU comes through for Yellowstone Lake
This just in from Dave Sweet, Wyoming Trout Unlimited volunteer extraordinaire: TU chapters and councils from all across America have helped surpass the $85,000 goal Dave and his fundraising partners from Idaho and Montana set to fund the purchase of … Continue reading
Cool Montana Science Teacher Alert!
Some Stevensville, Montana high school students have a cool biology teacher. Brandon Day, a teacher at Stevensville High School, located just south of Missoula, recently took his students to Burnt Fork Creek, a tributary to the Bitterroot River, to gather … Continue reading
Doing the right thing for clean water
Thirty years ago many of us were still fishing with fiberglass rods, catch and release was just barely catching on, and many waders were still rubber. That’s a little perspective. A lot has changed in 30 years. That’s also how … Continue reading
Why anglers, ranchers and trout all love the Farm Bill
Uh-oh. What happened to runoff? In Colorado, Wyoming and other places in the Rockies, it’s looking like spring flushing flows will be meager at best this year–with snowpack levels far below average. And that could add up to a perfect … Continue reading
Of Concrete, Steelheads and Swallows: Anglers Fight to Bring Back a Southern California Native
The bad news about southern California Steelhead: They are endangered. The good news about southern California Steelhead: They are tenaciously persistent – which just might save them from extinction. Despite all the obstacles in their way, the few that remain … Continue reading
Protecting roadless lands … or “Keep it like it is”
In 2001, anglers and hunters all across America received perhaps their greatest gift since the Wilderness Act of 1964. The incredibly progressive–and, at least these days, infamous–Roadless Rule was officially put in place by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. … Continue reading
What’s sexy about the Farm Bill?
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
