Category Archives: Protection
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
Watch Red Gold for free and learn how to protect Bristol Bay
Starting at 9 p.m. EST, on May 17 (Thursday) you can join an online discussion hosted by Outside Magazine on the future of mining and its impact on fish, and watch a screening of Felt Soul Media’s award-winning documentary “Red … 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
Media round-up: Bristol Bay remains a hot issue
By Shoren Brown As the EPA nears a planned release date for its draft Watershed Assessment of Bristol Bay, the Anchorage Daily News says the assessment is needed. In an editorial, “Our View: EPA is doing its job,” the state’s largest newspaper … 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
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
The legacy of place
One of the beautiful things about being human is memory. Memory is not just a film, a television show of time and place past. Instead it lies in the tactile, the auditory, the olfactory . . . We thumb through … 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
