Category Archives: Protection
It’s all about water
As anglers, we get it. Clean water translates into quality fishing. Of course, it goes well beyond that–it also translates into safe drinking water, healthy communities and an overall healthy ecosystem. Why, then, would anyone intentionally attempt make it easier … Continue reading
Sportsmen to President and Congress: Say ‘NO’ to Pebble Mine
Starting Monday, April 16, more than 30 sportsmen from around the country are traveling to the nation’s capitol to let their elected officials and the president know that protecting Bristol Bay is a top priority for hunters and anglers. This … Continue reading
California Deer Declines and Why Habitat Matters
If there were ever a showcase on the link between good habitat and healthy game herds, perhaps the poster child would be the deer populations of California. Herds in the state are feeling the pinch poor habitat conditions create, reports … Continue reading
Embrace-a-Stream … TU’s grassroots at work
This year, TU distributed nearly $120,000 in annual Embrace-a-Stream grants for work on 22 projects in 13 states. Each project is getting an average of $5,400 this year. And that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. TU chapters who … Continue reading
Maine … one of the ‘Best Wild Places’ faces a threat
By Jeff Reardon When we showed Maine’s brook trout country to Lawrence Pyne of Field & Stream magazine, I’d just started work on a new project for TU. Our focus was to find strategies to protect brook trout populations and … Continue reading
Restoring Salmon Habitat: A Jobs Creator for Southeast Alaska
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
Public land … your land
I grew up in Colorado. And even now that I live in Idaho (which is today what Colorado was like when I was a kid), I consider Colorado “home.” As a kid, my grandfathers trucked me, my brothers and my … Continue reading
San Juan Wilderness Bill gains support in Senate hearings
One of the core goals of the Sportsmen’s Conservation Project, from its inception nearly a decade ago, was to counter some of the standard arguments that were so often stalling and then killing new wilderness proposals brought before Congress, despite the myriad benefits … Continue reading
Salmon in the Trees Exhibit to be Installed in Wrangell, AK
Photographer Amy Gulick will install a permanent version of her exhibit Salmon in the Trees in Wrangell, Alaska, in May. Salmon in the Trees tells the remarkable story of the Tongass rain forest of Southeast Alaska. Fringing the coastal panhandle … Continue reading
Book a fishing trip by March 30th. Help protect world-class rivers.
In case you missed it earlier…you can help protect some of the best fishing rivers on the planet by simply booking a fishing trip. Alaska Fly Out and Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay campaign have teamed up and if you … Continue reading
