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*UPDATE* TU is now offering all survey-takers an opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a fly fishing package including a 9ft 5 wt Sage TCX rod, Vedavoo sling pak, LifeStraw water bottle, TU hat, and TU license plate holder. All previously taken surveys are eligible and will be included in... [ READ MORE... ]
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Fishing was just one of the activities on tap at the 5 Rivers Rally, held recently at Graves Mountain Lodge in Virginia.
By Mark Taylor
College kids are a social bunch, getting together to temporarily escape the rigors of classes and studying.
A recent weekend saw 200 college students gather for... [ READ MORE... ]
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At 2:30 a.m. in Soda Springs, I rolled through a right turn at a red light and soon learned “We don’t do ‘California Stops’ in Idaho.” … or so said the police officer who pulled me over pretty much immediately. Fortunately, I had made the slow rolling turn into the broad beams of the officer’s... [ READ MORE... ]
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The NLC Youth Education Workgroup, in 2011, began a project to identify the common “Core Values” of the Headwaters Youth Education Initiative, which was begun by TU staff members lead by Franklin Tate.
The Youth Education Workgroup created a Core Values survey which asked NLC’s, State... [ READ MORE... ]
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Does anyone ever ask you what TU's Headwaters Youth Program is all about? Do you ever wish you had an easy way to share all that we do with other TU members or program partners from other organizations?
Luckily, TU has a number of great videos that show and tell all that we and our youth members... [ READ MORE... ]
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Does your chapter or council have a youth leader in it—as in, a leader who is a young person? Young people in their teens and early twenties take on MANY leadership roles at TU. Here are just a few of the ways they can be involved:
· Chapter leaders – teens can be members of Chapter... [ READ MORE... ]
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No matter your line of work, getting the buy-in of the "younger crowd" is becoming increasingly important.
A decade ago, I was editing a daily newspaper here in Idaho, and while content and ethics and objectivity remained my highest priorities, readership was something I... [ READ MORE... ]
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"Adam Beede is getting press all over! He writes articles, started a student TU chapter at college, helps with many of our events, and just keeps running out in front of the pack. What an example"(Getz)!
"Adam is a college student now. He got to school and immediately started a student TU chapter... [ READ MORE... ]
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Check out this video:
http://vimeo.com/75168059
We're featured in TU's national campaign to promote youth education at about 6 and half minutes into the video. Like that Rebecca caught the biggest brookie on Dry River that day. And the fist bump between Neil and Jacob! Go Dukes! Doc.
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I enjoyed the conservation tour held at the TU national meeting in Wisconsin's Driftless Area. If I didn't tell you where this photo was taken, could you mistake it for the Shenandoah Valley?