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By Kate Miller
As another wildfire season begins to heat up, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet Thursday to review comments and take testimony related to a draft legislative proposal aimed at improving resilience in our national forests and easing agency budgets stretched... [ READ MORE... ]
By Randy Scholfield
“We are facing a water urgency in the West,” said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, at the outset of hearings today on drought legislation in the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. And at the outset, Sen. Wyden commended Trout Unlimited and “... [ READ MORE... ]
by Michael Gibson
Well, after a move from Missoula to Boise and a quick stint with Idaho Wildlife Federation protecting the Boulder-White Clouds Mountains, I am back where I belong, helping to conserve, protect and restore trout and their watersheds. In January, I started as the Idaho field... [ READ MORE... ]
Bull trout in the Upper Sprague, Klamath Basin
By Randy Scholfield
One thing TU has learned in recent decades in its stream restoration work: To have a lasting impact, you need to think big, on a landscape scale. Everything’s connected.
We’ve also learned that our impact is greater when all the... [ READ MORE... ]
Hunting quail in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument: This land is your land.
By Corey Fisher
Here in the vast expanse of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico, you get a sense of what public lands mean to sportsmen.
For the past few days, I’ve been... [ READ MORE... ]
The 2015 Wasatch Fly Tying & Fly Fishing Expo will be held at the South Towne Expo Center on March 27th & 28th.
The Wasatch Expo Banquet with live action will be Friday, March 27th starting at 5:30 pm. This is our largest fundraising event of the year benefiting the projects of local... [ READ MORE... ]
Location: Southcentral Idaho
Type of stream: Spring Creek
Angling methods: Fly, spinning
Species: Rainbows, occasional browns, odd brookies
Access: Easy
Season: late May -- November
Supporting Services: Tackle shops, accommodations in Sun Valley
Short take: Among Idaho’s 17 Silver Creeks, this one... [ READ MORE... ]
Location: Southwest Idaho
Type of stream: Tailwater
Angling methods Fly, Spin
Species: Cutthroat, Browns, Rainbows
Access Limited wading
Season: Year ‘round Supporting
Services: Tackle shops, accommodations along river
Short take: Sad, but you gotta eat them ‘bows
Handicapped access: Yes
Closest TU... [ READ MORE... ]
Location: Eastern Idaho
Type of stream: Freestone river
Angling methods Fly and spinning
Species: Rainbow in upper reaches, browns and rainbows below Mesa Falls
Access Easy to moderate
Season: Varies by section, check current Idaho regulations. Supporting
Services: Last Chance
Short take: As easy... [ READ MORE... ]
This video is based on a 3D Google Earth tour showing several years of restoration work Trout Unlimited and many partners and volunteers have accomplished on abandoned mine lands in the headwaters of the Boise River Watershed in Idaho.
Also provided is this link to a Google Earth Plug In Tour of... [ READ MORE... ]