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blog BY chris_wood ON April 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Nudging streams back to health 
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By Chris Wood "You just want to nudge it. Too often restoration work is over-engineered. The key is to simply nudge the system in the right direction, and then allow for natural processes to occur.” Gary leaned back and looked upstream. A smile crept up. “I had two anglers who told me they caught... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON March 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Ticking time bombs in Appalachia 
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Editor's note: TU President and CEO Chris Wood was invited to testify before Congress on innovative approaches and economic development opportunities of abandoned mine land reclamation. TU hopes to work with Congress to advance legislation to support this type of restoration work, both on coal and... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON March 25 - 0 COMMENTS
Walking under a trout stream 
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The American Museum of Fly Fishing and Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife aquarium and museum in Springfield, Mo., will give curious anglers the chance to walk under a carefully crafted trout stream and see how trout move about the water column thanks to a new partnership between two entities.  In... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON March 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Sky Blue Outfitters supports clean water in Pennsylvania 
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Pennsylvania is a fly angler’s state. And Rick Nyles is a fly angler – and a darn good one. Rick owns Sky Blue Outfitters in Fleetwood, Penn., and he’s Gold Level Trout Unlimited Business member who has been guiding all over the Keystone State on some of its best waters for 20 years. And Rick is... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON March 21 - 0 COMMENTS
The time for band-aids is passed 
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By Chris Wood Someone recently said to me, “Trout Unlimited should get out of political issues such as climate change and focus instead on what it does best—fixing streams!” Here is a secret… everything we do at Trout Unlimited helps our rivers, streams and fisheries withstand the harmful effects... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON March 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Maine TU Business member opposes changes to Clean Water Rule 
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HMH Vises is a small company, located right at the last falls of the Saco River as it empties into the ocean, in Biddeford, Maine. Jon Larrabee is the principal owner at HMH. He’s an engineer and a machinist and has over 35 years of experience as a canoe guide, fishing guide and fly fisherman. He’s... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON March 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Lack of funding, not roadless rule, is bigger factor in forest health 
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Editor's Note: The following piece recently appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune opinion section. Trout Unlimited sent letters to Utah Governor Gary Hubert and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue encouraging a “robust public process” while the petition is reviewed. We also pointed out the... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON March 13 - 0 COMMENTS
North Flats Guiding opposes weakening Clean Water Rule 
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"I choose to live and work in a place where the rivers meet the ocean. It’s my family’s home, and my business is here," says Capt. David Blinken, who owns North Flats Guiding in East Hampton, N.Y.  "We live here because we choose to live in a place that means so much to us. We live here because we... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON March 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Science shapes all we do 
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By Chris Wood I was a clueless college graduate from New Jersey, standing alongside the Anchor River in Alaska, wondering what killed all the fish. Later, I learned about the remarkable life-cycle of salmon and how they return to the stream of their birth to have sex one time. Then, they die. And... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON March 12 - 0 COMMENTS
TU Business member Namebini supports clean water 
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Carl Haensel and Jade Thomason own and operate Namebini, in northern Minnesota. They offer guided fly fishing, forest and farm products and a variety of specialties. And, like a host of other Trout Unlimited Business members, they're concerned about changes to the Clean Water Rule proposed by the... [ READ MORE... ]
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