Posted in
I love saying thank you!
It is an odd thing to say but I do--I love sharing a genuine thank you. I truly enjoy sharing genuine appreciation. Not only do I usually see a smile appear but I, too, get inspired to continue my efforts. It is important to recognize the power of appreciation.
Each year we... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
Thanks to the leadership of elected officials in Oregon who understand the importance of wild places, and the value salmon and steelhead bring to our outdoor economy, there’s a decent chance that Oregon could end up with some new public lands protections in the next few days.
As we posted last week... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
The Chetco River, one of the finest salmon and steelhead fisheries in the West.
For more than a decade TU has worked with other fishing and conservation groups to protect coastal salmon and steelhead streams in southwest Oregon from mining and other types of resource development that could harm... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
By Kyle Smith
For the past month, residents of Salem, Oregon (I'm one of them) have been warned against drinking water from our taps and have been advised to obtain drinking water commercially or from a number of water fill stations set up across the city by Salem's Public Works Department.
Salem... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
Eighteen years ago, on June 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed a proclamation that designated 52,947 acres of federal land as the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon. Known for its incredible biodiversity, Cascade-Siskiyou is home to blacktail deer, Roosevelt elk, cougars, and... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
Fellow TU members,
I'm headed to Crane Prarie reservoir next week with the family to do some fishing. I've never fished their before and am hoping to gather some intel from any of my fellow fly fishermen/women that are in the know. What hatches are most abbundant this time of year and what... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
Nothing quite compares to a TU Regional Rendezvous!
The Western Regional in Keystone, Colorado was no exception with a lively schedule of relevant and engaging sessions and a robust amount of #TUmuchfun in
31706589_2124294274469795_8388331988221689856_n.jpg
organized... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
By Kyle Smith
Jim Rogers first came to Elk River over 50 years ago as a forester and was tasked with logging off the watershed for its heralded Port Orford Cedar. Following a short time in the Elk basin, it quickly became clear to Jim that the river was special and that his true purpose wasn’t to... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
The Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited is proud to announce that Terry Turner and Dick Hollenbeck are the newest recipients of the Forest Service's Rise to the Future Award. Both Turner and Hollenbeck hail from the Clackamas Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), where they have each served in various... [ READ MORE... ]
Posted in
Please join the North Sound Chapter on December 2, at Howard Miller Steelhead Park as we host the 1st Skagit River Speyapalooza.