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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON December 19 - 0 COMMENTS
Connecting kids to nature through the Bioma Project
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Young students react while seeing the creatures that will inhabit the tank in their classroom as part of the Bioma Project. Courtesy photo. By The Bioma Project For many students, environmental education consists of a single field trip per year or a documentary in class. The Bioma Project, a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON December 19 - 0 COMMENTS
Just enough
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By Chris Wood Fred’s note was unexpected. He was one of the first TU volunteers I met 17 years ago when he was 78 years young. At the time, I wondered who is this cool cat with the white pony-tail and turquoise rings? His note read, “a few months ago our son, Jon, and his two university age sons [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY KyleSmith ON December 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Oregon Wildlands and Frank Moore bills need your help
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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... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON December 12 - 0 COMMENTS
Standing tall for small waterways
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By Chris Wood This week the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers proposed a radical change in how the nation manages our streams and wetlands. For most of the first 30 years of the Clean Water Act, its rules applied to large and small, perennial and temporary, streams and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON December 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Trout Tips: Fishing for other species can make you a better trout angler
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Jonathan Wilson-Thieroff, 15, hones his skills on fish he can find close to home when he can't make it to trout waters. Courtesy photo. By Jonathan Wilson-Thieroff Here in St. Paul, Minn., where I live, the most readily available fish are bass, walleye, pike and panfish – unfortunately, not trout. [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON November 30 - 0 COMMENTS
TU Teens make 30 under 30 list
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Alleigh Raymond on the Davidson River. Courtesy Connor Parton Photography By Tara Granke Three Trout Unlimited teens were recently recognized by Blue Ridge Outdoors in the publication’s “30 Under 30” list highlighting people from the Mid-Atlantic and southeast parts of the country driving the next [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON November 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Coming home to the river
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By Chris Wood Terry Edwards deployed five times for the Air Force. When his children were younger he deployed overseas, then came a tour in Kuwait. Later, came two tours in Iraq. His final deployment was in southwest Asia. Terry told me, “There is always a transition in coming home. Things stay [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON November 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: A slam good time
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Heidi Lewis, far left, took her friends Heather Hodson, Jen Ripple and Geri Meyer (left to right) on a Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure this summer. Brian Harris photo. By Heidi Lewis When Heather Hodson calls I know things are about to get good. I don’t see her often, but when I do it typically means [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON November 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River:

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Heidi Lewis, far left, took her friends Heather Hodson, Jen Ripple and Geri Meyer (left to right) on a Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure this summer. Courtesy photo. By Heidi Lewis When Heather Hodson calls I know things are about to get good. I don’t see her often, but when I do it typically means we [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON November 16 - 0 COMMENTS
Give Idaho’s wild steelhead a chance
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By Chris Wood The first time you snorkel a stream, the size of the bugs are disarming. Stoneflies tumbling down the stream look like aquatic dragons bent on taking off a limb. It is an optical illusion, of course.  We were way up in the South Fork of the Salmon River drainage. Hiking in neoprene [ READ MORE... ]
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