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blog BY Lisa_Beranek ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
National Volunteer Week: Kicking Off Year-Long Gratitude!
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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... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
Planning: what's the big deal?
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By Chris Wood The invitation to speak to the member companies of the Conservation Alliance—an organization that helps outdoor-related companies support conservation—was welcome. My topic, “The Administration and Agency Planning,” seemed like a penance. When I worked at the U.S. Forest Service, my [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Mark.Taylor ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
TU making fishing better on Vermont's Mettawee
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Replacing perched and undersized culverts with bridges allows fish and other stream-dwelling residents access to important, additional habitat. By Erin Rodgers   Trout Unlimited’s ambitious work on the Mettawee River in Vermont moved forward in earnest in 2018 setting the stage for continuation of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Into Bears Ears
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Bears Ears National Monument. BLM photo. By Scott Willoughby Sure, I’ve read “Desert Solitaire.” Odds are, so have you. It’s been 51 years now since Edward Abbey’s seminal portrayal of his beloved American Southwest was first published, meaning it has been about one year now since his kindred [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Mark.Taylor ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
Large wood additions improving habitat in Vermont
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By Erin Rodgers  A Trout Unlimited project in Vermont is improving fish habitat in an important native trout stream.   In July and August 2018, a field team of seven people — led by me and Joel DeStasio— installed a significant amount of large woody habitat on 3.5 miles of Michigan Brook in [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON March 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Alpacka Raft leads the pack supporting clean water
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Photo courtesy Alpacka Raft   Alpacka Raft is a small, family-owned manufacturing company in Mancos, Colo. They make packrafts — tiny, portable boats designed for big adventures. Their staff of 25 in a rural Colorado town of roughly 1,400 builds the boats that define and refine the sport of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON March 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Progress addressing climate change... even in coal country
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Mountaintop removal sites in West Virginia could be potential locations for solar power development.  By Larry Harris  The Appalachian Stewardship Foundation (ASF) is a 501c3 organization that funds projects in Appalachia that reduce greenhouse gases or restore streams damaged by mining or burning [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON March 1 - 0 COMMENTS
Once in a lifetime opportunity on the Eel River
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The Van Arsdale diversion dam on the Eel River, part of the Potter Valley Project.  Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a solicitation for applications to relicense the Potter Valley Project (PVP) on California's Eel River. This notice is a formal response to the Pacific [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY j.weis ON March 1 - 0 COMMENTS
The Pebble Mine DEIS ignores the facts
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Photo by Tim Romano By Nelli Williams Over the course of the next several weeks we are going to be highlighting the inadequacies of the Pebble mine's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as we begin to review and analyze it. Reason #1 the DEIS falls massively short: Despite being the most [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON February 28 - 0 COMMENTS
Thank you!
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Lobbying and advocacy are serious business: always remember to bring a selfie-stick By Chris Wood Dear TU members: Ask. Ask. Ask. We do a lot of asking around here. "Send us $35 dollars and become a member!” "Support Embrace a Stream, and get a cool hat!” “Become a life member and get an even [ READ MORE... ]
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