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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON February 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Fishing is America's real pastime
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By Ian BartonFinalist in the TU Teen Essay ContestMany people would say baseball or football are America’s pastimes. But, I would say America’s real pastime is fishing, specifically trout fishing. The wild trout is a wily creature, not easily hooked. He will spend his days hiding under rocks, [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON February 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Conservation - 'Giving serious thought to tomorrow'
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By Sophia Putman
Finalist in the TU Teen Essay ContestNothing truly mesmerizes the heart quite like the great outdoors. The winding rivers, the shady trees, and the sprightly fauna stir and entice the soul of the curious adventurer. On this magnificent earth, there is no such place quite like the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY j.weis ON February 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Pebble takes a dangerous step forward
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Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. Photo by FlyOut Media   By Nelli Williams   Yesterday, the Army Corps of Engineers released a document, called the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, intended to outline the risks and benefits of the proposed Pebble Mine, after an extremely rushed and non-transparent [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON February 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Stages of hunting and fishing ... and conservation
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By Scott Willoughby  Within the eclectic community commonly known as “hunters and anglers,” I like to think of myself as “all the above.” But I realize not everyone checks both the hook and bullet boxes, and confess that I’m generally amused by the accepted tendency to place all breed of sportsmen [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON February 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Happy students and happy teachers
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Students from Marine Park Intermediate School in Brooklyn By Chris Wood Lilli Genovesi is in the eye of the hurricane. How else could she—with her awesome partners at the New York Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Dept. of Environmental Conservation and local TU chapters—manage over 250 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON February 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Trojan males
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Brown trout are encroaching more and more on native Rio Grande cutthroat trout habitat in New Mexico. By Toner Mitchell The challenge of recovering native trout becomes more daunting every day. Natives occupy mere slivers of their ancestral ranges, usually remote streams where their habitat [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON February 15 - 0 COMMENTS
Testing new methods for rebuilding wild steelhead populations (Part II)
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A steelhead smolt. Smoltification is the physiological process which prepares parr for the transition to salt water and gives them their silvery coloring.   By John McMillan and Nick Chambers Recently we reviewed a study on a novel hatchery steelhead program that was implemented in a Hood Canal [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY shauna_sherard ON February 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Clean Water Rule is in our hands now
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The comment period opened February 14 and only lasts until April 15. We need you to comment now!   After weeks of lag time, the opportunity for the public to weigh in on reducing protections for headwater streams is finally here.  In early December, the Environmental Protection Agency put forth a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON February 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Why conservation matters to fly fishing
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By Brendan Cook Grand prize winner of the TU Teen Essay Contest Over the past year or so, fly fishing has become a passion of mine. It’s a way for me to escape, relax, be one with nature and live in the moment. It has enabled me to make new friends and try new things. When I hook on to a fish, I [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Mark.Taylor ON February 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Highlights aplenty in New Hampshire in 2018 
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Crews spent weeks loading Poorfarm Brook in Gilford, N.H., with wood structures to enhance habitat. By Colin Lawson and Erin Rodgers Trout Unlimited’s staff had a busy year in New Hampshire in 2018, spending some time monitoring previously completed projects, installing new projects, and evaluating [ READ MORE... ]
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