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blog BY j.weis ON January 9 - 0 COMMENTS
Evolution of a restoration project – remote stream incubators
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Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Photo by USFWS By: Dave Kyle When I interviewed for my position with TU in 2016, I was asked if I was familiar with remote stream incubators (RSI). RSI’s are systems typically installed in remote spring fed streams allowing salmon eggs to be reared and released with minimal [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY j.weis ON January 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Meghan Barker joins TU's Alaska team
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The Alaska program's newest staff member, Meghan Barker, enjoying the beauty of the Last Frontier. By Meghan Barker Only in Alaska can you catch a massive salmon on the third cast of your entire life. On an abnormally sunny August day in southeast Alaska in 2015, I was invited to try out a friend’s [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY shauna_sherard ON December 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Bipartisan public lands bills allowed to die on the vine
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By Corey Fisher At the end of the year, the United States Senate had a chance to pass a historic water and public lands package. The proposal, called the Natural Resources Management Act, bundled together dozens of bipartisan bills that were agreed to by Republican and Democratic negotiators from [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY shauna_sherard ON December 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Farm Bill a winner for anglers
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One bright spot in 2018 came late in the year as the Farm Bill delivered an early gift to hunters and anglers.  Signed into law last week, the bill earned the distinction of becoming the largest funder of fish and wildlife conservation project. The Farm Bill’s authorization expired on September 30 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY j.weis ON December 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Alaska's earthquakes: Another reason to stop Pebble
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The Bristol Bay region of Alaska is wet, wild and full of fish. Photo by Fly Out Media By Jenny Weis A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck southcentral Alaska’s population center in Anchorage on Friday, Nov. 30 at 8:29 am. While the earth and my house thundered and moved around me, I could hear bowls [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON December 20 - 0 COMMENTS
TU Business Spotlight: Trout on the Fly
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Nate Stevane is a Montana guy. He grew up in Billings, and fished the Bighorn, Yellowstone, Stillwater and Boulder rivers before it became a status symbol to do that. From the age of 13 on, he was a fly angler to the core. After a stint at Montana State University in Bozeman, he settled into [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY shauna_sherard ON December 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: The art of the hamster toss
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By Shauna Stephenson If I’m in the presence of other humans – which, working from home, I rarely am – and we’ve been drinking (which, with two young children, is always a tempting way to solve one’s problems but as most moms can attest, that glass of wine isn’t nearly as nice when someone is [ 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_hunt ON December 7 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: 36 hours (part II)
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blog BY sam_davidson ON December 6 - 0 COMMENTS
New bill helps NW California salmon, steelhead, public lands
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Guide Leslie Ajari and her father, Bruce, on the Trinity River. The northwest corner of California is famous for a variety of reasons. Its towering redwoods—among the largest living things on Earth, inspire awe and were the “green gold” that drove a century of logging activity to support the build- [ READ MORE... ]
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