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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 31 - 0 COMMENTS
Abandoned mines "ticking time bombs" in headwaters
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Long abondoned mines pose serious environmental concerns in headwater basins across the country. Trout Unlimited photo. By Warren Colyer Last week American Fork Creek, a popular angling destination on Utah’s Wasatch Front, ran thick and black with toxic sediment—the legacy of a hundred years of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 29 - 1 COMMENTS
Janae's Journey - Becoming a youth conservation leader
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Colorado River cutthroat like this one in Red Creek will benefit from a project a teenager from Wyoming will oversee for her local Trout Unlimited Chapter. JANAE'S JOURNEY Editors Note: This is the first in a series of blogs being written by a high school student from Green River, Wyoming, who [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 10 - 0 COMMENTS
TU’s Oil and Gas Partners: Finding Common Ground
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Gunnison Energy agreed to support legislation that will protect the Thompson Divide area in Colorado. By Shane Cross The oil and gas industry is hurting right now. Some folks are trying to kick it when it is down. At Trout Unlimited, we understand that many folks in the oil and gas industry are [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 29 - 0 COMMENTS
TU's Teen Summit - engaging young 'conserve-angler-ists'
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The 5th Annual TU Teen Summit was held ner Missoula, Montana in 2016. By Franklin Tate Indulge me as I borrow a page right out of David Letterman’s Late Night playbook and come up with 5-plus-5 of the Headwaters Program’s shiniest stars.  Nearly every working stiff has been asked the question, “ [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 28 - 0 COMMENTS
Cutthroat Slam is an adventure in fishing, and life
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The Colorado River cutthroat is one of the four subspecies of cutthroat anglers need to catch to achieve the Utah Cutthroat Slam. By Mark Hutchings The last cutthroat was the easiest – and the second smallest -- of the four qualifying fish.  “I’m done; that was fast,” I shouted to Bruiser, my [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON July 13 - 0 COMMENTS
A conservation fund for renewables
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By Randy Scholfield Our public lands in the West face a host of pressures these days: oil and gas development, more intense wildfires, invasive plants and drought, among others. Unless it’s done responsibly, renewable energy development could add significantly to those pressures on our public lands [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 13 - 1 COMMENTS
Return of Yellowstone cutthroat - observations from the field
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Horses are a quick, and easier, way to get into the backcountry surrounding Yellowstone National Park. Walt Gasson photo. By Walt Gasson TETON WILDERNESS — It’s been a great blessing in my life – indeed one of the greatest blessings in my life – to be able to come to know and love some of the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 12 - 0 COMMENTS
Giving a river room to stretch
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The Ogden River in northern Utah is a good example of what can be done to help rivers stretch out and still allow people to enjoy the resource. Officials working on the Spanish Fork River project are using the Ogden as a template. Trout Unlimited photo By Jordan Nielson SPANISH FORK, Utah -- [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON June 24 - 1 COMMENTS
First annual teen trout camp offered by Stonefly Society
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A dozen teenagers enjoyed good fishing, fun instructors and the creation of lifelong memories at the first Stonefly Society TU Youth Camp. By David E. Leta Paradise, Utah — Can you remember the last time you had so much fun fly fishing that stopping to eat or hydrate was a distraction?  How about [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON June 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Cooperating on drought in the West
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  By Scott Yates Tens of millions of people in the West depend on the Colorado River. But as we head into another drought year, the Colorado is facing a host of pressures, from drought and warming temperatures to population growth—a perfect storm that threatens our local communities, fish and [ READ MORE... ]
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