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blog BY rscholfield ON January 9 - 1 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Why agriculture matters
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Q&A with Scott Yates Scott Yates, director of Trout Unlimited’s Western Water and Habitat Program, has worked for almost 20 years with ranchers and farmers on water and conservation projects across the West. He shares his thoughts on pursuing conservation in working landscapes: Q: Why is [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON November 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: A workable trust
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Rancher Michael Lucero: finding pragmatic solutions on the Rio Cebolla By Toner Mitchell For at least five generations, Michael Lucero’s family has grazed their cattle in New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains on the Rio Cebolla and San Antonio Creek watersheds. This family tradition came under threat in [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON August 11 - 0 COMMENTS
The Animas, two years later
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By Ty Churchwell We recently marked a rather unsavory anniversary for the people of the Animas River Valley in southwest Colorado. Two years ago on Aug. 5, EPA contractors doing some investigative work at the Gold King Mine accidentally released over 3 million gallons of heavy metal-laden mine [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON July 11 - 1 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Message on a rock
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Petroglyphs in Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.  By Randy Scholfield I recently floated down the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico—part of a trip we organized for journalists to highlight the Rio Grande Gorge National Monument north of Taos and the current administration’s efforts to review and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON June 12 - 0 COMMENTS
A fresh look at infrastructure
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Methow Valley Irrigation District construction, TU photo by Lisa Pelly By Laura Ziemer The White House’s Infrastructure Week has come and gone, but there’s still an urgent need to address the nation’s backlog of aging infrastructure. With federal funds and programs under increasing pressure, we [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON June 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Putting us in our places
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By Randy Scholfield There are powerful places that ground us in reality—that literally put us in our places. They’re touchstones that inspire wonder and provide solitude and challenge limits. They vanquish hubris and small thinking and put things in larger perspective. The Rio Grande River gorge in [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON April 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Gila trout: Return of the native
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Gila trout from Willow Creek, Gila National Forest.  by Randy Scholfield (All photos by Josh Duplechian) Some trout are, in the long arc of time, relative newcomers to the interior West. Take brown trout and rainbows—they’re been here for an eyeblink of history. Then there are trout that speak to [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON March 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Setting the bar low on clean water
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The Clean Water Act is arguably the nation’s most important environmental law. For decades, it has been wildly successful in protecting and cleaning up rivers and streams that were a public health and environmental nightmare. With the stroke of a presidential pen this week, some of those gains are [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON February 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Video spotlight: Unspoken
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Chris Johnson is an evangelist for native trout. He understands that fishing is not just about huge trophy trout and grip-and-grin shots—it’s about experiencing firsthand some of the most beautiful creatures and amazing places on Earth. This excellent new short video captures perfectly the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON July 19 - 0 COMMENTS
Gila trout rebounding in Willow Creek
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Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the Gila National Forest have been working in the Gila National Forest for years to protect and restore Gila trout--a tough, rare and resilient species of native trout that have survived for eons in the rugged backcountry of New [ READ MORE... ]
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