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blog BY tara.granke ON December 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Tomorrow Fund’s second year raises more than $30K for youth programs 
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By Franklin Tate  It’s so true that, as anglers and conservationists, we at TU have a lot to pass on in terms of our passion for the great outdoors. But it’s never as easy as it sounds: it takes a ton of patience to get in front of a group of kids and try to convey the mystery behind the cast; it [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY tara.granke ON January 16 - 0 COMMENTS
Teachers can sign up for the 2018 TIC/SIC Quilt Project
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If your TU Chapter or Council has Trout or Salmon in the Classroom programs, this is a fun project they can take part in with other classrooms across the country. Please pass on this announcement to teachers and coordinators: Enhance STEAM learning with your TIC/SIC/AaT program by joining the 2018 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON November 28 - 0 COMMENTS
Tomorrow Fund benefits TU's youth program
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The TU Costa 5 Rivers Native Odyssey college students above. The Native Odyssey was featured in Chris Wood's State of TU address. By Tara Granke In case you missed it, during his 2017 State of TU address, Chris Wood personally pledged $1,000 to the GRTU Tomorrow Fund and asked those gathered to [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY tara.granke ON July 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Are you up for the GRTU Tomorrow Fund Challenge?
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Click here to inspire and support the next generation. Are you up for the GRTU Tomorrow Fund Challenge? The 066 - Guadalupe River chapter (GRTU) has a hunch. They're thinking that chapters and councils across the country care about engaging the next generation of river stewards as much as they do [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY tara.granke ON January 9 - 0 COMMENTS
Teachers can sign up for the 2017 TIC/SIC Quilt Project
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If your TU Chapter or Council has Trout or Salmon in the Classroom programs, please pass on this announcement to teachers and coordinators: Enhance STEAM learning with your TIC/SIC/AaT program by joining the 2017 Trout Quilt Project. Participating classes create 20-30 fabric art squares (on Inkjet [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rochelle ON January 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Core values of TU's youth education
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       The NLC Youth Education Workgroup, in 2011, began a project to identify the common “Core Values” of the Headwaters Youth Education Initiative, which was begun by TU staff members lead by Franklin Tate.      The Youth Education Workgroup created a Core Values survey which asked NLC’s, State [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON March 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Teacher: Why I love Adopt-A-Trout
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  by Derek Haider I teach 7th grade Biology at Evanston (WY) Middle School (EMS). I have always found the life sciences fascinating, and with my enthusiasm for Wyoming and its wildlife, I embarked on a teaching career nine years ago. After a few years of teaching, I found that students were [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rochelle ON October 29 - 2 COMMENTS
Stream Explorers: Taking Care of Trout
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The newest issue of Stream Explorers magazine is revisiting a vital topic--the impact of humans on trout.  The issue discusses both positive and negative influences that humans can have on trout and trout habitat.  Then, it asks the young readers to take a critical eye to a couple of streams and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rochelle ON October 25 - 0 COMMENTS
Data from NY AaT 2013
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On Long Island, brook trout are being followed. Brookies may not move as much as their salmon cousins, but they still move between places in their home ecosystem.  Long Island TIC students have been working with a researcher from Hofstra to follow the movement of brook trout between Beaver Brook [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rochelle ON October 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Salmon Bracelets
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This is a cool way to motivate kids to explore their local stream ecosystem and think about how salmon or trout are connected not just to the stream and water, but all different aspects of the ecosystem. How would you modify this activity for a trout stream where no salmon are present?  Has anyone [ READ MORE... ]
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