Douglas Before: Three perched culverts impeded movement of brook trout to upstream habitat
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The fall of 2013 marked the completion of the Douglas Creek culvert replacement project, in Jackson County, WI, where three perched culverts had previously …
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In the fall of 2013 a broad coalition of partners and funders celebrated the completion of …
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The Blackfoot Valley is a special place. If you’ve been lucky enough to spend a day…
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Replacement of the Horseshoe Brook culvert in Stratford, NH is part of the Orvis/TU 1,000 Miles campaign; an effort to restore and reconnect fish habitat across the country. The Brook is a tributary of Nash Stream, which was significantly impacted by a catastrophic dam break …
Read MoreThe Newbold Diversion on the Gros Ventre River in Kelly, Wyoming was well past its prime. Originally built to power flour and saw mills, the diversion had outlived its usefulness. In 2013, Trout Unlimited…
Read MoreSierra Nevada’s Volcano Creek is home of the very first Golden Trout, known as “protogoldens.” Today less than two dozen protogoldens remain. Keith Brauneis Productions and Caltrout want to create a short film about Golden Trout that will raise. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Cory Toye, director, Trout Unlimited’s Wyoming Water Project
I get a speeding ticket almost every time I drive through the Snake River Canyon on my way to the Salt River basin in western Wyoming. I am not sure if it is the 55 mph speed limit or because I spend a lot of time watching the river below me work its way through walls of rock, big plunge pools, and. . .
Read MoreWritten by Darek Staab
[Editor’s Note: Orvis is partnering with its customers in a matching funds grant, with a goal of $180,000 to reconnect streams like Indian Ford Creek by repairing faulty culverts throughout the U.S. This year Orvis is donating $90,000 in matching funds so that every $100 you donate will. . .
Read MoreWritten by: R. Chad Chorney
[Editor’s note: Here’s an update on one of many projects being funded by the Orvis/TU 1,000 Miles Campaign.]
In Idaho, chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout have all been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. That’s the bad news.
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