Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:00AM Watch the new video and see why Trout Unlimited is committed to protecting this national treasure for future generations. Or visit this TU site page to learn more.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:27PM 
Tis the season to gear up for Winter steelheading. For us in Washington, it comes in two phases - the hatchery run followed by the wild run. And when Moldy Chum prioritizes its calendar weekends for the next six months, February, March, and April take pole position. It's not a priority fueled by quantity or percentages rather one defined by experience. It is this experience that has incented Trout Unlimited and Moldy Chum to ask for your help.
We invite all Moldy Chum friends and followers to take 1 minute to answer this survey that asks how much anglers in Washington state value wild steelhead as opposed to hatchery-reared fish. The data gathered, non-scientific though it may be, will be provided to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
“We’d like to find out just how important the experience of catching a wild steelhead is to the recreational angler in Washington,” said Rob Masonis, vice president of Western Conservation for TU. “From a conservation standpoint, we worry that hatchery fish are diluting wild stocks and reducing the hearty nature of steelhead in the Northwest. But we recognize the overall importance of steelhead to the recreational angler. I guess it boils down to a simple question: would you rather catch a wild fish or a hatchery fish?”
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:01AM 
Hundreds of Hunters and Anglers Ask Interior Department to Reopen Bristol Bay Regional Management Plan and Keep Mining Prohibitions in Place
A broad coalition of hunters, anglers, guides and outfitters, representing millions of Americans and many of them members of Trout Unlimited, want Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect some 1.1 million acres of federal land in the Bristol Bay watershed by reversing a Bush Administration plan that recommended opening the area to mineral development. Nearly 300 signatories to a letter addressed to Salazar ask the secretary to direct his new Bureau of Land Management chief, Bob Abbey, to protect Bristol Bay’s rich fisheries and wildlife habitat by redoing the 2008 regional management plan for federal lands in the watershed and closing the area to mining. The BLM lands covered by the plan lie adjacent to state land where developers hope to build one of the world’s largest open-pit gold and copper mines, a project known as Pebble.
WHAT: A news conference to discuss what’s at stake with the BLM lands and what groups want Salazar to do.
WHEN: 9 a.m. Alaska /1 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Call 800-944-8766 to join the teleconference.
WHO: The speakers will be Chris Wood, Chief Operating Officer, Trout Unlimited; Gary Berlin, President, American Fly Fishing Trade Association; and Brian Kraft, Owner, Alaska Sportsman’s Lodge.
For more information, contact Paula Dobbyn, Trout Unlimited, Director of Communications, Alaska Program, at pdobbyn@tu.org or 907-230-1513.
bristol bay, trout unlimited in Announcements, Conservation 
