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blog BY T.Emerick ON August 1 - 2 COMMENTS
Trout in The Classroom 2015-2016
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Our Chapter has had two Trout in The Classroom(TIC) schools for the past two years. The 4th Grade class in Cotter under Ashton Barnett's guidance and Wade Geery's 4-6 Grade classes in Norfork were the first participating schools. They received Whitlock Vibert Boxes loaded  with one hundred rainbow [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Wendy Luna ON October 17 - 2 COMMENTS
Hog Farm on Buffalo River Affects All of Us
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Photo by prarierivers.org Industrial-sized hog farms are coming to Arkansas. The first is now operating near the Buffalo National River in Newton County. A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is a method of mass-producing meat by confining large numbers of animals to small spaces. The C [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON June 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Wonder
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Ty Churchwell   There is innate wonder in a boy, in any boy. We look at a mountain and wonder if it can be conquered. We see an old oak tree and wonder how high we can climb. For whatever reason, boys just need to be the masters of their environment, to be victorious over challenges. As we [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON June 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Costa's "Films on Tap Tour" under way
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If you're an avid fly fisher... a wannabe fish bum... and you haven't seen the suite of Costa films yet, here's your chance. Through July, Costa and its sponsor Budweiser are taking the renowned films "GeoFish" and "Jungle Fish," as well as it's series, "The Take," on the road to craft breweries [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON June 10 - 0 COMMENTS
Green Broke
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by Mark Bagett “I’m-getting –too-old-for-this...” My utterance had a strained, staccato cadence and was laced with enough expletives to warm even the most frost-stung ears that morning. The little paint filly had taken a half-dozen deceptively quiet steps and then all but broke in half, jumping and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON June 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Wyoming Public Media on the Wyoming Range
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  More than two dozen outdoor advocacy groups wrote the US Forest Service this week, asking it to remove almost 45,000 acres-worth of land in the Wyoming Range from consideration for oil and gas leases. The organizations, including Trout Unlimited and the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, said the land [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON June 1 - 0 COMMENTS
Idaho TUers convene in Pocatello
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The Idaho Council of Trout Unlimited convened in Pocatello on Saturday, June 1, for its annual spring meeting. The council--including chapter leaders from Twin Falls, Boise, Pocatello, Sandpoint and Sun Valley--meets twice a year to discuss TU work all over the state. After a morning of meetings, [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON May 22 - 0 COMMENTS
Culverts, salmon and steelhead
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  By R. Chad Chorney In Idaho, chinook salmon, steelhead and bull trout have all been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. That’s the bad news.  The good news is that some of the best remaining spawning and rearing habitat for these fish is found in the central part of the state [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON April 15 - 0 COMMENTS
Monument Designation in Denver Post
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TAOS — The dreamcatcher is a prominent theme around Taos and northern New Mexico, whether as the name of a quaint bed and breakfast in the heart of the Enchanted Circle or the actual Native American charms said to separate good dreams from bad. Among fishermen along the nearby Rio Grande, the words [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON March 22 - 0 COMMENTS
Rio Grande del Norte
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As you head north out of Santa Fe on US-285 there is a prominent overpass spanning the highway. Stamped deep in its massive upper concrete support beam, in big, bold letters that cover the entire length of the four lane interchange, are the words, “Tierra Sagrada,” — “Sacred Land.” The notion of [ READ MORE... ]
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