https://www.tu.org Making fishing better Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:29:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/a-barrier-on-jenny-creek-is-gone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-barrier-on-jenny-creek-is-gone Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:44:30 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=113247 Salmon and steelhead gain access to more habitat on a key Klamath River tributary]]> Barrier Removal Archives - Trout Unlimited nonadult https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/monumental-agreement-sets-the-stage-for-dam-removal-and-atlantic-salmon-recovery-on-maines-kennebec-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monumental-agreement-sets-the-stage-for-dam-removal-and-atlantic-salmon-recovery-on-maines-kennebec-river Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:24:10 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=112678 In the early 1800s, as many as 200,000 Atlantic salmon would return to Maine’s Kennebec River for their annual spawning run.]]> Restoring Balance to the Kennebec River nonadult https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/avoiding-science-imperils-salmon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avoiding-science-imperils-salmon Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:48:02 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=108517 A long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding plans for fish passage improvements on Maine’s Kennebec River finally dropped on Feb. 28.]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/another-barrier-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-barrier-down Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:07:07 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=106285 A barrier on Wolf Den Run in the Potomac Highlands of Maryland––a TU Priority Waters area––was among the many AOP projects TU tackled in 2024.]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/reconnection-report-card-new-york-priority-waters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reconnection-report-card-new-york-priority-waters Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:11:30 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=106711 Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements. The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30…]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/vander-werff-joins-tu-staff-to-lead-project-work-in-ct/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vander-werff-joins-tu-staff-to-lead-project-work-in-ct Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:38:26 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=106567 TU’s Northeast Conservation program has welcomed a key role player to the team. Jon C. Vander Werff is TU’s new Connecticut project manager.  Vander Werff will orchestrate the 2025 Norwalk River Cannondale Dam (below) removal project, partnering with regional staff leads Tracy Brown and Jesse Vadala to execute this major project and connect our mission…]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/barrier-removal/aop-surveys-are-now-under-way-in-the-driftless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aop-surveys-are-now-under-way-in-the-driftless Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:22:28 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=105955 The summer of 2024 was our second year having field technicians working across the Driftless Area to assess the condition, fish passage status and flood vulnerability of bridges and culverts on our coldwater streams.    This work is often termed “Aquatic Organism Passage” or AOP due to the broad ecosystem benefits that are achieved when…]]>