https://www.tu.org Making fishing better Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:55:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/faces-of-restoration-capitan-forestry-in-oregon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faces-of-restoration-capitan-forestry-in-oregon Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:28:26 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=52437 Restoration work in Oregon couldn’t happen without Capitan Forestry. The Grande Ronde and North Fork of the John Day headwaters are critical habitat and special places to fish, and the collaboration between TU and Capitan is making it even better.   Capitan Forestry historically specialized in upland forest restoration work, but after partnering with TU’s aquatic restoration efforts in the…]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/trout-talk/low-light-is-trout-watching-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-light-is-trout-watching-light Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:36:00 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=75572 The gnarled, dark brown bark of cottonwoods lining rivers throughout the west make the yellow leaves glow in the sinking sun. And that low sun has other advantages when it comes to fishing ]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/boats/video-tips-paddling-a-canoe-on-your-own/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-tips-paddling-a-canoe-on-your-own Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:40:04 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=74610 I can say the next time I get in a canoe solo I'll be much better prepared from these simple paddling tips they expertly explain here in this video.]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/voices-from-the-river/sharing-moments-in-time-on-a-wild-and-scenic-alaskan-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sharing-moments-in-time-on-a-wild-and-scenic-alaskan-river Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:45:32 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=74622 Signaling another year’s passing, the annual float down the Gulkana River, one of Alaska’s many Wild and Scenic rivers, is one such noteworthy occurrences, with no place better to be present in the company of friends than in the wild ]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/trout-talk/enjoy-falls-reds-but-avoid-its-redds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enjoy-falls-reds-but-avoid-its-redds Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:10:46 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=74112 The colors of fall excite my retinas. Green leaves slowly fade as dormancy becomes them — it’s their yearly retreat so they can prepare for renewal come spring. Yellows are most common out west, but we also have vibrant oranges and even some reds. Oranges and reds of the changing scrub oaks and wild strawberries…]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/trout-talk/is-destination-marketing-bad-for-our-fishy-resources/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-destination-marketing-bad-for-our-fishy-resources Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:40:06 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=73905 Should I be writing about specific places to go and fish? Should I be “tagging” these places for the world to see (and, in time, visit and possibly abuse)?]]> https://www.tu.org/magazine/american-places-2/five-hundred-miles-of-river-memories-in-three-states/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-hundred-miles-of-river-memories-in-three-states Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:16:27 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=73797 “The elders told us there is no point in building a visitors center if we don’t restore the land,” said Brad Parry, a tribal member leading up conservation work on the neglected landscape. “They told us they want this land back to the way it was when the massacre happened. For those who died to have a peace we need to restore the land to as natural as possible.”]]> Removing Booth Diversion nonadult