Trout Unlimited Idaho

09/02/2025

Tomorrow, Representative Newhouse’s bill, H.R. 2073 – Defending our Dams Act – is scheduled to be heard in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries. It’s gaining traction in Congress, and we need your help to stop it.

H.R. 2073 prohibits the use of federal funds to allow or study the breach and alteration of the Lower Snake River dams, essentially blocking further progress towards wild salmon and steelhead recovery in the Basin.

Ongoing studies on the Snake River dams – from NOAA, the State of Washington, the tribes and more – prove, with overwhelming scientific evidence, the need to remove the lower four and restore a free-flowing Snake River. This bill would shut down years of collaboration and progress made by local communities, tribes, scientists, and advocates like you.

Tell your member of Congress to oppose H.R. 2073.

https://www.tu.org/conservation/action-center/?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns%2f129769%2fRespond

STOP H.R. 2073 - TAKE ACTION NOW

06/02/2025

The Prichard Creek restoration project is repairing a century of large scale mining impacts on this critical waterway for Westslope Cutthroat Trout.

MURRAY, Idaho – A century ago, there was a dredge floating in Prichard Creek.

04/15/2025

04/03/2025

“Media reports that lawmakers are considering the sale of public lands to help pay for a budget reconciliation bill are extremely troubling,” said Chris Wood, CEO and President of Trout Unlimited.

“Public lands are the backyard of the little guy, but if we sell our public lands to the highest bidder, they will become the playground of the wealthy. We thank Representatives Ryan Zinke (R-MT) and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) for their bipartisan leadership in introducing the Public Lands in Public Hands Act.

This bill will guard against these types of ham-handed schemes to sell America’s public lands. We ask their colleagues in Congress to join hunters and anglers across the country to oppose selling off our public lands.”

We need your help. Stand for public lands today: https://bit.ly/4ceqOq9

03/27/2025

YOUR public lands are under threat! Stay informed and get involved. We need your voice!

Public lands are key to America’s sporting legacy.

There is no opportunity for productive fishing or hunting if there are no productive lands and waters in which to sling a line, spot and stalk or swing an over-under. Bottom line.

For decades, anglers and hunters have conserved our remaining hunting grounds and trout streams by supporting policies that safeguard public land strongholds for fish and wildlife.

But threats are emerging to reverse protections of some of our country’s most cherished places and even dispose of hundreds of millions of acres of public lands. Both ideas are bad for anglers, hunters and anyone whose livelihood or lifestyle depends on public lands, from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and the millions of honey holes, secret spots and places of personal refuge in between.

Read more about these emerging threats and take action to stand up for public lands: https://bit.ly/420eRQ0

01/16/2025

Great partnerships lead to great restoration!

11/22/2024

building relationships at the annual retreat. Great conservation takes

09/18/2024

This is BIG news!

08/20/2024

TU's new Southeast Idaho Project Manager, Hannah Murphy, digging into Upper Blackfoot Confluence work!

https://tuidaho.org/2024/08/15/new-leader-at-trout-unlimited-brings-fresh-vision-to-the-upper-blackfoot-river/

04/25/2024

04/08/2024

The Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited invites you to attend a special event on April 24, 6:30 – 8:30, at IDFG Headquarters in Boise, Idaho. They are hosting a panel discussion on salmon recovery: “Achieving Healthy and Abundant Salmon and Steelhead in the Snake River Basin”. You and interested friends are invited to attend.

Our distinguished panelists:
Dr. Helen Neville - Senior Scientist – Trout Unlimited
Dr. Rick Williams - Fisheries Ecologist and Research Associate in the Department of Biology at the College of Idaho
Jay A. Hesse - Director of Biological Services for the Nez Perce Tribe’s Department of Fisheries Resources Management
Moderator: Eric Crawford – Snake River Strategic Partners Coordinator – Trout Unlimited

The panel will address the Following:
The future of salmon and steelhead in the Snake River Basin.
Clear and compelling Scientific evidence that removing the four lower Snake River dams is essential to restore critically at-risk populations of wild Snake River salmon and steelhead.
Transformative solutions to power generation in the Northwest that align with the salmon restoration.
Current challenges for steelhead and salmon survival.
The historic connections the Nez Perce Tribe has with the salmon
The significance of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative