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blog BY mikek.trout ON August 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Trout In The Classroom, A Students Perspective
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TU’s Trout In the Classroom (TIC) program has had a tremendous impact on Stony Brook and the people of Calumet County. The program has motivated -- and continues to motivate -- landowners, Calumet County, the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, Fox Valley Chapter, DNR, Fund For Lake Michigan, [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON August 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Regression to the Mean
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by Council Chair Scott Allen
Often, I feel we, Trout Unlimited, are spread a little thin. Or maybe it’s that we point the bow towards the horizon with a destination in mind but without adequate provisions, we give it our best nonetheless. We work very hard for our deserving veterans, boys and [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON August 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Former Wisconsin Trout Editor Todd Hanson Passes Away
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By Duke Welter
Todd Hanson, a significant contributor to Wisconsin TU, a strong resource advocate, talented brewmaster, dedicated outdoors person and genuinely good guy, died in May at his Madison home. He was 69. Todd was born May 31, 1953 in New London.
Many Wisconsin TU members will remember [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON May 19 - 0 COMMENTS
JFC Budget does NOT include a Trout Stamp Increase
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Dear Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Supporter,
We are deeply dissappointed in the move by our Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) to leave a proposed trout stamp increase out of the state budget. The Committee postponed the start of their meeting by 8 hours on Thursday, in order to craft a [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
It’s Time for Us to Make the Investment in Our Trout Fishing Future
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It’s Time for Us to Make the Investment in Our Trout Fishing Future
It’s time for a change. The weather’s changing, a new batch of young of the year trout are acclimating to their surroundings, and we’re coming out of our winter doldrums.
About the only thing that hasn’t changed in quite a [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Chairs Column - April 2023 WisTrout
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Two amorous teenage brook trout were swimming downstream in search of adventure when they crossed current with an old brown trout. The sage elder asks “where are you kids headed? There’s some dangerous water downstream, you know.” To that, the young trout responded in unison “what’s water?”
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blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
The River of Sand
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The River of Sand
By Tom Meyer
One day in the summer of 1950 two men named George had a chance meeting near Burton’s Landing Bridge on the Au Sable River in Michigan. Both men were there fly fishing for trout and they shared concerns about problems with the river which they loved.
Au Sable is a [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON March 15 - 0 COMMENTS
It's Time to Raise the Inland Trout Stamp
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It’s Time to Increase the Wisconsin Inland Trout Stamp!
As Wisconsin anglers and conservationists, we recognize the importance of financially supporting trout stream habitat and management through the purchase of the Wisconsin Inland Trout Stamp every [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON October 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Chairs Column - The Front Door is Open
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By Scott Allen, WITU Council Chair
“Fishing is the front door to TU,” said CEO Chris Wood in his “State of TU” at the CX3 Portland, Maine event in July. I couldn’t agree more. For most of us it is fishing that landed us at the doorstep of TU, what lay across the threshold few of us held any [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON October 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Youth Camp Returns
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by Linn Beck, WITU National Leadership Council Representative
What a wonderful feeling to be able to get back on track with the Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Youth Fishing Camp. After a two-year hiatus, we were back in full swing. Everything went great, just like we were never away.
We went into [ READ MORE... ]