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Colorado TU Stalwart Gets National Recognition
 Trout Unlimited magazine has featured David Taylor, Past
President and former Executive Director of Colorado Trout Unlimited as one of
ten people who played the most prominent roles in shaping TU. Dave is also a
recipient of TU’s highest individual honor, the Mortenson Award, in 2001.
Read
what Trout Magazine had to say about Taylor in its article “The Ten.”
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Attention Chapter Leaders !
The CTU website has a new feature - the do-it-yourself events calendar. Now your chapter can post notices of meetings and special events on the CTU site without waiting for us to get around to it. To get started, send an email to our web editor to request your user name and password. Posting a notice only takes a few minutes - it's so easy a fisherman can do it.
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Clean Water Restoration Act Gathers Steam
The
Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) has cleared its U.S. Senate
committee and moves on for deliberation by the full Senate and that's
good news for conservationists.Two recent Supreme Court rulings - both
5-4 decisions - scaled back the legal scope of the original Clean Water
Act, which has been protecting America's waterways since the 1970s. The
CWRA is designed to restore those protections. Trout Unlimited has
issued a combination news release/fact sheet that counters (what we
consider to be misguided) opposition to the bill. Read more.
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Please call or email Senators Udall and Bennet: Let them know how
important the CWRA is to our fisheries and watersheds
To find Colorado-based office phone numbers, click on a Senator's name.
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Let’s Give ‘em the Business
They are the businesses and individual donors who support the CTU auction every
year by donating trips, fishing gear and other merchandise, making it possible
for us to pursue our mission. They deserve all the support we can give them in
return. So click here and save this list on your computer. Use it when
you’re trying to decide where to go to take a trip, buy some gear, or need a
gift for a special occasion. Don’t forget to thank them for supporting CTU.
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 New Proposal Lowers Temperature in Upper Colorado Water Controversy
The
Upper Colorado River is a workhorse of a river. More than 60% of it's
natural flow is already being diverted across the Continental Divide to
the Front Range, and two newly proposed water projects have
conservationists and west slope residents - many of whom depend on
river-focused, recreation-based economy - up in arms. But a recent
proposal by both Denver Water and the Northern Water Conservancy
District has calmed the waters - for now. Read more
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TU Applauds New Forest Service Chief
 Career forest service employee Tom Tidwell, who started in the agency 30 years ago as a firefighter, has been selected to head the U.S. Forest Service, succeeding retiring chief Gail Kimball. Trout Unlimited CEO Chris Wood praised the move, citing Tidwell's "collaborative stewardship."
Most
recently the regional forester for the northern region, Tidwell has also served
as deputy regional forester in the pacific southwest region, forest supervisor
for the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah and as district ranger on the
Uinta National Forest.
Read more from a Trout Unlimited news release.
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CTU Summer Board Meeting July 11, Durango. Click here for details
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What has TU done for youth lately?
 Reaching out to the next generation is one of TU's strategic priorities, and it's easy for you and your chapater to get involved, too. TU offers programs such as First Cast - a fly fishing instruction program; Trout in the Classroom; the Boy Scout Fly fishing Merit Badge program; and Stream Explorers - TU's new youth membership program that costs just $12 and features a magazine, website and games.
Find out more about TU's youth programs
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Here's to Our Winners !
Each year, Colorado Trout Unlimited recognizes the people and chapters who have made outstanding contributions to coldwater conservation in Colorado. The award categories range from exemplary chapter project to outstanding volunteers to our highest award - the Bruce Hoagland Award for Leadership in Conservation. Congratulations all - we're proud of you ! See the list of 2009 Winners
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 Video Interview with Interior Secretary Salazar
The Washington Post has posted a comprehensive interview with former Colorado Senator and current U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. He doesn't pull any punches. Watch the video |
Gunnison Gets Historic Infusion
May 7th may have been an ordinary Thursday for most of us, but for the Gunnison River's Black Canyon it marked the historic start of a new flow regime designed to help revitalize this world class fishery. After a week of "flushing flows" that reached more than 7,000 cfs (cubic feet per second), the Bureau of Reclamation let flows settle back down.
Also historic - it never would have happened without legal intervention by TU's Colorado Water Project and its conservation allies. Read the TU news release.
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Chapter Presidents - Have you updated your chapter information at www.tu.org?Log in and go to "Leaders Only Tools." It's important!
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| Lawmakers Close Up Shop
The gavel came down on the 2009 Colorado General Assembly session last week, and things went pretty well for CTU. Most important was passage of a new set of rules designed to protect fish and wildlife from the ill effects of oil and gas exploration. New CDOW habitat stamp legislation also passed, increasing the cost of the stamp to $10 (effective 2010) and eliminating a set aside that earmarked 60% of habitat stamp revenues for big game winter range. Here's a report prepared a few days before the session's close - with a final due in a few days.
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See the Greenback Cutthroat story in picutres, courtesy Alpine Anglers. Click here.
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How to Create a Chapter Strategic Plan. Click here
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Drillers Get New Rule Book
On April 22, Governor Ritter signed legislation giving final approval to rules developed by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to create a balanced energy policy by minimizing oil and gas development impacts to wildlife and the environment. Click here to read more about the rules. And check out the opinion piece by CTU President Ken Neubecker and former Wildlife Commission Chair Tom Burke urging all sides in the rules debate to move beyond the often harsh political fight over the rules and focus on how we can work together toward responsible implementation.
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Public Comment Sought on Proposed Green River Diversion
The Army Corps of Engineers has begun "scoping" - the process of identifying issues and alternatives of public concern for a proposed permit - on the "Regional Watershed Supply Project." Proposed by entrepreneur Aaron Million, the project would pump 250,000 acre-feet of water from the Green River in Wyoming and Utah to the Front Range of Colorado. TU is concerned about the project's potential impacts on the Green River trout fishery. Read more on how you can lend your voice to the process. |
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