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Sunoco pipeline violations will fund 61 stream projects across southern PA
The Department of Environmental Protection Tuesday announced it has selected 61 projects to receive grants from the historic $12.6 million penalty assessed to Sunoco for violations Read More...
PFBC appointss Tim Schaeffer as new Executive Director
During a special meeting today, the PFBC Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint Tim Schaeffer to the role of Executive Director. Schaeffer will assume his duties Read More...
Join the "Our Pocono Waters" campaign to save our EV waters
The “Our Pocono Waters” campaign aims to unify the community while educating citizens, business leaders, and local leaders about the importance of protecting Exceptional Value (EV) streams Read More...
**ALERT** Your support is needed for the Land & Water Conservation Fund!
Yesterday, September 30th, Congress allowed one of our nation’s most successful conservation programs to expire. For more than fifty years, the Land and Water Conservation Read More...
PSU study shows few hatchery genes present in wild brook trout population
Despite many decades of annual brook trout stocking in one northcentral Pennsylvania watershed, the wild brook trout populations show few genes from hatchery fish, according to Read More...
18th. Annual PA Fly Fishing Museum Banquet is November 3
The Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum’s 18th Annual Fundraising Banquet and Auction will be held Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Comfort Suites Carlisle, 10 South Hanover Street Read More...
Council officers elected & annual awards presented at PATU Annual Meeting
On September 8, 111 people representing 36 chapters convened at the PFBC Centre Region Office in Bellefonte for a full day of activities, including presentations on a variety of Read More...
Alert - Invasive species found in Spring Creek (Centre County)
If you plan to fish Spring Creek or its watershed in Centre County (Bellefonte/State College area), please remember that the entire waterway and its tributaries are considered to be Read More...
2019 Coldwater Heritage Partnership grant applications are due by Dec. 15
Coldwater Heritage Partnership (CHP) Grants are intended to protect the Commonwealth’s best streams. Grants will be accepted starting September 1, 2018 for Read More...
TU and USFS to host Aquatic Organism Passage Workshop on Oct. 22-26
Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service are hosting a Stream Simulation Design Approach for Providing Aquatic Organism Passage At Road-Stream Crossings Training Workshop Read More...
Report shows brook trout decline in Susquehanna watershed due to fracking
New research from Susquehanna University's Freshwater Research Initiative finds that brook trout populations suffered most as a result of natural gas development if their habitats Read More...
New book on PA limestone trout creeks now available from PATU
A fascination with modern geospatial techniques and limestone geology led retired army engineer officer Patrick C. Wentz on a quest to discover the limestone creeks of Pennsylvania. The result Read More...
Help spread the word about new TU stream protection video
We’re beginning to promote our new video about stream protection work in Pennsylvania, featuring Forks of the Delaware Chapter President Joe Baylog and TU Field Staffer Kathleen Lavelle Read More...
Guadalupe Chapter offers small restoration grants for PA chapters
The Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Texas is TU’s largest chapter, representing almost 5,400 Texans with an interest in conserving, protecting and restoring North America's Read More...
See TU in action on PBS "Crowd and the Cloud"
Trout Unlimited's Eastern Shale Gas Monitoring Program is highlighted in the PBS documentary series, Crowd and the Cloud. The 4-part series takes viewers on a global tour of citizen science Read More...
“Events in a Box” now available to help organize chapter fishing events
If you’ve been wanting to conduct chapter fishing events, but have held off because of not knowing how or what to plan for, PATU has just introduced a new set of templates known as Read More...
USGS study reveals effects of climate change, invasive species on native trout
A U.S. Geological Survey study published on November 16, 2016 combines climate change and invasive species research by examining how native Brook Trout interact with non-native Brown Read More...
PATU requests chapter involvement in adopting wild trout streams
The overriding goal of TU’s founding fathers was conservation of wild trout wherever possible as opposed to the random stocking of “cookie-cutter” hatchery trout. The objective of PATU's Read More...
An important reminder about obtaining Youth Clearances
With the passage of Pennsylvania Act 153, there are some things that all volunteers working with youth (under the age of 18) need to be aware of. All members who will be working with youth Read More...

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