Freeing the Eel
TU and partners sue to protect endangered salmon and steelhead until two California dams are decommissioned
Press Release: Murray / Inslee release their final report on LSRDs
Dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers have long been fought over. Photo credit: Tess McEnroe, IRU staff SEATTLE – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee released the findings and recommendations of the months-long Joint Federal-State Process that...IRU & NGOs to stay in litigation for LSDRs
A lone steelhead jumps at Dagger Falls on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Photo credit: Neil Ever Osborne Conservation organizations and fishing groups, including IRU, have joined the State of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the United States in securing a...
“High” salmon returns in 2022 are not a sign of true, sustainable numbers
This year is being pointed to as a banner year for salmon and steelhead returning to Idaho. Politicians and news outlets have been sharing the big bump in numbers in 2022, implying that it is a harbinger of good years ahead and a sign of salmon populations recovering, even though the Lower Snake River Dams remain in place.
However, the long-term reality for salmon runs remains one of steep decline towards extinction and dispels any meaning derived from recent short-term increases in return numbers.
Why Trout Unlimited backed the infrastructure and climate laws
The answer starts with our mission to care for and recover rivers and wild and native fish.