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  • One year late, $46 Million Fairbanks Fish Hatchery Remains Sidelined by Water Quality Problems
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    By Tim Mowry
    June 26, 2011
    As manager of the new, and as yet unopened, $46 million Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery, Gary George has heard plenty of alternative uses for the cavernous 56,300-square-foot building on Wilbur Street. Two of the most common are a waterslide park...
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  • Critics of Crawford County Well Still Wary
    LaCrosse Tribune
    By Chris Hubbuch
    June 25, 2011
    A Crawford County landowner’s proposal to drill a high-capacity well for “emergency water bottling purposes” still worries some neighbors, despite proposed government restrictions designed to mitigate the well’s environmental impacts.
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  • Fishing Licenses Don’t Fund Access
    The Park Record
    By Letter to the Editor – Robert Dibblee
    June 25, 2011
    Last week an article was published in The Park Record, "Stream access, but at a price." The article was very informative as to what is happening now with river access except one major flaw, funding the walk-in access. The article states an increase...
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  • Motorized River Use Needs Reasonable Restrictions – Soon
    The Missoulian
    By Carey Schmidt
    June 22, 2011
    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is considering rule changes for motorized use on the Clark Fork and lower Bitterroot rivers. The Westslope Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a local organization representing the quiet majority of anglers in and around...
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  • County Board Gets Pilgrim River Watershed Update
    The Daily Mining Gazette
    By Garrett Neese
    June 15, 2011
    The Houghton County Board of Commissioners heard an update Tuesday on the Pilgrim River Watershed Project. The project includes purchasing the development rights to 1,360 acres along the Pilgrim River to ensure perpetual access for a variety of non-...
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  • Trout Anglers Win Grand Rapids Community Foundation Grant to Inventory Cold Water Streams
    MLive.com
    By Howard Meyerson
    June 15, 2011
    Grand Rapids Area trout anglers working to improve west Michigan’s coldwater streams got a major financial boost to their efforts Monday.  The Schrems West Michigan Chapter of Trout Unlimited was awarded an $84,000 grant by the Grand Rapids...
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  • Madison County Members Help with Fish Stocking Efforts
    Madison County Courier
    June 13, 2011
    Members of Madison County’s Trout Unlimited Chapter 680 recently helped replenish fish populations in local creeks and streams, part of the conservation organization’s primary goals.
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  • Brian Kozminski: Gone Fishin’
    Petoskey News- Review
    By Alice Perrault
    June 13, 2011
    Brian Kozminski loves to fish. But, for him, it's not all about getting a good catch.  "I fish for fun. I love being out on the river, it's my serenity. But it breaks my heart to know if we don't save (our resources) now that my daughter won't...
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  • Buckingham Township Gets Award for Trout Restoration Efforts
    Patch.com
    By Sandra Moyer DeHaven
    May 25, 2011
    Wild trout are multiplying in part of Watson Creek in Buckingham, and the township supervisors on Wednesday were honored for their part in making that possible. Buckingham Township and the Bucks County Chapter of Trout Unlimited earned kudos for...
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