Contents Zoom In Zoom Out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue Next Page __________________ Celebrating 50 Years of Cold, Clean, Fishable Waters $3 US / $4 CANADA PRINTED IN THE U.S.A Contents Zoom In Zoom Out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue Next Page A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS O\f`^\m`jaoc`Ønc\i_oc`Øncdibrdggo\f`^\m`jadon`ga) Ocdnndhkg`d_`\g\pi^c`_OPdi,404\i_dodinkdm`npnnodgg) Ejdipnji\nom`\hi`\mtjp)rrr)op)jmb___________ A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS ____________________ A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS The Journal of Coldwater Fisheries Conservation www.tu.org SUMMER 2009 14 l The Next Best Thing BY CHRISTOPHER CAMUTO 16 l In Defense of Wild Trout and Salmon Trout Unlimited’s first 50 years. BY BETH DURIS 28 l The Ten The TUers who have made a difference. 36 l Staying Power Efforts to build Teton Dam are back, and so is TU. BY RANDY SCHOLFIELD 44 l It’s Elementary Youth’s role in TU’s next 50 years. 5 l From the President 6 l From the Editor 7 l Our Contributors 8 l Our Readers Write 10 l Pocket Water Alaska bans felt soles in southeast region. Stimulus dollars dedicated to mine clean-up. Important Departments public lands measure signed into law. 13 l Question and Answer With Robb Brady, former editor-publisher of the Idaho Falls Post Register. 49 l Actionline Second dam removed on the Musky. Habitat improved on a wild brook trout stream in Allegany State Park. Conditions improve on Washington’s Miller Creek. 56 The Art of Angling l Trout profiles: Cutthroat trout. BY DAVE WHITLOCK 64 Native Fish l Coaster brook trout. BY DR. ROBERT BEHNKE DENVER BRYAN A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS Trout Unlimited Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board National Leadership Council Oakleigh Thorne, MILLBROOK, NEW YORK Representatives State Council Chairs Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ARIZONA, Fred Fillmore ARIZONA, Jeff Collins Chairman of the ARKANSAS, Ray Smith ARKANSAS, Dennis McCarty National Leadership Council CALIFORNIA, Jamie Hunter CALIFORNIA, Drew Irby John “Duke” Welter, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN COLORADO, Tom Krol COLORADO, Ken Neubecker CONNECTICUT, Ted Gardziel CONNECTICUT, Jim Glowienka President GEORGIA, Larry Vigil GEORGIA, Charlie Breithaupt Charles F. Gauvin, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA IDAHO, Todd Carter IDAHO, Carmen Northen ILLINOIS, Greg Prosen ILLINOIS, Ed Michael Secretary IOWA, Brett Lorenzen IOWA, Gary Arner Mark T. Gates, PALO ALTO , CALIFORNIA KENTUCKY, Frank Elsen KENTUCKY, Chris Shaughnessy MAINE, Bill Oleszczuk MAINE, Dan Daly Treasurer MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Mark Hattman MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Peter Schilling Harris Hyman IV, WASHINGTON, DC MICHIGAN, Pat Kochanny MICHIGAN, Kimberly Wetton MID-ATLANTIC, Bruce Eberle MID-ATLANTIC, Allan Dale Secretary of the National Leadership Council MINNESOTA, Bob Lange MINNESOTA, John Lenczewski Larry Harris, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA MISSOURI, Curt Morgret MISSOURI, John Wenzlick MONTANA, Tom Anacker MONTANA, Doug Nation Legal Advisor NEW HAMPSHIRE, Adam Bronstein NEW HAMPSHIRE, David Magnon David Armstrong, Esq., NEW JERSEY, Rich Thomas NEW JERSEY, Rick Axt GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO, Kevin Reilly NEW MEXICO, Bill Schudlich NEW YORK, Dee Maciejewski NEW YORK, Ron Urban Loren Albright, SANDPOINT, ID NORTH CAROLINA, Tim Willhelm NORTH CAROLINA, Dave Maeda Jan Allardt, GREENWICH, CT OHIO, Thomas Allen OHIO, Jim Augustyn OKLAHOMA, James K. Asselstine, NEW YORK, NY Mike Scott OKLAHOMA, Scott Hood OREGON, Robert Bernard OREGON, Tom Wolf Sherry Brainerd, RANCHO SANTA FE, CA PENNSYLVANIA, Jack Williams PENNSYLVANIA, David Rothrock Jon Christiansen, MILWAUKEE, WI SOUTH CAROLINA, Tom McInnis SOUTH CAROLINA, Meta Armstrong Charles Conn, KETCHUM, ID TENNESSEE, Steve Brown TENNESSEE, George Lane Paul Doscher, Concord, NH TEXAS, Mick McCorcle TEXAS, Greg Neubauer UTAH, Brock Richardson TAH Bill Egan, JACKSON, WY U , Robert Dibblee VERMONT, Chris Moore VERMONT, Chris Moore Lawrence Finch, WILSON, WY VIRGINIA, Tom Sadler VIRGINIA, John Ross David Goeddel, Ph.D., HILLSBOROUGH, CA WASHINGTON, Bob Stroup WASHINGTON, Mark Taylor Wallace Henderson, NEW YORK, NY WEST VIRGINIA, John Richard WEST VIRGINIA, Chris Shockey Patsy Ishiyama, SAN FRANCISCO, CA WISCONSIN, Daniel Wisniewski WISCONSIN, Bill Heart WYOMING, John Deakins WYOMING, George Jenkins, ST. DAVIDS, PA Dave Sweet Eaddo Kiernan, GREENWICH, CT Sharon Lance, CENTENNIAL, CO Coldwater Conservation Fund Paul Maciejewski, ELMA, NY Chair Directors Perk Perkins Nancy Mackinnon, MANCHESTER CENTER, VT Theodore Roosevelt, IV Gay Barclay Richard Reagan Sanjeev Mehra, GREENWICH, CT John Bell Leigh Seippel Vice Chair Rick Murphree, KNOXVILLE, TN Phil Belling Thomas Stoddard Hamilton E. James Kirkwood Otey, CHARLOTTE, NC Allan E. Bulley, Jr. Robert E. Strawbridge III Timothy C. Collins Robert J. Teufel George J. Records, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Secretary James F. Kelley Michael De Vlaming Flinn Whitney Tilt Theodore Roosevelt, IV, BROOKLYN, NY Jim Eden Paul Vahldiek Mike Slater, KALKASKA, MI Ex-Officio Steven Gewirz Henry Wendt Michael “Squeak” Smith, MORGANTON, NC Charles F. Gauvin John B. Howard, Esq. George A. Wiegers Elizabeth Storer, TUCSON, AZ Oakleigh Thorne David P. Hunt John “Duke” Welter Charles M. Johnson Director Emeritus Mark Ullman, NEW CANAAN, CT John McCosker, PhD. Thomas W. Offutt, III Stephen T. Moss J. Steven Renkert Edmond Opler, Jr. Margaret D. Keller Clark Fork River Ranch “Fly Fishing’s Last Best Place” 1959 –2009 CONGRATULATIONS TROUT UNLIMITED ON FIFTY PROUD YEARS OF CONSERVATION OF NORTH AMERICA’S COLD WATER FISHERIES THE PERRIN/LANSING CHAPTER INVITES ALL TU MEMBERS TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR UNIQUE MICHIGAN CELEBRATORY FUN 406-207-0673 GO TO WWW.LANSING-TU.ORG www.clarkforkriverranch.org ______________ __________________ TROUT SUMMER 2009 4 A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS From the President SUMMER 2009 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 Charles F. Gauvin [ ] EDITOR Steven R. Kinsella ASSOCIATE EDITOR Hannah Moulton Belec Trout Unlimited Paying Tribute to Art Neumann 1300 North 17th Street Suite 500 In the years following the Second World War, American industrial power wrought Arlington, VA 22209-3801 Ph: (703) 522-0200 many changes in the landscape, perhaps nowhere more profoundly than in Fax: (703) 284-9400 Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the hub of the nation’s automotive industry, and the [email protected]_______ www.tu.org eventual birthplace of a fledgling conservation group called “Trout, Unlimited.” DESIGN The automobile begot legions of suburbanites, people with one foot in the new grayHouse design industrial economy and the other in an older, more rural realm. Preserving that way [email protected] of life meant fostering industry (“What’s good for GM is good for the country”) while DISPLAY ADVERTISING Hannah Moulton Belec maintaining access to the great outdoors. Yet economic growth was taxing Michigan’s [email protected] and the nation’s environment in unprecedented ways. One symptom of the larger Automobile advertising only: problem was that Michigan’s fish managers were peddling assembly-line trout from Ron Englehart Ph: (248) 340-2544 x13 hatcheries while ignoring habitat conservation. No one understood the suburban Fax: (248) 340-5966 duality’s implications for coldwater fish and the environment better than TU’s found- [email protected] ing fathers—people like George Mason, George Griffith and Art Neumann—who ini- TROUT UNLIMITED’S MISSION: tiated a brand of sportsmen activism that would change the face of fishery management To conserve, protect and and, ultimately, environmentalism. restore North Among this group, it was Neumann who gave TU its sustaining philosophy— America’s coldwater fish- “What’s good for trout and salmon is good for fishermen” and something more: He eries and their took the TU philosophy and brand beyond Michigan’s trout streams into the stream of watersheds. interstate commerce. The automobile, after all, meant that anglers nationwide would Trout (ISSN 0041-3364) is be on the move, both within their own states and beyond. published four times a year in January, April, July, and October That is how I remember my own path to TU. My father and I took to the road by Trout Unlimited as a service to fish in places still wild, in little pockets of southern New England woodland and to its members. Annual individual membership for U.S. residents in the greater expanse of Maine’s North Woods. Having come of age as an angler, I is $35, $40US for residents of later came of age as an environmentalist, and the first group I joined was TU. I did Canada and $55US for residents of all other countries. All told, TU so because joining meant that I was part of saving both fish and rivers in my home offers 10 membership categories. state and beyond. Join or renew online at www.tu.org. Art built TU to thrive as a volunteer-oriented organization in the Automotive Age, TU does occasionally make its mailing list available to like-minded but his vision continues to drive TU in today’s Information Age. He grouped his early organizations. Please contact us apostles into a highly mobile and dedicated activist network.