by TUC Team | Apr 30, 2024 | Cooling Streams, News, Reconnecting Canada
One of Trout Unlimited Canada’s strengths is our commitment to on-the-ground action and our collective willingness to get our hands dirty and our feet wet. Our staff, chapters, and volunteers have been carrying out aquatic habitat rehabilitation for over 50 years. In...
by TUC Team | Mar 6, 2024 | Chapters, News
Landon’s Creek Written By: Scott Puillandre Middle Grand Chapter Executive The Middle Grand Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada (MGTUC) is a group of community volunteers dedicated to improving water quality and fish habitat in the middle portion of...
by TUC Team | Mar 6, 2024 | Chapters, News
No Just Flowing Waters… Written by: Peter Little Northern Lights Fly Fishers Chapter Executive Member A common misperception of Trout Unlimited Canada (TUC) seems to be that its work and interest are focused just on Canada’s rivers and streams and the fish and...
by TUC Team | Dec 20, 2023 | News
Branch Out! Canon Workdays Update! By Lesley Peterson In August and October 2023, Trout Unlimited Canada (TUC) held four workdays with Canon Canada as part of Canon’s national Branch Out program and TUC’s Corporate Environment Day program. Events were held in...
by TUC Team | Apr 28, 2023 | News
It’s More Than a Lifestyle By: Bev Brogden Ryden Brogden was a true “Alberta Boy”, an avid outdoorsman and self taught fly fisherman. Ryden’s vision for FlyCo was to capture the essence of his love for fly fishing and incorporate it into trendy everyday...
by TUC Team | Apr 5, 2023 | News
Strategic Watershed Action Team (SWAT) 2022-2023 By Sara Jose, Conservation Crew Lead & Data Specialist The Strategic Watershed Action Team (SWAT) program is a clean water project created to help improve water quality through the development and restoration of...
by TUC Team | Mar 15, 2023 | News
Drumming Up Love in the Cold By Angela Ten Winter is the season for love. Nothing is more romantic than cuddling up with your partner to shelter from the cold. Don’t agree? Ask the burbot! Burbot (Lota lota) are the only freshwater members of the cod (Gadidae) family....
by TUC Team | Mar 8, 2023 | News
2023 Class 2 Backpack Electrofishing Course Registration is Now Open! (Limited Spots Available) Join Trout Unlimited Canada for our Class 2 Backpack Electrofishing course. This course will certify participants in backpack electrofishing, a widely used method for fish...
by TUC Team | Jan 24, 2023 | News
TUC needs your help! Have you come across interesting sportfishing regulations during your travels? Are you a fisheries manager that has implemented novel strategies to protect or recover sportfish? Then we’d love to hear from you! TUC is conducting a...
by TUC Team | Jan 11, 2023 | News
Radiant Creek 2022 By Angela Ten Radiant Creek is a tributary of central Alberta’s Clearwater River, which is considered critical habitat for Threatened Bull Trout. In the recent past, a flood caused a portion of Radiant Creek below the Forestry Trunk Road to deviate...
by TUC Team | Jan 5, 2023 | News
2022 Alberta Fish Rescue By Lili-Maude Craig, Fisheries Technician, and Evan Tichonuk, Fisheries Technician In spring, while mindlessly swimming down the Oldman River in southern Alberta, you followed the flow of water through the unscreened headgates of a diversion...
by TUC Team | Dec 19, 2022 | News
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification are two words that can easily be confused as they are both used to describe the increase in concentration of a pollutant within living organisms. The main difference between the two is the stage at which this build up occurs. In...
by TUC Team | Dec 7, 2022 | News
Restoring Riparian Refuges: Part 1 – Building Resilience to Climate Change By David Fields Climate change is a present and growing threat to our ecosystems and coldwater streams across Canada. The impacts of climate change can include reduced snowpack, which will...
by TUC Team | Dec 2, 2022 | News
Surviving Winter By Heidi Poca Winter is now upon us in Canada, meaning colder weather, snow and ice; but what does this mean for our fish and other aquatic species? Fish are confined to the frigid waters of rivers and lakes, yet they survive year after year! This...
by TUC Team | Nov 30, 2022 | News
Following The Path of Least Resistance By: Sara Jose – SWAT Crew Member A drainage basin is an area of land where water from precipitation drains into a waterbody, like a river or lake. Drainage basins include the land the water drains off of, and the streams the...
by TUC Team | Nov 3, 2022 | News
Record Lake Trout Rescued By Richard Burke, TUC Oldman Chapter A record Lake Trout was among the fish rescued from the St. Mary River canal. TUC’s Oldman Chapter members and volunteers were among 26 persons on the second day of two field days this week saving...
by TUC Team | Nov 2, 2022 | News
UnSmoke Canada By: Sara Jose SWAT Crew Member According to the World Wildlife Fund, cigarette butts are the most littered object in Canada. Despite popular belief, cigarette butts are not biodegradable, and are primarily made of plastic (Cellulose Acetate). Cigarette...
by TUC Team | Nov 1, 2022 | News
Tools of the Trade By: Heidi Poca As stream restoration technicians, we use a variety of tools and equipment to get the job done. From building habitat structures to sediment mats, to wing deflectors, here is a list of our top 10 tools of the trade. 10. Pry Bar...
by TUC Team | Oct 14, 2022 | News
By: Heidi Poca There are many aspects of the natural world that are static and stay in one place – trees, mountains, and lakes just to name a few. Streams and rivers, however, like to travel. This article will cover the four types of river channel forms, as well as...
by TUC Team | Oct 14, 2022 | News
Sediment transport is the movement of inorganic and organic material by water. Within a system, there are 3 sediment load types, each occupying a different part of the water column. The 3 load types are suspended load, dissolved load, and bed load. Suspended loads are...
by TUC Team | Sep 6, 2022 | News
Learning More About Arctic Grayling By Ken Monk Northern Lights Fly Fishers Chapter In early August, a team consisting of volunteers from Trout Unlimited Canada and the Northern Lights Fly Fishers Chapter joined forces with volunteer biologists and researchers from...
by TUC Team | Sep 2, 2022 | News
Clean Drain Dry Courtesy Alberta Native Trout Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are one of the biggest threats to Alberta’s waterbodies and native aquatic species. AIS can cause huge damage to our ecosystems; including reduced biodiversity and habitat quality, large...
by TUC Team | Jul 27, 2022 | News
Erosion is defined as the natural breakdown and movement of soil and rock by water, wind, or ice. Human activity can speed up erosion, especially if vegetation on the banks and surrounding areas of streams is removed. When this happens, large amounts of sediment...
by TUC Team | Jul 27, 2022 | News
Curious about what TUC, along with our chapters, has been up to over the past few months? Check out our latest Conservation and Education Update Report.
by TUC Team | Jul 15, 2022 | News
Trout Unlimited Canada reports on our conservation and education programming on both a quarterly and annual basis so you can see just what TUC and our Chapters have been working on. It has been a while since we last posted our quarterly reports. As you can see by the...
by TUC Team | Jul 11, 2022 | News
The Nit and Grit of Sediment and Streams By Elliot Lindsay-Project Biologist Sediment (soils, rocks, and other particles moving from the land into streams) is the focus of much discussion in the freshwater conservation world. How much is too much? When is sediment...
by TUC Team | Jul 6, 2022 | News
Family Fun Day and Duck Dash 2022 By Sara Jose, Strategic Watershed Action Team Crew Member After a two-year absence, the Duck Dash and Family Fun Day returned to Courtcliffe Park on Saturday, June 25th. Trout Unlimited Canada’s (TUC) Strategic Watershed Action Team...
by TUC Team | Jul 5, 2022 | News
So what exactly is a vernal pool? The term ‘vernal’ actually means relating to spring. Vernal pools refer to a unique wetland habitat that fills each spring with rain and snowmelt. These pools are typically shallow and dry up in the summer, but amphibians...
by TUC Team | Jul 5, 2022 | News
The Battle Against Buckthorn By Heidi Poca, Strategic Watershed Action Team Crew Member May 23, 2022, Background: I have just been informed that my crew (SWAT) and I will be deployed tomorrow to the Wawanosh Valley Conservation Education Center in Blyth Ontario, where...
by TUC Team | Jun 19, 2022 | News
As a student, TUC’s Junior Fish Biologist, Angela Ten never really got the hype about fish. Fishing was never her thing, and it’s not like there’s anything other than big fish worth studying in Canada, right? However, a chance internship in fisheries...
