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Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited: The Gift of Beavers

The beaver is what is known as a keystone species, an organism that can shape or define an ecosystem with its behavior and habits. There

Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited: Cutthroat Stocking Returns

After a corona virus-induced hiatus, the cherished Rio Grande cutthroat trout stocking event will return to the Questa area this April. That’s the great news.

Fishing, Wildlife & Recreation

A Questa Skatepark Proposed

With the guidance of adult mentors, a growing working group of Questa youth are leading an effort to create a skatepark in their village. This

Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited: Fishing Secrets

I once wrote an article for a fishing magazine about a stream that at least one person thought should be kept a secret. This man

Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited: November 2021

A Veteran Gives Back Wes Dyer has been a fly fisherman since he was a boy growing up in Albuquerque. Nothing hard core—he was just

Fishing, Wildlife & Recreation

Streamlining Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems

In late July, the Carson, Cibola, and Santa Fe National Forests released the final Northern New Mexico Riparian, Aquatic, and Wetland NEPA decision, with the

The Trout of Questa

Anyone who’s known me for more than a few minutes has learned that I am somewhat of a trout geek. Since I first became aware

Fishing, Wildlife & Recreation

Save the Cutthroat

By TONER MITCHELL The Rio Chiquito near Ranchos de Taos is your typical New Mexican trout stream—narrow, brushy, and packed with trout. It is where

Fishing, Wildlife & Recreation

Trout Unlimited

By TONER MITCHELL New Mexico is a land of stark contrasts—mountains vaulting up from sagebrush plains, canyons gashed in the earth. In contrast, the Tusas

National Go Fishing Day June 18

By TONER MITCHELL For those who are unaware, National Go Fishing Day will be on Friday June 18, at which time it is the duty

Fishing, Wildlife & Recreation

Rio Grande Caddisfly Hatch

Albuquerque has its balloon fiesta and Santa Fe has Zozobra. Many places also have annual celebrations around nature-made events: the blossoming of Washington, D.C.’s cherry