"If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped. - Izaak Walton" Kalkaska County Residents Weigh Decision on Data Center   Kalkaska County, MI residents are being asked to approve a plan to develop a data center on public land near Kalkaska. Matt Rine and Vemerald LLC are leading the proposal to create a large data center on 24 acres of state owned land. The rapid growth of mega data centers in the Midwest raises concerns over wheth

"What we do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. - Jane Goodall" Iowa Driftless Trip Report by Daniel Meskiman, EDTU Vice President The Iowa Driftless region can be an overlooked part of the Driftless area. But every fall we are reminded of how special it is. As the leaves begin to change their colors, and the temperatures slowly fall, it marks the time for the yearly EDTU trip to the Iowa Driftless. This year was a special tri

"I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. ― Aldo Leopold" Wisconsin DNR Riparian Maintenance Report for Fall and Winter 2025   Read the WDNR Riparian Area Habitat Maintenance of Southwest Wisconsin Trout Streams for Columbia, Dane, Grant, Iowa and Richland Counties, Wisconsin here .   See below for plans for the next two years . Thanks to EDTU's Bill Wobbekind and to Lloyd Meng, Fisheries Biologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources October Lette

"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want. – Andy Warhol" In Memoriam Carol Lynn Murphy   Trout Unlimited and the conservation world lost a true leader and guiding light on August 14th with the passing of Carol Lynn Murphy, President of the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of TU. Carol loved to fish and was an expert fly angler. Her contributions as an extremely effective leader of one of Wisconsin's most active TU Chapters

"The solution to any problem—work, love, money, whatever—is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." - John Gierach In Memoriam Walter J. Bock Wally was an active member and leader in Trout Unlimited for over four decades. He served as Chair and later Treasurer of the Illinois Council, National Leadership Council Representative, President of Oak Brook TU, EDTU Youth Chair and Trout in the Classroom Coordinator, and Co-founder of TU DARE. Wal