Enter the Alaska Fly Out Giveaway

Welcome to the Alaska Fly Out Giveaway! Join us for an unforgettable adventure in the Alaskan wilderness! We’re floating, flying, and fishing from the base of Denali all the way to the stunning coastal regions of the Yentna River. Test your luck for a chance to win the ultimate “Alaska Fly Out Giveaway,” featuring over $20,000 in gear and an exclusive lodging and fishing experience at Chelatna Lake Lodge.

In addition, as Alaska Trout Unlimited is our conservation partner for this giveaway we have teamed up to create an awesome sun shirt where all proceeds go directly to Alaska TU. To raise awareness, check out the sun hoodies below designed by Casey Underwood and help support conservation efforts in Alaska! 

Alaska Fly Out Giveaway Includes: 

An Interview with Alaska Trout Unlimited & How To Get Your Sun Hoodie!

Flylords: Quick summary about Alaska Trout Unlimited? What are your goals, background, how many people are make up Alaska TU?

Alaska TU: Alaska is home to some of the most prized and spectacular rivers on the planet. The intact watersheds of Bristol Bay produce over half the world’s sockeye salmon. Roughly 15,000 miles of clean, undammed creeks and rivers flow through the temperate rainforest of the Tongass, providing optimal habitat for salmon and steelhead. Trophy rainbow trout rivers in south central and western Alaska draw anglers from around the world. Simply put, Alaska is the best of what’s left, and Trout Unlimited Alaska has spent the past two decades working to keep it that way. Our team of 15 Alaska-based staff have been instrumental in protecting these incredible places and securing safeguards for our state’s pristine rivers and wild landscapes. At the same time, we are working to identify and restore trout and salmon habitat degraded by mining, logging, and road building.

Flylords: Can you highlight one program that Alaska Trout Unlimited is working on at the moment?

Alaska TU: Although much of Alaska’s habitat remains intact, logging, mining, road building, and other forms of development have degraded and disconnected critical fish habitat in many parts of the state. Restoration projects in southeast, southcentral, and interior Alaska are reconnecting and repairing important habitat and helping ensure fish have the diversity of habitat needed to maintain populations in a warming world. We’ve partnered with the Forest Service on several projects: the Resurrection Creek restoration project in Hope is bringing Chinook spawning and rearing habitat back to a two mile stretch of the creek and on Kuiu Island in southeast Alaska, we just removed and replaced nine fish blocking culverts to reconnect nearly two miles of important spawning and rearing habitat for coho and pink salmon. We are also working with the Bureau of Land Management in interior Alaska to restore streams degraded by historical mining and prioritize future restoration projects.

Flylords: What is one of Alaska TU’s biggest success story in the past couple years?

Alaska TU: Bristol Bay, Alaska, home to the world’s most productive wild salmon fishery, has been under relentless threat from industrial-scale mining for nearly twenty years. The region’s salmon are a keystone species that support the rich surrounding environment teeming with bears and trophy rainbow trout, underpin the subsistence lifestyles practiced by the region’s many Indigenous Tribes, and drive a $2.2 billion recreational and commercial fishing economy. Trout Unlimited has been a part of the fight from the beginning, and played a major role in securing the Army Corps of Engineers permit denial and enacting EPA 404(c) Clean Water Act protections, which effectively halted the proposed Pebble Mine. We celebrate these milestones, while continuing to work diligently to defend current layers of protections and securing more permanent safeguards that protect the entire watershed from industrial mining.

Flylords: What is the biggest challenge that Alaska TU will face next year?

Alaska TU: Alaska’s ample intact habitats are threatened by projects that could compromise trout and salmon habitat and put the sustainable fishing and tourism industries and subsistence lifestyles that are pervasive across much of the state at risk. Trout Unlimited is uniquely positioned to bring strong scientific review and public scrutiny to potentially damaging projects. By advocating for protecting critical fish habitat and advancing strategic restoration projects, we are working to keep Alaska’s salmon and trout populations thriving for generations to come.

Flylords: How can individuals who are coming to fish Alaska get involved with Alaska TU?

Alaska TU: Follow us on social media at @troutunlimitedalaska, @savebristolbay @americansalmonforest or check out our website to see what comment periods, events, and other opportunities are available to protect and restore Alaska’s world-class fish habitat.

Help support Alaska Trout Unlimited and the fisheries that we love by purchasing a sun hoodie HERE! All proceeds benefit Alaska Trout Unlimited and their conservation efforts. Artwork by Casey Underwood. 

Your Guide to Floating Alaska

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Last Updated on October 30, 2024 by Nelson Oxley