by Glenn Place

Rhode Island TU is off to a roaring start in 2025 with a highly successful Christmas tree collection on January 4 with its Trees for Trout partner - RIDEM Fish & Wildlife.

by John Genovesi

Fished the Hex Hatch with some friends on the Wood River. It was a hot humid night; perfect conditions for the big yellow mayflies.

Rhode Island TU and RIDEM collect Christmas Trees in January and put them to good use improving stream habitat for wild Brook Trout.

by Joe Coppola

We are fortunate in Rhode Island to have such a wonderful organization as the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA) represent us in all matters related to saltwater fishing in the Ocean State. Its charter includes promoting the sport to all ages and, smartly, it understands the value of beginning at an early age. This is where the RISAA Youth Fishing Camp shines.

“Rhode Island Trout Unlimited and RIDEM Fish and Wildlife took the first step in restoring connectivity in the Breakheart Brook watershed by removing an obstruction in a tributary to Breakheart Pond. It was a great team effort with volunteers from RITU, RIDEM, Save The Bay and EA Engineering all showing up to lend a hand. Great job by everyone involved!”

Jeff Perry and Joe Coppola kicked off water monitoring on May 7 taking readings and water samples from four rivers - Moosup, Falls, Flat and Wood.

Rhode Island TU and RIDEM are making a difference by removing a small dam on the Flat River in the Upper Wood River watershed, the premier cold-water habitat for native Brook Trout in Rhode Island. This small impoundment fostered thermal pollution and fish passage. It now flows free, cold and clear.

Congratulations to Corey Pelletier - recipient of the 2023 Rhode Island TU Lawson Cary, Jr. Conservation Award.

Congratulations to Ed Lombardo - 2023 Rhode Island TU Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations to Kathleen Crowley, Acting General Manager of Rhode Island Water Resources Board, and Meredith Bradley, Associate Director, Department of Administration, Division of Statewide Planning - 2023 Rhode Island TU Partnership Award.

Rhode Island TU volunteers maintain roadside cleanliness on a 2-mile stretch of Rte. 165 east of the Check Station from April through October.

Rhode Island TU partners with RIDEM Fish and Wildlife to restore habitat for Brook Trout (Salvalenus fontenalis) Trout with minimal disruption to nature.