While clean water is important for everyone, it is essential for hunters and anglers. Wetlands provide quality habitat for fish and wildlife, sequester carbon, recharge aquifers and reduce flooding.
Our nation has been losing wetlands and streams at an alarming rate and sportsmen are often the first to see the impacts of these losses. The Clean Water Act was adopted at the behest of hunters, anglers and conservationists to safeguard the nation’s supply of healthy water and wetlands.
Beginning in 2001, a series of Supreme Court decisions and administrative actions left many of our most important wetlands and streams unprotected and vulnerable to destruction and pollution. To stem the tide of wetlands conversion, in April 2011, the administration took an important first step towards restoring those protections, and as before, sportsmen are on the front lines. As of spring 2012, administrative guidance is approaching the finish line, with sportsmen's support we can ensure success.
Please take the time to review some of the materials to learn more about this important issue, and please consider taking action at the link below to encourage your member of Congress to support clean water!
Take action and help restore our nation's clean water and wetlands!
Hunting and fishing are not simply traditions or hobbies – they are fundamental components of our nation’s economy. Read more.
Find out more about lost protections for our wetlands and waters and the need for new Clean Water Act guidance. Read more.
Fact sheet: What Does Clean Water Act Guidance Mean for Farmers?Learn how the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have worked to ensure that concerns raised by farmers and the agricultural industry have been addressed in the proposed guidance. Read more.
For more information, contact TRCP Center for Agricultural and Private Lands Director Steve Kline at Skline@trcp.org.
Catch the latest episode of “TRCP’s Conservation Field Notes” and learn about America's wetlands and waterways and the unrivaled fishing and hunting opportunities they provide. Read More
TRCP and others send two letters urging members of Congress to move forward with the RESTORE Gulf Coast Act. Read More
Your support is needed to uphold our hunting and fishing heritage and outdoors-reliant economy. Take Action
It’s time for Congress to join America’s sportsmen and -women and support the Clean Water Act guidance. Take Action
Rep. Rob Wittman, Sen. Ron Wyden, Berkley and Tom Bedell among recipients of the TRCP’s highest honors. Read More
Federal funding challenges highlighted in annual report of sportsmen’s consensus priorities. Read More
The Delmarva Peninsula’s natural areas provide a number of measurable economic benefits for the peninsula and surrounding areas. Download the Report
Sportsmen's sign-on letter in support of RESTORE act and LWCF amendment Download the Report
Sportsmen are keenly aware of the value of clean rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands and the crucial habitat they provide for our favorite critters. It is imperative that we restore the protections for these waters that have been lost in recent years.
