Conservation

Protect -- Bristol Bay, Alaska

Most consumers never get a chance to try Bristol Bay sockeye or invest in the fishery, as infrastructure limitations within the fishing fleet and on shore render most of the catch suitable only for canning and shipped to Europe and Asia for pennies a pound. This under-valuing of the fishery, lack of out-of-area investment and limitation on the markets makes areas like Bristol Bay ripe for exploitation, like the proposed Pebble Mine, which TU has been leading the effort to stop, to protect this irreplaceable fishery. Learn More>

Reconnect -- Groundwater Reform, Montana

Although it is not a widely known fact, groundwater and surface water are connected. Pumping groundwater can adversely affect surface water flows. TU’s staff lawyers and members of the Montana Council scored a major victory when the state supreme court affirmed this connection in a case brought by TU. The court ruled that the state water agency cannot grant new groundwater pumping permits if they will deplete river flows in the Upper Missouri River Basin.  Learn More>

Restore -- Watershed Restoration, Driftless Program

TU’s volunteer-driven Driftless Area Restoration Effort seeks to restore native brook trout and wild brown trout habitat in spring creeks scattered across 24,000 square miles, making it one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the organization. Since 2006, TU hired a local staff person, held a training session which drew more than 90 participants from 25 chapters and launched roughly a dozen new restoration projects. Learn More>

Sustain -- Youth Education and Engagement

TU's vision is to ensure that robust populations of native and wild cold­water fish once again thrive within their North American range, so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters. Trout in the Classroom brings the importance of this vision directly to the members of this next genera­tion, allowing them to discover it for themselves. TIC students grow to care about their trout and then the habitat in which trout live.  Through this, students learn to see connections between the trout, water resources, the environment, and themselves. Learn More>