Our Mission To conserve, protect and restore North America's…read morecoldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Our Vision By the next generation, Trout Unlimited will 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 Unlimited Conservation…read more Put yourself shin-deep in your favorite trout stream. The water's cold and clean. Its course is broken by rocks and downed wood, sheltered by overhanging foliage. You know where the trout lie, and know where the fly needs to hit the water. You know what's hatching. Everything is perfect. What would you do to keep it just like it is? Anglers all over America volunteer for Trout Unlimited because they value the connection between healthy habitat and their opportunity to chase trout in their favorite places. Conservation is TU's hallmark--no other group does what we do for fish and for those who pursue them. Check out the latest examples of TU's good work, and join TU to become a part of the organization that makes fishing better. Our Conservation Approach Trout Unlimited believes that conservation should be a true partnership between landowners, agencies, municipalities, and all stakeholders. We work to protect critical habitat, to reconnect degraded waterways, and restore populations to coldwater fisheries. Through sound science, we inform our priorities with critical data on the health of these fisheries. Protect | Watersheds and wild places are home for North America's coldwater fisheries. By working in partnership with key players Trout Unlimited strives to protect these places for future generations of anglers. Reconnect | A large-scale vision is Trout Unlimited's philosophy for how we see river ecosystems. Reconnecting streams and improving fish passage is a critical part of our conservation work - because we believe a river united is greater than the sum of its disconnected parts. Restore | By working effectively in on-the-ground partnerships, we help communities restore degraded trout and salmon waters to be once again thriving fisheries. Science | Through the detailed work of TU's dedicated science team, we are able to monitor population resources, habitat conditions, and future impacts to angling. This helps us identify priority areas of need for our protect, reconnect, and restore work.