Grants
- Appalachian Mountain Club: $5,000 to remove a culvert in a tributary to Chairback Ponds, in the Sebec River (Maine) drainage, and restore 6.1 miles of stream habitat to benefit native and wild brook trout and landlocked salmon as part of AMC’s multi-year Restoring Native Brook Trout and Atlantic Salmon Habitat in Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness project. http://www.outdoors.org/
- American Rivers: $5,000 to complete a 140-acre meadow restoration in the Pine Creek watershed (California) designed to replenish groundwater and prolong summer streamflow, while improving wet meadow and riparian habitat to benefit Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout, a California Heritage Trout, a Species of Special Concern, and the most widely planted trout species in the world. https://www.americanrivers.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to remove and replace a culvert and habitat improvement project on Murray Hollow Brook (Vermont), as part of Trout Unlimited’s Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, and reconnect 5.5 miles of coldwater habitat and restore at least 1 mile of coldwater habitat to benefit native Eastern brook trout and wild brown trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Oregon Natural Desert Association: $5,000 to complete restoration work on the South Fork of Crooked River (Oregon), including planting more than 5,000 willow, cottonwood, and dogwood trees in a nearly one acre enclosure, to benefit native species, particularly interior Redband trout. https://onda.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $4,500 to protect, restore and enhance the riparian corridor and instream habitat for 5-acres along 0.75-stream mile of Flint Creek (Montana), an important tributary of the Clark Fork River, to enhance fish habitat for brown trout, bull trout, westslope cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and mountain whitefish. https://montanatu.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to remove a channel-spawning diversion dam on Boulder River (Montana) and to restore fish passage to over 70-miles of mainstem Boulder River, its tributaries and upstream spawning grounds for wild trout and native whitefish. https://montanatu.org/
- Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group: $5,000 to support expanded revegetation along the main stem Bull and East Fork of the Bull River (Montana) and redeveloping the historic closed canopy cedar forest to improve habitat for native fish, particularly bull trout, a listed species under the Endangered Species Act. https://lowerclarkforkwatershedgroup.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to support a fish passage project that will open up 1.2 miles of upstream coldwater habitat for Eastern brook trout by replacing a culvert on an unnamed tributary to Lyman Brook (New Hampshire) in the Salmon Falls River watershed. https://www.tu.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $5,000 to replace three road/stream crossings on the Jordon River (Michigan) with channel-spanning timber bridges to open 12 miles upstream to 20 miles downstream and provide full passage to benefit brook trout, brown trout, steelhead, and salmon. https://www.rivercare.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to replace an undersized culvert on Spargo Creek (Michigan) with an arch culvert and to reconnect over 1.5 miles of upstream, cold-water habitat to support native brook trout and wild brown trout in a type 1 trout stream. https://www.tu.org/
- Iowa Coldwater Conservancy: $5,000 to reshape and install a floodplain bench along 2,200 ft of streambank on Casey Springs (Iowa) in addition to the placement of 8 rock weir structures and 10 rootballs to maintain channel stability, reduce erosion, and provide overhead cover for native South Pine-strain Brook Trout and wild brown trout. https://iowacoldwater.org/
- Colorado Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to install a fish barrier to protect and isolate the native Colorado River Cutthroat Trout population in a 13-mile segment of Clear Fork of Muddy Creek (Colorado) and to allow this native trout species to re-establish in the main stem. https://coloradotu.org/
- Big Hole Watershed Committee: $5,000 to restore Smith Springs (Montana) in order to provide critical improvements to a large wet meadow fen encompassing approximately 5 acres, enhance instream habitat conditions by stabilizing the excessively, eroding streambanks along Smith Springs, and increase instream habitat complexity to support native brook trout. https://bhwc.org/
- East Yellowstone Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to install a large, self-cleaning fish screen on the opening of an irrigation canal on the South Fork of the Shoshone River (Wyoming) to prevent Yellowstone Cutthroat trout, Brown trout and Mountain Whitefish, from becoming entrained and perishing in the ephemeral irrigation and canal system. https://www.eastyellowstonetu.org/
- Appalachian Mountain Club: $5,000 to replace a culvert on Roaring Brook (Maine) with a steel and concrete bridge, reopening more than two miles of stream habitat to benefit native brook trout and Atlantic salmon as part of AMC’s multi-year Restoring Native Brook Trout and Atlantic Salmon Habitat in Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness project. https://www.outdoors.org/
- Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $5,000 to support the protection of pure Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Crandall Creek (Wyoming) by removing non-native species and installing an impassable barrier for non-native species from the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River. https://greateryellowstone.org/
- Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group: $5,000 to remove an undersized culvert on the Skagit River (Washington) with a pedestrian bridge, providing juvenile and adult salmonids, including Coho salmon, chum salmon and steelhead, with access to more than a mile of upstream habitat. https://www.skagitfisheries.org/
- Oregon Natural Desert Association: $4,000 to complete restoration work on the South Fork of Crooked River (Oregon), including planting more than 4,000 willow and cottonwood trees, to benefit native species, particularly interior Redband trout. https://onda.org/
- Clark Fork Coalition: $5,000 to restore riparian integrity, enhance channel form and instream habitat complexity, facilitate floodplain access, and promote bank and channel stability on Miller Creek (Montana), an important tributary for spawning West slope cutthroat and rainbow trout in the lower Bitterroot River. https://clarkfork.org/
- The Piedmont Environmental Council: $5,000 to remove a culverted crossing of Bolton Branch (Virginia), the last remaining barrier to fish passage on the stream, and replace it with an improved low-water ford to reconnect two miles of Eastern brook trout habitat and provide full fish passage all the way to the headwaters. https://www.pecva.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to improve overwintering habitat for ad fluvial Arctic grayling, a rare endemic species, in Upper Red Rock Lake (Montana) with the Red Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge. https://montanatu.org/
- Henry’s Fork Foundation: $5,000 for restoration of natural stream function and improving spawning and rearing habitat on a 0.34 mile reach of lower Rainey Creek (Idaho), a significant tributary to the South Fork Snake River, to benefit native fluvial Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. https://henrysfork.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 for the replacement of two undersized and perched culverts on Wilson Creek (Wisconsin), a class one trout stream, and reopening more than two miles of upstream, cold-water habitat that supports natural reproduction of native brook trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $5,000 to replace a failing road/stream crossing on the north branch of Boardman River (Michigan) with a channel spanning bridge, renewing up to 1,200 feet of natural stream function and restoring full aquatic passage to 30 miles of upstream habitat for native brook trout and wild brown trout. https://www.rivercare.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,500 to remove an undersized culvert on Farnsworth Branch (Pennsylvania) and to restore in-stream habitat, ultimately reconnecting over 9 miles of high-quality Eastern brook trout habitat. https://www.tu.org/
- American Rivers: $5,000 to assist in the removal of Somerset Dam, reconnecting 60 miles of Laurel Hill Creek (Pennsylvania) and its headwaters tributaries and reopening 40 acres of floodplain for access by trout and other cold-water species. https://www.americanrivers.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to improve native brook trout habitat and reduce erosion issues on Wolf Creek (Tennessee) by replacing two perched culverts with a natural-bottom stream crossing, reconnecting one mile of brook trout stream and 13.2 miles of small tributary network in the Wolf Creek Watershed. https://www.tu.org/
- Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group: $3,000 to support expanded revegetation along the main stem Bull and East Fork of the Bull River (Montana) and redeveloping the historic closed canopy cedar forest to improve habitat for native fish, particularly bull trout, a listed species under the Endangered Species Act. https://lowerclarkforkwatershedgroup.org/
- Big Hole Watershed Committee: $5,000 to support habitat restoration on Oregon Creek (Montana), a critical headwater tributary to the Big Hole River, including installation of 70 beaver dam analogs along a 40 mile stretch of a native fish stronghold on public land to benefit native species, including Westslope cutthroat trout, Arctic grayling, and Western Pearlshell mussels, all of which are Species of Concern in Montana. https://bhwc.org/
- Maine Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to complete one mile of large wood additions as part of a multi-year habitat restoration effort on the Middle Branch Pleasant River (Maine) aimed at improving habitat suitability and climate resiliency for brook trout and endangered Atlantic Salmon. https://tumaine.org
- Trout Unlimited, WestSlope Chapter: $4,500 to restore nearly two miles of Gilbert Creek (Montana), a tributary to Rock Creek, and revegetate the stream channel and surrounding 10 acres of wetland habitats to support native bull trout and Westslope cutthroat trout as well as wild populations of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout. https://westslope-trout.org/
- Appalachian Mountain Club: $5,000 to decommission a culvert on Farrar Brook (Maine) and restore a half mile of steam habitat to benefit native brook trout as part of AMC’s Restoring Native Trout Habitat in Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness project. https://www.outdoors.org/
- Atlantic Salmon Federation: $3,500 for the Walton’s Mill Dam removal on Temple Stream (Maine) in the Upper Kennebec River watershed that will provide Atlantic salmon, Eastern brook trout, American eel and other species with access to more than 52 miles of cold-water stream habitat. https://www.asf.ca/
- Big Hole Watershed Committee: $5,000 to restore function and habitat in one mile of a headwater tributary to Bender Creek (Montana) in the upper Big Hole River watershed and to benefit native westslope cutthroat trout and Arctic grayling. https://bhwc.org/
- Central Wisconsin Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to improve and increase spawning habitat, juvenile nursery habitat and cover, and adult habitat and cover, as well as bank stabilization to support a naturally reproducing population of rainbow trout on the West Branch of the White River (Wisconsin). https://www.cwtu.org/
- Colorado Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to restore fish passage on Canyon Creek (Colorado), a tributary to the Colorado River, and reopen more than 10 miles of available spawning habitat for trout. https://coloradotu.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $5,000 to replace five culverts with full channel-spanning structures and reconnect four miles of stream habitat on the North Branch of the Platte River (Michigan) to benefit brook trout, brown trout as well as steelhead, coho and chinook salmon. https://www.rivercare.org/
- George Grant Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to reconnect five miles of Moose Creek with French Creek (Montana) in the Big Hole Watershed and to benefit native westslope cutthroat trout and Arctic grayling. https://www.georgegranttu.org/
- Henry’s Fork Foundation: $4,000 to restore 0.35 miles of riparian and instream habitat along Rainey Creek, a major tributary of South Fork Snake River, to improve habitat complexity and promote Yellowstone cutthroat trout spawning and rearing in Rainey Creek. https://henrysfork.org/
- Iowa Coldwater Conservancy: $3,000 to restore about 1,400 feet of streambank along Little Paint Creek (Iowa) and to improve habitat for wild brown trout and native brook trout, including one of only nine self-sustaining populations of South Pine-strain brook trout in the state. https://iowacoldwater.org/
- Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group: $3,000 to support riparian revegetation efforts along the East Fork Bull River (Montana), an important spawning tributary for bull trout, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. https://lowerclarkforkwatershedgroup.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $4,834 to fund stream channel restoration to improve habitat on a quarter mile of Willow Springs Creek (Montana), the most important spawning tributary for brown trout and rainbow trout in the Jefferson watershed. https://montanatu.org/
- Native Fish Society: $4,000 to restore vital side-channel habitats of the Molalla River (Oregon) that provide critical cold-water refuges for protected spring chinook salmon, coho salmon, winter steelhead, and cutthroat trout. https://nativefishsociety.org/
- Skagit County Public Works: $2,000 to support the Skagit River (Washington) Chinook Recovery Plan including the installation of 2,200 feet of off-channel habitat and creation of over 5 acres of wetted habitat to benefit federally threatened chinook salmon. https://www.skagitcounty.net/
- Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to complete 1.5 miles of large wood additions to Ashworth Brook (Maine), the largest tributary to the Middle Branch Pleasant River, to benefit native brook trout and endangered Atlantic salmon. https://www.tu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to install fish passage devices on Rock Creek (Montana) to prevent fish, including native bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout, from becoming entrained in a major irrigation ditch. https://www.tu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to replace two perched culverts on Trail Fork (Tennessee) with a new stream crossing structure that will reopen nearly 17 miles of stream habitat for recently reintroduced native Southern Appalachian brook trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to restore 250 feet of streambank, install in-stream features to improve habitat, and plant a riparian buffer to benefit wild brown trout as part of the Battenkill Restoration Project on the Battenkill River (New York). https://www.tu.org/
- Wood River Land Trust: $3,500 for enhancing floodplain and side channel habitats on the Big Wood River (Idaho) by removing rip-rap and fill material and to enhance and restore natural fluvial processes and provide spawning and rearing habitat for juvenile trout. https://woodriverlandtrust.org/
- American Rivers: $4,000 to support the removal of Patton Dam on Chest Creek (Pennsylvania) and to open up 38 miles of habitat for wild brook trout. https://www.americanrivers.org/
- Appalachian Mountain Club: $4,000 to decommission a culvert on the West Branch of the Pleasant River (Maine) and reopen nearly five miles of stream to benefit native brook trout. https://www.outdoors.org/
- Clear Water Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to perform in-stream habitat restoration on the Batten Kill River (New York) to benefit Eastern Brook Trout and wild brown trout. https://clearwatertu.org/
- Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group: $3,000 to decommission nearly four miles of road in the Emma Creek (Montana) drainage, a tributary of the Clark Fork River, to reduce downstream sedimentation and to benefit Westslope Cutthroat Trout. https://lowerclarkforkwatershedgroup.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to install a fish passage barrier on Cottonwood Creek (Montana) to protect a genetically pure-strain of native Westlope Cutthroat trout. https://montanatu.org/
- Oregon Natural Desert Association: $4,000 to restore three miles of Hay Creek (Oregon) to retain scarce desert water and improve fish habitat for summer Steelhead, spring and fall Chinook Salmon, Interior Redband Trout and Pacific lamprey. https://onda.org/
- Pisgah Trout Unlimited: $3,500 to construct rock and log vanes in Davidson River (North Carolina) in order to create pools and riffles to better support the existing wild trout population. https://pisgahtu.org/
- Skagit County: $3,000 to remove a culvert on Maddox Creek (Washington) and improve fish passage on 4 miles of water for Steelhead, Coho, Chum, and Pink Salmon, and resident and Searun Cutthroat Trout. https://www.skagitcounty.net
- Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to fund in-stream large wood additions to headwater tributaries of the West Branch White River (Vermont) and the East Branch Deerfield River (Vermont) to benefit native brook trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Elliott Donnelley Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to remove a fish passage barrier on Trout Creek (Michigan) and re-connect 7.4 miles of coldwater habitat; restoring headwater reaches that wild trout use for spawning and seasonal thermal refuge. https://www.edtu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to install a fish screen on an irrigation diversion on Rock Creek (Montana) to prevent entrapment of native Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout in the diversion. https://www.tu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,500 for the replacement of an undersized and perched culvert on McDonald Creek (Wisconsin) and create access to 3 miles of upstream access for native brook trout and wild brown trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Ammonoosuc Chapter Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to purchase native trees, shrubs, and plants to restore water quality, bank stability and degraded riparian habitat along Childs Brook (New Hampshire). https://www.ammotu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to reconnect over 21 stream miles for native cutthroat trout by replacing 4 undersized culverts on Shale Creek (Wyoming). https://www.tu.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $5,000 to remove the Syers Lake Dam and replace it with an appropriately sized structure to accommodate a more natural stream flow and passage for native brook trout and aquatic species in Syers Creek (Michigan), a tributary of the Little Manistee River. https://www.rivercare.org/
- Appalachian Mountain Club: Appalachian Mountain Club: $4,000 to replace a culvert on the West Branch of the Pleasant River (Maine), part of the Penobscot watershed, with a newly constructed bridge to re-open more than 5 miles of native brook trout spawning habitat. https://www.outdoors.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $3,910 to complete approximately 2,500 ft. of habitat improvement along Hammersley Fork, a tributary to Kettle Creek (Pennsylvania), to benefit native Eastern brook trout and wild brown trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Atlantic Salmon Federation: $5,000 for the Cummings Brook Culvert Replacement Project. Cummings Brook (Maine) provides significant cold-water refugia and 3.7 miles of high-quality habitat for Eastern brook trout and endangered Atlantic salmon. https://www.asf.ca/
- Trout Unlimited: $4,636 to perform in-stream improvements in order to maintain a passable channel at the deltas of Avery Brook and Pelham Brook, two coldwater tributaries to the Deerfield River (Massachusetts), thus ensuring connectivity between the tributaries and the main stem of the Deerfield River. https://www.tu.org/
- US Forest Service: $5,000 to construct a fish migration barrier to secure a native Westslope Trout population in the headwaters of Wall Creek (Montana) from invasion of non-native trout from the Madison River.
- Downeast Salmon Federation: $5,050 to support the Peter Gray Hatchery which employs techniques designed to produce exceptionally fit Atlantic salmon pre-adapted to the East Machias (Maine) river environment. https://mainesalmonrivers.org/
- Madison Conservation District: $5,000 to support phase II of the Lower Jack Creek Project to restore 600 feet of streambank on Jack Creek (Montana), an important Madison River tributary. https://madisoncd.net/
- Housatonic Valley Association: $5,000 for streambank restoration and riparian buffer planting along the Seven Wells Brook (New York), home to native brook trout. https://hvatoday.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $3,000 to assist in reducing stream bank erosion and sediment delivery to the stream, diversify instream habitat while maintaining navigability in the Pine River (Michigan). https://www.rivercare.org/
- Trout Unlimited, Mountain Bridge Chapter: $5,000 to remove a dam and pond at the headwaters of Matthews Creek (South Carolina) and reconnect a mountain bog to the lower portions of the creek to benefit Southern Appalachian strain of Eastern Brook Trout. https://www.mountainbridgetu.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to help fund a restoration project on 1.5 miles of lower Jack Creek, a major tributary of the Madison River (Montana). https://montanatu.org/
- Trout Unlimited, Twin Cities Chapter: $3,000 to re-grade high banks and remediate stream beds by placing boulders and wood structures as part of a restoration of Trout Brook (Minnesota). https://www.twincitiestu.org/
- American Rivers: $3,000 to remove two diversions on Pine Creek (California), the main rearing habitat for Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout, and dedicate water rights to instream flow in perpetuity. https://www.americanrivers.org/
- Applegate Partnership & Watershed Council: $4,000 to remove Forest Creek (OR) dam and provide fish passage to more than 2 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon, steelhead trout and cutthroat trout. https://www.applegatepartnershipwc.org/
- Downeast Salmon Federation: $5,000 to support the Peter Gray Hatchery which employs techniques designed to produce exceptionally fit Atlantic salmon pre-adapted to the East Machias (Maine) river environment. https://mainesalmonrivers.org/
- Trout Unlimited, Wisconsin Clear Water Chapter: $3,000 to fund 4,000 feet of stream and bank restoration on Hay Creek (Wisconsin), a tributary of Wilson Creek, to benefit native trout and other aquatic invertebrates. https://wcwtu.com/
- Trout Unlimited, Central Wisconsin Chapter: $3,000 to support the purchase and installation of overhead bank covers and other in-stream habitat for restoration of Bird Creek (Wisconsin), a feeder stream to the Main Branch of the White River. https://www.cwtu.org/
- Appalachian Mountain Club: $4,000 to replace a culvert on the West Branch of the Pleasant River (Maine), part of the Penobscot watershed, with a newly constructed bridge to re-open more than 5 miles of native brook trout spawning habitat. https://www.outdoors.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $4,000 to decrease structure slope and improve fish passage as part of the Big Creek (Wyoming) Passage Project that reconnects 58 miles of trout habitat with the North Platte River. https://www.tu.org/
- Trout Unlimited, Wisconsin River Valley: $2,000 to install brush bundles and place large woody debris in Newman Creek (Wisconsin) in order to improve brook trout habitat and decrease water temperatures. https://www.wrvtu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to cover the purchase of tools and equipment to implement the Gravel Lick Run (Pennsylvania) improvement project in Kettle Creek Watershed to benefit brook trout habitat project. https://www.tu.org/
- Clark Fork Coalition: $4,000 to replace an irrigation diversion on Mill Creek (Montana), a tributary to the Upper Clark Fork River, that contains 100% pure strains of Westlope cutthroat trout. https://clarkfork.org/
- Community School: $2,000 to fund restoration of the riparian zone along Trail Creek (ID), a spawning tributary of the Big Wood River. https://www.communityschool.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $2,000 to install and manipulate large woody debris on Big Sable River (Michigan) to diversify instream habitat while maintaining navigability and reducing bank erosion. https://www.rivercare.org/
- Atlantic Salmon Federation: $2,000 to remove Coopers Mill Dam and portions of Head Tide Dam on Sheepscot River (Maine) to open up access to 71 miles of river for Atlantic salmon, brook trout, river herring and American shad. https://www.asf.ca/
- Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Flycasters Chapter: $2,000 to fund habitat restoration on the Big Thompson River (Colorado) to increase resiliency of the river ecosystem in the next flood event, enhance riparian habitat and restore aquatic habitat. https://www.rockymtnflycasters.org/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 to acquire and install a fish screen and restore 600 feet of spawning side channel on Rattlesnake Creek (Montana), a tributary of Clark For River, and to benefit bull trout, west slope cutthroat and migratory wild trout. https://montanatu.org/
- Elliott Donnelley Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to install a foot bridge and reinforce banks to stop deposits of sediment into Yellow Dog Creek (Michigan). https://www.edtu.org/
- Henry’s Fork Foundation: $1,000 to purchase materials required to finish 1.5 miles of fencing in Harriman East along the Snake River (Idaho) in order to reduce degradation along the banks of the river and to protect wild trout habitat in tow of the most prized sections of the Henry’s Fork. https://henrysfork.org/
- Rogue River Watershed Council: $2,000 to remove the Beeson-Robinson Diversion Dam on Wagner Creek (Oregon) and build a re-profiled stream channel with a new irrigation water collection box to benefit trout, juvenile steelhead, and juvenile Coho Salmon. https://www.rogueriverwc.org/
- Yellowstone Park Foundation: $4,000 to support restoration of Yellowstone Lake’s (Montana) native Yellowstone cutthroat trout through Lake Trout suppression efforts. https://www.ypf.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to purchase containerized trees, fencing and stakes to restore two acres of riparian area along Whitethorn Creek (West Virginia). https://www.tu.org/
- Downeast Salmon Federation: $2,000 to support a conservation hatchery which employs techniques designed to produce exceptionally fit Atlantic salmon pre-adapted to the East Machias (Maine) river environment. https://mainesalmonrivers.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to remove four culverts on North Otter Creek (Wisconsin) and reconnect 14 miles of headwater streams that serve as important spawning and rearing habitat to native brook trout. https://www.tu.org/
- Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to purchase a self-cleaning fish screen and a head gate as part of upgrading an existing irrigation diversion structure on the Blackfoot River (Montana) that entrains high numbers of native west slope cutthroat trout and bull trout. https://bbctu.org/
- Colorado Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to install a final downstream fish barrier on Hermosa Creek (Colorado) that will secure and allow for the connection of 20+ miles of high quality habitat for a true native trout stronghold. https://coloradotu.org/
- Nisqually River Foundation: $2,000 to restore riparian habitat on Muck Creek (Washington) to improve the ecological function of the riparian zone by providing shade, reducing erosion, inputting Large Wood Debris, and terrestrial insects to boost the base of the aquatic food web for the threatened Nisqually steelhead. https://nisquallyriver.org/who-we-are/nisqually-river-foundation/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to install a water stage recorder and gaging station to measure flows in the Kennebago River (Maine) to measure lake level and river flows. https://www.tu.org/
- Margaree Salmon Association: $1,500 $1,500 for stream enhancement on Ingram Creek (Nova Scotia) including instream structures, bank stabilization, and riparian restoration to improve habitat for native Atlantic salmon and brook trout. https://www.margareesalmon.ca/
- Montana Trout Unlimited: $2,000 to help fund the final phase of restoration of Poindexter Slough (Montana), a nationally known spring creek-like fishery next to the Beaverhead River. https://montanatu.org/
- Conservation Resource Alliance: $2,500 to support installation of large, woody debris habitat on the Little Manistee River (Michigan), well known as the nursery source of all Great Lakes steelhead. https://www.rivercare.org/
- Batten Kill Watershed Alliance: $2,500 to support installation of wood and stone cover, shelter and flow enhancements on a half-mile section of the Batten Kill River (Vermont). https://www.battenkillalliance.org/
- Atlantic Salmon Federation: $4,500 to replace a box culvert with a steel bridge on the Blackstone Brook (Maine), reconnecting it with the main stem of the Piscataquis River and benefitting Atlantic Salmon and eastern brook trout. https://www.asf.ca/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,500 to cover the purchase of tools and equipment to implement the Little Lyman Run (Pennsylvania) improvement project in Kettle Creek Watershed to benefit brook trout habitat project. https://www.tu.org/
- Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to upgrade an existing irrigation diversion on Trail Creek (Montana) in the Clearwater River drainage near Seeley Lake. https://bbctu.org/
- Trout Unlimited: $2,500 to improve riparian and instream habitat on a half mile section of the Big Wood River (Idaho). https://www.tu.org/
- Central Wisconsin and Elliott Donnelley Chapters of Trout Unlimited: $3,000 to assist in funding overhead bank covers on the Pine River (Wisconsin) in partnership with the Wisconsin DNR. https://www.cwtu.org/ https://www.edtu.org/
- Yellowstone Park Foundation: $2,500 to support restoration of Yellowstone Lake’s native Yellowstone cutthroat trout through the Clear Creek (Montana) monitoring project. https://www.ypf.org/
- Henry’s Fork Foundation: $5,000 to support restoration and repair of Harriman Canal and installation of a fish screen at the point of diversion from the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River (Idaho). https://henrysfork.org/
- $2,000 to the Au Sable River Property Owners Association to plant northern white-cedars along the Au Sable River in Michigan to provide needed shade to maintain the cold-water fishery.
- $3,000 to Montana Trout Unlimited for the Three Dollar Bridge Riparian Fencing and Off Stream Water Project.
- $2,500 to the Conservation Resource Alliance Bayview Professional Center in Michigan to improve the habitat on the Pine River by installing woody debris and brush bundles.
- $2,500 to Trout Unlimited and the Snake River Cutthroats for the Rainey Creek Fish Passage and Screening Project in Idaho; installation of a rotating drum screen on a diversion for the benefit of the native yellowstone cutthroat trout.
- $3,000 to the Seneca Valley chapter of TU to stabilize stream banks by installing tow wood on Little Beaver Creek in Maryland.
- $3,000 to the Kiap-TU Chapter of TU to purchase materials for bank stabilization, habitat structures, seed and mulch for erosion control on the upper Kinnickinnic River in western Wisconsin.
- $1,500 to support the Deerfield River Watershed Assessment Project in Vermont.
- $2,000 to California Trout for funds for materials to implement Phase I of the Riparian Re-vegetation Plan in the Hat Creek Wild Trout Area.
- $4,000 to the Central Wisconsin Chapter of TU to purchase materials for overhead bank cover and in-stream habitat on the West Branch of the White River.
- $2,500 to the Nature Conservancy in Idaho for a project to reconnect the Wimpey and Pratt Creeks in the Lemhi River Basin.
- $3,000 to Downeast Salmon Federation to restore the East Machias Salmon population in Downeast, Maine
- $2,500 to Trout Unlimited and the Snake River Cutthroats Chapter of TU for habitat restoration project reconnecting Mill Creek with Big Creek, both tributaries of the Pahsimeroi River in Central Idaho, benefitting bull trout, westslope cutthroat trout, redbank trout, steelhead and chinook salmon.
- $1,500 to the Big Blackfoot Chapter of TU restore 900 feet of channel, upgrade culverts and plant willows for native trout populations in the West Fork Jacobsen Spring Creek, a tributary to the Blackfoot River in Montana.
- $2,500 to High Country Fly Fishers Park City, Utah for the Upper Strawberry River Willow Planting Project.
- $1,000 the Conservation Resource Alliance to support the second phase of in-stream habitat improvements on the Maple River in Emmet County, Michigan.
- $1,000 to the Nature Conservancy in Idaho for oversight and monitoring of a project to address high water temperatures in Silver Creek due to Kilpatrick Pond.
- $5,000 to the Atlantic Salmon Federation to restore the East Machias Salmon population in Downeast, Maine.
- $5,000 to Central Wisconsin Chapter of TU for the Chaffee Creek Restoration and Improvement Project.
- $5,000 to the Batten Kill Trout Watershed Alliance for restoration of trout habitat in a half mile section of the Batten Kill in Vermont.
- $3,500 to Collegiate Peaks Anglers TU and Trout Unlimited for stream restoration improvements in a 1,000 ft. section of the South Arkansas River outside of Salida, Colorado.
- $2,000 to Trout Unlimited to complete detailed road stream crossing assessments across the entire Hoosic Rivers North Branch drainage basin in Vermont and Massachusetts.
- $4,750 to Trout Unlimited to fabricate and install two fish screens on Cottonwood Creek in Idaho.
- $1,000 to the Yaak Valley Forest Council for a Headwaters Restoration Partnership Project; Troy Montana.
- $2,000 to the Hat Creek Wild Trout Restoration Project to restore over six acres of riparian corridor, 4,000 ft. of tributary stream banks, and approximately two miles of in-stream habitat in Northern California.
- $3,000 to the Kiap-Tu-Wish Chapter of TU for restoration work on the Trimbelle River near River Falls Wisconsin.
- $4,500 to the Great Bay Trout Unlimited restoration project on the Thompson Brook tributary of the Winnicut River in Greenland, New Hampshire. Could lead to Brook Trout coastal reconnection anadromy and a population of salters.
- $2,000 to the Harry & Laura Nohr Chapter of TU to support the Blue River Watershed Restoration Effort northwest of Highland, WI.
- $4,500 to the Nature Conservancy for the Silver Creek Enhancement Plan addressing rising temperature in Sliver Creek due to Kilpatrick Pond in Idaho.
- $4,500 to California Trout, Inc. for ongoing restoration of Hat Creek.
- $2,500 to the Clark Fork Coalition in support of the Upper Clark Fork Restoration Initiative to restore three key trout streams in the headwaters of the Clark Fork to improve habitat conditions for native Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Bull Trout in Montana.
- $1,000 to the Invasive Species Action Network for support of the 2013 International Didymo Conference.
- $1,800 to the Invasive Species Action Network for installation of Boot Cleaning Stations for anglers in Montana.
- $3,500 to the Conservation Resource Alliance for fish passage and stream restoration project on Tamarack Creek, Michigan.
- $5,000 to the The Atlantic Salmon Federation for the Pokey Dam Fishway project on the East Machias River in Down East Maine.
- $2,200 to the Elliott Donnelley TU Chapter of Chicago and Central Wisconsin TU for the purchase of the Piranha Mini-Dredge in the struggle with sand management in area streams in Wisconsin.
- $4,000 to the Aldo Leopold Chapter of TU for the Phase Ill Bear Creek Habitat Improvement Project, Sauk Co. WI.
- $3,000 to Montana TU for Phase II of the Burnt Fork Bitterroot Riparian Habitat Restoration Project armoring cattle crossings.
- $2,000 to the Aldo Leopold Chapter of Trout Unlimited for restoration efforts on Bear Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- $2,000 to the Snake River Cutthroats Chapter of Trout Unlimited for materials purchased needed to construct the in stream V-Weirs for water control for the Diamond Creek project in South East Idaho . A Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout restoration project.
- $1,000 to the Snowy Mountain chapter of Trout Unlimited for the restoration project on the Big Spring Creek which runs through the town of Lewistown in Central Montana.
- $1,500 to the Bitter Root Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Piquett and Martin Creek Road decommissioning projects in Montana.
- $2,000 to the Lakeshore Chapter of Trout Unlimited for materials to be used for stream restoration work on the Weber Easement on the Onion River in South Western Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- $1,500 to the Conservation Resource Alliance to support the first phase of critically important suite of cold water restoration projects on the Upper Manistee River, Michigan.
- $3,000 to the Utah Water Project,Bear River Home Rivers Initiative, and Cache Angers,all Trout Unlimited entities,to restore summer flows to the Little Bear River in Northern Utah.
- $2,000 to the Trout Unlimited Shenandoah Valley Chapter of TU to restore 600 linear feet of Coyner Springs flowing through Waynesboro, Virginia for habitat improvement for Native Brook Trout.
- $2,500 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife to purchase construction materials for removing migration impediments on Aldrich Brook for Eastern Brook Trout and other native fish.
- $2,500 to Trout Unlimited Concord, New Hampshire for the Westfield River Crossing Improvement Project increasing migrant connectivity for Atlantic Salmon and Eastern Brook Trout.
- $3,000 to the Henry’s Fork Foundation, based in Ashton Idaho, to complete the Chester Dam Fish Ladder & Fish Trap Project.
- $1,000 to Montana Trout Unlimited for materials for the Browns Gulch Fish Passage Demonstration Project , an important spawning tributary for native Westslope Cutthroat Trout.
- $2,500 to the Elliott Donnelley & Fred Waara Chapters of Trout Unlimited to assist in funding Phase Two of the Escanaba River Watershed Partnership Project in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan.
- $1,500 to the Wisconsin Clear Water Chapter Trout Unlimited for materials to help construct habitat structure for the first phase of the Wilson Creek Watershed Restoration project.
- $1,000to the Oregon State Council of Trout Unlimited to assist with the completion of the Upper Young’s River Resident Cutthroat Trout Passage & Habitat Restoration Project for native coastal Cutthroat Trout.
- $3,000 to The Nature Conservancy in Idaho to construct off river watering sites that will lead to additional improvements to Chinook Salmon spawning habitat in the Lemni River.
- $3,000 to Cal Trout for the ongoing restoration of Carbon Flats on Hat Creek in California
- $4000 to the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited to support the Blue River Watershed Restoration Efforts – Six Mile Branch
- $3,000 to The Conservation Resource Alliance in Michigan to manipulate Woody debris and create log jams on the Platte River.
- $4,000 to the Montana Trout Unlimited to help fund the Burnt Fork tributary of the Bitterroot Riparian Habitat Restoration Project.
- $5,000 to the vermont Batten Kill watershed Alliance for trout habitat restoration projects on the Batten Kill for 2010.
- $5,000 to the Atlantic salmon Federation Maine council for the physical removal of the west winterport Dam in the lower penobscot watershed.
- $4,000 to the Friends of the upper Delaware River to restore two crucial spawning tributaries for the wild trout of the upper Delaware River System.
- $2,500 to the National park service Great smoky Mountains National Park for the removal of illegally introduced and missed Rainbow Trout from a Stream restored for Native Brook Trout
- $6,000 to the central wisconsin chapter of Tu & the Elliott Donnelley chapter of Tu to restore and improve the Mecan River (phase 2).
- $4000 to the Atlantic Salmon Federation for the removal of the little River Dam located in the lower Androscoggin River watershed in Lisbon and Topsham, Maine
- $3500 to the East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the J Bar 9 Fish Screen and Bypass Project retrofitting the existing headgate structure on the South Fork of the Shoshone River.
- $4500 to the Oregon council of Trout Unlimited to complete the riparian re-vegetation and wetland/floodplain restoration of a large off-channel wetland complex on the Necanicum River.
- $3000 to the Snake River Cutthroats Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Glen Bills Diversion Project in South East Idaho.
- $3000 to the chester Ridley crum watersheds Association for the restoration of a 300 foot section of waynesborough Run, a major headwaters tributary in the Upper Crum Creek.
- $3500 to the conservation Resource Alliance for the support of the Pere Marquette River streambank & woody Debris project.
- $1000 to the Federation of Fly Fishers to complete necessary updating and revisions to the whitlock Vibert Box program Manual.
- $2500 to the Foothills conservancy of North carolina for permanent landscape-scale protection efforts along wilson creek.
- $3000 to the central Jersey chapter of Trout unlimited for the point Mountain Trout conservation Area River Restoration project on the Musconetcong River.
- $4000 to the central wisconsin chapter and the Elliott Donnelley chapter of Trout Unlimited for the construction of lunker structures and other in-stream habitat on the Mecan River.
- $2000 to the colorado chapter of Trout unlimited to support the next phase of the Buffalo peaks Ranch project for the protection and enhancement of the riparian corridor along the Middle Fork of the South Platte River.
- $500 to the Massanutten chapter of Trout unlimited for phase 1 of the Dry River Brook Trout protection project.
- $3500 to Montana Trout Unlimited for the Ruby River Dam lnstream Flow Project.
- $2200 to Montana Trout unlimited for two years of operation, maintenance and calibration of crucial certified stream gauges on the Jefferson River and the Big Hole River.
- $4800 to the Mountaineer chapter of Trout unlimited for the whitehorn creek Restoration project in west Virginia.
- $1,500 to Ammonoosuc Chapter of Trout Unlimited to conduct an initial aerial photo survey of Indian Stream, an eastern brook trout tributary of the Upper Connecticut River in northern NH.
- $5,000 to Battenkill Watershed Alliance to extend the work to restore an additional one half mile of river in VT.
- $5,000 to Central Wisconsin Chapter of T.U. and the Elliott Donnelley Chapter of T.U. toward completing the restoration of Lawrence Creek Project in WI.
- $3,500 to Conservation Resource Alliance to support important habitat improvement project on the Jordan River in WI.
- $5,000 to the Coulee Region T.U. and in funding a stream restoration project on Coon Creek and Spring Coulee Creek in Vernon County, WI.
- $3,500 to Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina for extensive landscape scale protection effort along National Wild Scenic Wilson Creek in NC.
- $3,500 to Grays Harbor Chapter of T.U. to replace an undersized pipe culvert that is a barrier to upstream movement of anadronomous fish from Black Creek in WA.
- $4,000 to Great Smoky Mountains National Park toward the reintroduction of Native Brook Trout into Lynn Camp Prong in TN.
- $3,000 to Harvey and Laura Chapter of T.U. for restoration work on Bronson Creek in WI.
- $8,000 to Henry’s Fork Foundation toward support of a project to construct a fish ladder at the Chester Dam on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in eastern ID.
- $1,000 to Federation of Fly Fishers toward the establishment of Native Fish Conservation Areas.
- $2,500 to Montana Trout to help fund the Fleshman Creek Instream Project in MT.
- $5,000 to The Teller toward restoration of nearly two miles of fishing habitat on Gird Creek, a tributary of the Bitterroot River in western MT.
- $3,000 to National Trout Unlimited to aid in restoring a 4,300 foot stretch of Fish Creek, a trout spawning tributary of the Jefferson River in MT.
- $2,500 to Atlantic Salmon Federation for the prevention of the spread of Northern Pike into Maine’s Penobscot River.
- $2,500 to the Batten Kill Watershed Alliance for the Twin Rivers Restoration Project in Vermont.
- $4,000 to the Boulder Flycasters Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Rogers Park/Middle Boulder Creek Habitat Enhancement Project in Colorado.
- $5,000 to Conservation Resource Alliance for the Green River Road Crossing Improvement Project in Michigan.
- $4,000 to the Department of Interior, National Park Service, for Brook Trout Restoration in Lynn Camp Prong, Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.
- $5,500 to the Federation of Fly Fishers for the International Symposium on Native Trout.
- $5,000 to the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Blue River Watershed Restoration Effort in Wisconsin.
- $2,000 to the Hemmingway Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Little Burns Creek Fish Passage Project in Idaho.
- $5,000 to Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Pine Creek Restoration Project in Minnesota.
- $3,500 to the Lakeshore Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Mill Creek and Ben Nutt Confluence Restoration Project in Wisconsin.
- $2,050 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for the Nadeau Lake Project.
- $4,500 to the Mountaineer Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Blackthorn Creek Riparian Restoration Project in West Virginia.
- $2,500 to the Platt Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Encampment River Push-up Dam Replacement Project in Wyoming.
- $2,500 to the Snake River Cutthroats Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Walsh Diversion Project on Rainey Creek in Idaho.
- $5,000 to the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the Mores Creek Mill Pond Fish Barrier Project in Idaho.
- $4,000 to Trout Unlimited (New England) toward the Implementation of the Electro-Fishing Program to protect trout in the Rapid River of Maine.
- $3,000 to the Westslope Chapter of Trout Unlimited for the St. Louis Mine Reclamation Project to increase native Westslope cutthroat populations and improve stream channel functions in Montana.
- $2,000 to Aldo Leopold Chapter of T.U. for East South Branch of the Lodi Creek Trout Habitat Improvement Project.
- $3,750 to Boulder Flycasters Chapter of T.U. for the McGinn Ditch Fish Passage Project.
- $2,500 to Cheyenne Mountain Chapter of T.U. for the Mill Sap Gulch Mine Tailings Reclamation Project affecting Four Mile Creek.
- $5,000 to Colorado T.U. for the Buffalo Peaks Ranch Restoration Project affecting trout spawning and habitat areas above Spinney Reservoir in South Park, CO.
- $1,000 for Conservation Resource Alliance for the River Care Project on Twin Creek
- $9,900 to Federation of Fly Fishers for support of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program
- $5,000 to Idaho Falls Office of T.U. for the Little Burns Creek Fish Passage Project
- $5,000 to Lakeshore Chapter of T.U. for Stream Restoration work on Mill Creek
- $5,000 to Lewis and Clark Chapter of T.U. to install Headgate Structure on Parson’s Slough
- $1,000 to Madison River Foundation Inc. to help complete Initial Design Project on Grayling Creek
- $4,000 to Mountaineer Chapter of T.U. for Whitehorn Creek Reparian Restoration for Native Brook Trout
- $3,000 to Overmountain Chapter of T.U. for support of the Hampton Cove Rainbow Trout Barrier Project
- $3,500 to Pisgah Chapter of T.U. for Davidson River Project
- $5,000 to Snake River Cutthroat Chapter of T.U. for Rainey Creek Stream Channel Restoration Project
- $2,500 to Wild Trout VIII for a sponsorship of the Wild Trout VIII Symposium being held in West Yellowstone in September 2007
- $5,000 to Yaak Valley Forest Council for the Headwaters Restoration Partnership Project relative to the Kootenai River Redband Rainbow trout on Callahan Creek
- $7,500 to Beamoc Chapter of T.U. for Horton Brook Restoration
- $3,500 to Collegiate Peak Chapter of T.U. for Abandoned Mineland Watershed Restoration
- $5,000 to Conservation Resource Alliance for Buttefly Creek Habitat Improvement
- $7,500 to Federation of Fly Fishers for support of first National Didymosphenia Geminata Symposium
- $5,000 to Great Smoky Mountain National Park for Monitoring and Reintroduction of Native Brook Trout into Indian Flats Prong
- $7,500 to Henry’s fork Foundation Inc. for Henry’s Lake Outlet Channel Restoration
- $5,000 to Montana T.U. for Sun Ranch Upper Missouri Westslope Cutthroat Trout Propagation Project
- $5,000 to New Hampshire Council of T.U. for Slide Brook Fish Passage Project/Nash Stream Restoration
- $6,500 to Redwood Empire Chapter of T.U. for Stuart Creek Restoration Project
- $7,500 to Trout Unlimited-National Office for Restoration of Fish Creeks, a Tributary of the Jefferson River
- $3,500 to the Wood River Land Trust for Phase II of Big Wood River Fishery Assessment
- $2,500 to the Conservation Resource Alliance for the Pere Marquette Headwaters Improvement Project.
- $3,000 to the Iron River Watershed Council for the Iron River Riparian of Brook Trout Habitat.
- $5,000 to the Idaho Council of TU for Garden Creek Stream Channel Restoration Project.
- $5,000 to the Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited for Phase I of the Flat Creek Watershed Restoration Project.
- $5,000 to Lakeshore Chapter of TU for the Onion River Restoration Project.
- $4,000 to Montana Trout Unlimited for the Boulder River Wild Trout Project.
- $7,500 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries &Wildlife for the South Bog Stream Project.
- $1,000 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife for the Nadeau Pond Project.
- $5,000 to the Pisgah Chapter of TU for the Davidson River Project
- $5,000 to the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group for the Childs Creek Salmon Enhancement Project.
- $2,500 to Trout Unlimited National Office for the Jefferson River Watershed Project.
- $1,000 to the Washington Water Trust for Water Rights Education/Outreach Partnerships with Washington State TU Chapters.
- $4,000 to Wild Rivers Chapter TU for habitat restoration and improvements on the Upper Bark River, the Lenawee Creek and the Sioux River.
- $5,000 to the Wild Salmon Center for the Elk Creek Wild Salmon Conservation Project.
- $3,500 to the Wood River Land Trust for Upper Big Wood Watershed Water Use, Diversion and Fish Passage Assessment Project.
- $3,500 to the Yaak Valley Forest Council for the Yaak Headwaters Partnership Program.
- $2,500 to Atlantic Salmon Federation in support of Katahdin to the Sea:Restoring the Penobscot River’s Ecosystem.
- $3,000 to Conservation Resource Alliance in support of the Pine River Watershed Habitat Improvement Project.
- $1,000 in support of Stream Team Survey and Water Quality Monitoring Programs involving the Housatonic River in MA.
- $4,000 to the Iron River Watershed Council (IRWC) in support of implementation of a riparian restoration project.
- $5,000 to the Kettle Creek Watershed Association and Trout Unlimited in support of the Kettle Creek Riparian Forest Buffer Project.
- $1,000 to Montana Trout Unlimited in support of Hydrological Evaluation to Protect Smith River Flows.
- $5,000 to Mountain Aquaculture Research Center in support of screening for and comparative performance of Weld Southern Appalachian versus Northern Hatchery-Derived Strain Brook Trout.
- $4,000 to Pisgah Chapter TU in support of “Keep the Davidson River Healthy” project.
- $1,000 to the Teller Wildlife Refuge in support of Spring Creek Restoration Projects.
- $10,000 to the Trout Unlimited, National Office, in support of three stream restoration projects on the Jefferson River in Montana.
- $10,000 to the Vermont Department of Fish Wildlife for land acquisition project on the Battenkill River.
- $3,000 to the Washington Trout in support of the “Lake Joy Creek Culvert Removal and Site Restoration” project.
- $1,000 to the Washington Water Trout in support of the Water Rights Outreach, Education, and Acquisition in the Walla Walla River Basin project.
- $5,000 to the Yaak Valley Forest Council in support of the Yaak Headwaters Restoration Partnership Project.
- $5,000 to the Atlantic Salmon Federation Maine Council in support of the West Winterport Dam Removal.
- $2,600 to the Bennington County Conservation District in support of a Batten Kill Buffer Planting Crew in Vermont.
- $2,500 to the Conservation Resource Aliance for tech support by a CRA biologist with the River Care Program in northwest Michigan.
- $5,000 to the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina in support of the Habitat Enhancement and Erosion Control Revegetation Program within the Muddy Creek Watershed.
- $5,000 to the Henry’s Fork Foundation, Inc. in support of building an understanding of aquatic processes in the Henry’s Fork system in Idaho.
- $5,000 to the Oregon Water Trust to expand the stewardship program, and assure that water remains instream during spawning and rearing during critical times of the year.
- $2,600 to the TU California Council to help restore stream habitat for Lahontan cutthroat trout in the Hunter and Fall Leaf Lake drainages of the Truckee River in CA and NV.
- $5,000 to TU Clearwater Chapter for habitat restoration on the New York reach of the Batten Kill River.
- $5,000 to TU Colorado in support of the Cheesman Canyon Restoration Project.
- $5,000 to TU Lakeshore Chapter of Wisconsin to support a documentary of the efforts to restore the Onion River’s water quality, flow and trout habitat.
- $10,000 to TU National in support of the restoration and conservation project on the Jefferson River in Montana.
- $2,200 to Huron Pines Resources Conservation & Development Area Council (Au Sable River System Owners. Association) for purchasing and planting northern white cedars for stream stabilization and fish protection.
- $7,500 to Conservation Resource Alliance for River Care Program which involves maintenance and improvement for premier trout streams in northwest Michigan.
- $7,500 to Lakeshore Chapter of TU for support of the Onion River Project in Wisconsin.
- $7,500 to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries Wildlife for Cupsuptic River Project.
- $5,000 to Michigan Council of TU for “Operational Stream Sweep”” new tracked, amphibious, and dredge project.
- $5,000 to Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group (WA) for North Fork of Newaukum Creek improvements.
- $3,000 to Montana Council of TU toward “An analysis of the Plum Creek Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan” project.
- $4,000 to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission toward Genetic Identification of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Population in North Carolina Project.
- $5,000 to Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (WA) toward enhancing riparian area Bear and Friday Creeks in the Samish River Watershed.
- $10,000 to TU National for Bush Creek Restoration, Kickapoo River Watershed, WI.
- $5,000 to TU National for Little Kettle Creek Restoration (PA).
- $5,000 to Washington Trout for Vashon Island Habitat Lost Found Project.
- $5,000 to Whirling Disease Foundation (MT).
- $5,000 to Atlantic Salmon Federation of Maine in support of the Smolt Tracking Study for the Bay of Fundy Rivers.
- $5,000 to the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina for “the Muddy Creek Watershed Restoration Initiative (MCWRI).”
- $6,000 to Huron Pines Resource Conservation Development Area Council, Inc. of Michigan to be split at $3,000 each for the AuSable River Watershed and Upper Manistee River Restoration projects.
- $5,000 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife for structures to “scour” excess siltation on the Cupsuptic River due to the over harvest of timber during the 1960s.
- $3,000 to the Pere Marquette Watershed Council Inc. in Michigan for the “Upper Middle Branch Pere Marquette River Sediment Removal Demonstration Project.”
- $7,000 to the Nature Conservancy of Idaho for the Targhee Creek Restoration project.
- $10,000 to the Lakeshore Chapter (WI) of Trout Unlimited to be split
- $8,000 for the Onion River Gene Bohnoff Farm and
- $2,000 for the Glacier Springs projects.
- $3,000 to the Mershon Chapter (MI) Trout Unlimited for the Rifle River Watershed Restoration project.
- $2,000 to Montana Council Trout Unlimited for “the Montana Stream Restoration Funding Guide.”
- $7,000 to Trout Unlimited (National) split $4,000 for the “Little Kettle Creek (PA) Restoration,” and $3,000 for the “Weister Creek Restoration” on the Kickapoo River Watershed (WI).
- $7,500 to the Northwestern Chapter (NC) of Trout Unlimited for the Linville River Watershed Project.
- $5,000 to Washington Trout (WA) for the Vashon Island Stream Typing/Fish Habitat Inventory Project.
- $1,000 to the Whirling Disease Foundation for the “Susceptibility of Spring Creeks to Whirling Disease Infection” project.
- $5,000 to Atlantic Salmon Federation, Brunswick, ME in support of the Salmon Satellite Rearing Tank Program.
- $10,000 to Maine Council, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Brunswick, ME toward the removal of the Soudabscook River Dam and repairing salmon habitat.
- $10,000 to Conservation Resources Alliance, Traverse City, MI to support erosion control and fish habitat improvements on seven streams in NW Michigan.
- $10,000 to Oregon Water Trust, Portland, OR toward improvement of trout habitat in Sucker Creek, a tributary of the East Fork Illinois River within the Rogue River Basin of SW Oregon.
- $2,000 to Rock Creek Trust, Missoula, MT for the West Fork Rock Creek Fencing Project.
- $4,000 to Trout Unlimited, Montana Council, Missoula, MT toward funding of the Clark Fork River Futures Project.
- $7,000 to the Washington Trout, Duvall, WA toward the salmonoid habitat protection through water typing.
- $7,500 to the Whirling Disease Foundation toward whirling disease research and to help coordinate nationally the work of the scientific community.
- $10,000 to the Brule River Preservation Inc. and cooperators: Area Landowners, The Brule River Sportsman’s Club, and Wisconsin DNR in support of the Bois Brule River Trout Habitat Improvement Project in the conservation easement area of the Upper Brule River in Wisconsin’s Douglas County.
- $2,500 to Federation of Fly Fishers for development of interpretive signage and material that support a permanent live Cutthroat Trout Display at the International Fly Fishing Center in Livingston, MT.
- $2,500 to the Henry’s Fork Foundation Inc. in Island Park, ID in support of research and stewardship work relative to catch-and-release mortality, and the threat of whirling disease in the Henry’s Fork River.
- $2,000 to the Mason Conservation District, Shelton, WA to purchase equipment to survey, design, implement, and monitor the Dewatto River Demonstration (Model) Project focusing on fish passage and habitat restoration.
- $2,500 to the Rock Creek Trust, Missoula, MT towards fishery improvements resulting from the 1,554 acre Castle Rock Ranch Conservation Easement Project.
- $7,500 to National Trust Unlimited, Arlington, VA in support of the Brush Creek and Kickapoo Stream (WI), and the Russell Brook Restoration (NY) projects.
- $5,000 to the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Waterbury, VT for the Green River Dam Fish Ladder Project.
- $5,000 to Washington Trout, Duvall, WA toward the funding of a habitat loss project relative to the role culverts may play in salmonid population declines and a potential remedy proposal.
- $5,000 to the Whirling Disease Foundation in Bozeman, MT in support of the Redband Rainbow Spawning Study and Response to Whirling Disease.
- $5,000 to Robin Ade of Castle Douglas, Scotland toward the funding of the Primordial Brown Trout Study subject to further review by U.S. fish specialists in conjunction with the U.K. fish biologists.
- $5,000 to the Yellowstone Center for Resources, National Park Service to purchase monitoring equipment for Yellowstone Lake Trout/Yellowstone Cutthroat Project relative to the abundance of the cutthroat trout and the effect of the non-native lake trout on Yellowstone Lake’s native cutthroat trout.
- $10,000 to the Henry’s Fork Foundation (ID) in support of the Henry’s Fork Watershed Initiative III to restore hydrology, water quality, fisheries and reverine vegetation to the headwaters of the Henry’s Fork.
- $3,880 to the Mason Conservation District (WA) for the purchase of equipment to monitor “on the ground” projects while working in cooperation with the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and private owner.
- $2,500 to Montana Land Reliance (MT) for assistance in the protection of 12 properties and 28.5 miles of trout habitat in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
- $5,000 to Trout Unlimited (VA) to support the Darbee Brook Restoration Project.
- $5,000 for sponsorship of the Wild Trout VI Conferences to be held in Bozeman, MT, August, 1997.
- $5,000 to the Rock Creek Trust (MT) for an experimental project involving small parcel property owners in the protection and conservation of open space along the lower drainage of Rock Creek.
- $3,000 to the Teller Wildlife Refugee (MT) for Spring Creek restoration.
- $5,000 to the Northwestern North Carolina Chapter, Trout Unlimited, toward a project to improve the waterflow and temperature in the South Holston River below the South Holston Dam.
- $2,500 to the U.S. Department of Interior/National Park Service for the project to protect and save Yellowstone Lake’s native cutthroat trout.
- $1,000 to the Montana Land Reliance of Helena, Montana for the Smith River Watershed Protection Program.
- $3,000 to the Rock Creek Advisory Council, Missoula, Montana for its stream habitat protection project to protect the stream from effects of cattle grazing.
- $6,000 to the Bighorn Mountain Flyfishers, Wyoming to be equally allocated for its project regarding stream bank restoration on Shutt Flats, and its restoration work on Little Horn Meadow and/or Dayton Gulch.
- $5,000 to the Henry’s Fork Foundation, Island Park, Idaho towards the study and research of the hydrogeology of the Henry’s Fork Basin and its aquatic ecology including the overwintering survival of juvenile trout.
- $5,000 to Trout Unlimited for TU’s Embrace-a-Stream project.
- $4,000 to the Clinton Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter, Rochester, Michigan for its project regarding stream improvements for Paint Creek in the vicinity of Rochester, Michigan.
- $5,000 Montana Land Reliance for the Spring Creek Restoration Project. Spring Creek is a tributary of Rock Creek.
- $10,000 for Trout Unlimited’s Embrace-A-Stream Program.
- $2,500 for Pike Wayne (PA) Chapter of TU for stream restoration project.
- $300 to the Thompson River Project for waders to be used by students in the project.
- $3,000 to the Rock Creek Advisory Council for Rock Creek (MT) stream restoration.
- $2,500 to the Teller Wildlife Refuge for educational programs and stream restoration work at the Refuge in honor of Otto Teller, Life Director of the Trout & Salmon Foundation and second National Chairman of TU.
- $1,000 Montana Land Reliance for continued work on conservation easement along Montana’s rivers and streams.
- $1,000 Water Resources Heritage Trust for improvements along l/2 mile of Pyat River in Idaho.
- $2,000 Teller Wildlife Refuge for Environmental Writing Conference.
- $2,250 Laramie River TU Chapter for Disabled Youth Fishing Project.
- $2,500 Montana Land Reliance continuing support for conservation easement program.
- $5,000 Trout Unlimited National for their “Embrace-a-Stream” Project.
- $5,000 Teller Wildlife Refuge for Spring Creek stream restoration and youth education.
- $1,000 Teller Wildlife Refuge for fish habitat improvement.
- $45,067 towards production of Foundation’s stream habitat enhancement video.
- $5,000 Water Heritage Trust (CA) for water restoration for salmon.
- Set aside $25,000 for Trout & Salmon Foundation to be applied towards the initial production costs of the Foundation’s production of the video “The River’s Return.” Of this total, $11,345 spent on script preparation and editing.
- $400 Gunnison Gorge Chapter of TU for checkdams on E. Fork of Dry Creek.
- $1,000 Montana Land Reliance for continuing work with conservation easements along Montana streams.
- $1,500 Rocky Mountain Flycasters Chapter of TU for revegetation of Big Thompson River.
- $2,000 Ferdinand-Hayden Chapter of TU for restoration of Lincoln Creek.
- $4,000 Denver Museum of Natural History for developing Colorado Fish Ecology Exhibit.
- $500 Gunnison Gorge Chapter TU (Colorado) for stream rehabilitation.
- $2,500 Michigan Council of TU toward the first phase of restoration of the Pere Marquette River.
- $2,000 Southern Wisconsin Chapter of TU for cost of fencing stream improved area on Garfield Creek.
- $1,500 Des Chutes River Chapter of TU for restoration of the Metolius River.
- $3,500 White River, Colorado Chapter of TU for placement of 15 rock structures and stream survey on North Fork of The White (Richmond).
- $5,000 Bitterroot, Montana Chapter of TU for completion of Rattlesnake Creek watershed study (Blount & Wilson).
- $3,000 Opportunities for Handicapped Sportsmen, Inc., Colorado for fishing piers for the handicapped (Fothergill).
- $1,000 Estes Park, Colorado Chapter of TU for work on The Big Thompson River (Alpine Anglers – Messerlie).
- $3,000 Five Rivers, Colorado Chapter of TU for stream improvement projects on Hermosa Creek, Williams Creek and Animas River (Graves).
- $2,500 Cheyenne, Mountain Colorado Chapter of TU for fencing and restoration of Trout Creek in Teller County, Colorado (Benson).
- $1,000 W. Denver, Colorado Chapter of TU for fencing project at Spinney Mountain Reservoir (Fishman).
- $8,000 University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology for teaching, research and public service endowment fund.
- $5,000 Montana Land Reliance for continued support of their program to develop conservation easements on major Western rivers with trout populations.
- $4,000 Colorado Trout Unlimited for continued support of their project to build fishing piers for the handicapped on metropolitan area lakeshores.
- $4,900 Bitterroot Chapter of TU for Rattlesnake Creek study of effects of fishing on a previously unfished watershed (Blount & Wilson).
- $3,000 Montana Trout Foundation to continue work on Flow Enhancement of Bitterroot River (Wynn Rainbolt).
- $3,000 Foundation for Montana Trout for continuing work on the Bitterroot tributary studies. This phase concentrates on measuring effect of irrigation canals on fish populations (Wynn Rainbolt, Bill Good, Kris Kronberg).
- $1,000 Bitterroot Chapter of Trout Unlimited for study of hydropower development on Bitterroot River (Dave Odell).
- $5,000 Montana Land Reliance to continue work on obtaining fishing and conservation easements on Montana rivers (Bill Dunham).
- $2,000 Trout Unlimited National to help pay distribution costs for their Living Brightwater Manual.
- $4,000 Clinton Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited to aid in restoration of Paint Creek.
- $4,000 Colorado Council of Trout Unlimited to help finance Fishing Pier Program for the Handicapped (Ann Fothergill).
- $3,100 West Slope and Bitterroot River Chapters of Trout Unlimited for study of Flow Enhancement of Bitterroot River Tributaries (Bill Good, Dave Odell and Wynn Rainbolt). The major focus of the study has been directed toward spawning of rainbow and cutthroat trout. The project represents a cooperative effort to understand the tributary fisheries of the Bitterroot Valley.
- $5,000 Montana Land Reliance for development of conservation easements on Montana and other rivers (Bill Dunham).
- $500 to Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America, Inc. (RASA) (Dick Buck).
- $1,500 Montana Fish and Game Department for Yellowstone River Creel Census. The information gathered will be used to formulate management strategy aimed at enhancing cutthroat population (Jerry Wells).
- $5,000 Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America (RASA) for Atlantic Salmon Ocean Affairs Project directed toward securing ratification of Atlantic Salmon Treaty.
- $3,000 Montana State University for study of microhabitat competition between brown trout, cutthroat trout, and mountain whitefish.
- $2,000 Bitterroot Chapter of Trout Unlimited for Bitterroot Water Users Association Painted Rocks Reservoir Project to develop minimum flow standards for the Bitterroot River.
- $2,000 Montana Land Reliance for field work and completion of book on land preservation and conservation easements on trout streams.
- $2,250 Michigan Council of TU for Pere Marquette River Study, 2nd payment.
- $2,000 to TU and FFF for publication of Trout Symposium II.
- $5,000 to Montana State University for flowing water acquaria.
- $250 Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America (RASA).
- $2,250 Michigan Council of TU for Pere Marquette River Study of the effects on resident trout of anadromous runs of fish; focusing attention on the stresses impacting Great Lakes’ coastal rivers.
- $2,500 to the Ken Sink Chapter of Trout Unlimited for installation of deflectors to restore the channel of the Little Mahoning Creek in Indiana County, PA.
- $200 to Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America, Inc. (RASA) for promotion of a commission to deal with multinational questions involving migration routes, harvesting quotas and other problems relating to Atlantic salmon.
- $2,500 to TU and FFF jointly for sponsorship of Symposium on proper installation and maintenance of Vibert boxes in streambeds. Seminar was at Dave Whitlock’s and funds cover travel expenses of attendees plus $300 for Dave Whitlock.
- $1,275 in matching funds to Falling Spring Chapter Pennsylvania of Trout Unlimited for reclamation project on Falling Spring Creek.
- $544 to University of Wisconsin Laboratory of Limnology for Hormonal imprint regulation project.
- $1,500 to KIAP-TU-WISH Chapter of Trout Unlimited for final segment of Project #111.
- $1,500 to the KIAP-TU-WISH (Wisconsin) Chapter of Trout Unlimited continuation of Quality Trout Stream Research Project #111.
- $2,000 to Rocky Mountain Bio Lab for monitoring of East Creek and Copper Creek.
- $4,000 to Nature Conservancy for Silver Creek Sedimentation Project (Blaine County, Idaho).
- $1,500 grant to the Colorado Council of Trout Unlimited to assist the cost of producing its film on the Two Forks Dam Project, an effort to preserve approximately 7 miles of the South Fork of the South Platte River.
- $1,600 to the KIAP-TU-WISH (Wisconsin) Chapter of Trout Unlimited for its program jointly with the Wisconsin DNR Quality Trout Fishing Research Project No.111 directed to the evaluation of catch and release regulations for managing stream trout fisheries.
- $1,000 to the Falling Spring (Pennsylvania) Chapter of Trout Unlimited to purchase equipment and materials for “The Falling Spring Fish Habitat Project,” a stream improvement project near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
- $2,200 to the Michigan State University’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife as partial funding in the pilot channel of the artificial stream regarding interactions between juvenile coaster brood trout and juvenile coho salmon.
- $3,000 to the Education Foundation of the Western Michigan Environmental Action Council to be utilized for legal fees relative to litigation in projects involving Western Michigan’s fisheries.
- $3,000 to National Trout Unlimited towards publication costs of TU’s Chapter and Council Handbook.
- $2,200 to National Trout Unlimited to fund publication of its Water Quality Surveillance Manuals.
- $2,500 grant to National Trout Unlimited for “Operation Restore,” a joint project between Trout Unlimited and the American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers’ Association to monitor environmental quality in various rivers.
- $1,000 grant to the Sandy River Oregon Chapter of Trout Unlimited to be utilized in its handicapped fishermen project.
- $500 grant to the National Capital (Washington, DC) Chapter of Trout Unlimited for its joint project with the American Rivers Conservation Council for dissemination of information regarding proposed federal projects, rulings and legislation.
- $4,000 to the Western Michigan Environmental Action Council for use in its proceedings in court or before administrative bodies.
- $3,750 to the University of Wisconsin Department of Limnology for the purchase of additional equipment to be utilized in studies of the homing instincts of salmon.
- $2,500 to the Colorado Council of Trout Unlimited matching funds to catalogue streams and to monitor water quality.
- $2,000 to New York State University Department of Biology with the Western New York Chapter of Trout Unlimited to study steelhead/rainbow trout in Eastern Lake Erie and the Niagara River Watershed.
- $2,000 to the Forbes Trail Pennsylvania Chapter of Trout Unlimited for purchase of riprap stone and other materials for Chapter’s stream improvement project on the Upper Loyalhanna Creek in Ligonier, Pennsylvania; a joint project with 429th U.S. Army Reserve Engineering Battalion.
- $3,600 to the University of Wisconsin Department of Limnology to be used to purchase certain equipment and supplies used in a project to study the homing instincts of salmon in the Great Lakes.
- $8,000 to the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife to be used in construction of its indoor artificial stream for direct observation of trout and salmon behavior, the first such project to be implemented in the United States.
- $6,000 to Trout Unlimited (National) for the McCloud River, California project; a joint project between Trout Unlimited, Nature Conservancy and University of California to study the resident wild trout population. The purpose of the project was to promulgate regulations for management of fishing in this 2,330 acre preserve.
- $15,000 grant to Trout Unlimited (National) to pay legal fees in the “Teton Dam” case; to preserve 17 miles of a stream and a scenic canyon with wild trout habitat; predominately cutthroat.