We enable and accelerate the work of local conservation organizations, landowners, and government agencies by providing grants to restore cold water fish habitat.
In 2016, Trout and Salmon Foundation supported a plan by Montana Trout Unlimited to acquire and install a fish screen and restore 600 feet of spawning side channel on Rattlesnake Creek (Montana), a tributary of Clark Fork River, and to benefit bull trout, west slope cutthroat trout and migratory wild trout. This project was part of a broader project…
In 2017, Trout and Salmon Foundation funded an American Rivers project to remove two diversions on Pine Creek, the main rearing habitat for Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout. Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout are an iconic wild trout that inhabit a single watershed in Northern California and are a California State Species of Concern. American Rivers highlighted the Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout…
Trout and Salmon Foundation Announces 2017 Grants to Support Habitat Improvement Projects in Cold Water Trout and Salmon Fisheries Sun Valley, Idaho – Trout and Salmon Foundation (“TSF”) announced its 2017 grant recipients approved at TSF’s annual board meeting. “We are honored to support our conservation partners with the funding required to execute meaningful trout and salmon habitat improvement…
In 2016, Trout and Salmon Foundation supported the Big Thompson Watershed Coalition and Rocky Mountain Flycasters on the Jasper Lake project. The goal of the project was to increase the resiliency of the river ecosystem in the next flood event, enhance riparian habitat and restore aquatic habitat. The project spans a half mile of the Big Thompson on both…
Over the last decade, Atlantic Salmon Federation’s Maine Headwaters Project has removed seven dams, built fishways at ten dams, and replaced 12 large culverts with bridges in Maine’s Atlantic salmon watersheds. ASF currently has 18 projects in development including removal of the Coopers Mill dam on the Sheepscot River in Maine. In 2016, Trout and Salmon Foundation partnered with ASF…
In 2016, Trout and Salmon Foundation funded a Trout Unlimited project to connect more than 30 miles of brook trout habitat in the Peshtigo River watershed in Northern Wisconsin. Trout Unlimited recently highlighted the Peshtigo River project on its blog. The project called for removing or replacing road culverts, including as many as 10 in 2017, to reconnect important spawning and rearing habitat…
Missoula, Montana – Trout and Salmon Foundation (“TSF”) announced its 2016 grant recipients approved at TSF’s annual board meeting. “Consistent with Trout and Salmon Foundation’s long history, we are thrilled to support our conservation partners in funding meaningful trout and salmon habitat improvement projects. This year TSF funded 16 projects in salmon waters in Washington’s Pacific Northwest to classic…
In 2015, Trout and Salmon Foundation funded the West Arlington restoration project on the Batten Kill river in partnership with Batten Kill Watershed Alliance. This project was recently highlighted in a press release from Batten Kill Watershed Alliance: The project was designed by Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) fisheries biologists under the guidance of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department fisheries…
In 2014, Trout and Salmon Foundation funded the Mill Creek reconnect and habitat restoration project in partnership with Snake River Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Idaho Trout Unlimited. The project was completed during the summer of 2015 and reconnects Mill Creek with Big Creek (tributaries to the Pahsimeroi River in Central Idaho) and restores riparian and instream habitat in…
In 2015, TSF supported a plan by Trout Unlimited to install fish habitat structures and bank stabilization measures on 600 feet of Little Lyman Run. The project is planned in conjunction with a culvert replacement projected that was recently completed. There is an excellent overview of the culvert replacement project on TU’s website. The Little Lyman Run habitat work…
