Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited restores and reconnects cold, clean rivers, reconnecting 1,052 miles of streams in its 2024-25 season (Trout Unlimited).

Image: NASA (PIA26448).

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Trout Unlimited, a U.S. nonprofit with more than 400 local chapters and councils (organization figure).

It protects headwaters, reconnects broken habitat, restores and gets communities involved.

In its 2024-25 season, volunteers gave 645,051 hours to conservation and science projects (organization figure).

Rivers and streams across the United States, including more than $5 million invested in 20 projects in the Upper Bear River Watershed.

Cold, clean water is vital for trout and salmon, and healthy rivers benefit the communities around them.

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In 2024-25, Trout Unlimited restored 539 miles of rivers and streams and reconnected 1,052 miles (organization figures).

More than 20,000 volunteers take part in Trout Unlimited projects (organization figure).

Reconnecting streams lets fish reach the cold water and spawning habitat they need.

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