How much do you know about the vital work Trout Unlimited is doing across the country? One great way to learn more is to watch some of our recent films.

Discover why streams need trees in the East. Learn who was instrumental in removing the Apache Trout from the endangered species list and find out how efforts are reviving the Colorado River cutthroat trout.

Streams need trees

From restoring streams in rural Pennsylvania to protecting fish habitats nationwide, our films will inspire and inform. Meet the dedicated people working behind the scenes—not just for the fish, but for the communities that depend on these waters.

A plethora of people helped repair Muddy Creek in Wyoming’s high desert
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A Beautiful Mess 

Why are Trout Unlimited sawyer crews felling trees into streams across the country? The woody structure is helping streams recover from long ago logging practices that cleared forests and drastically reduced needed cover for fish. It also helps streams’ ability to be resilient to flooding and droughts, which benefits local communities. Watch A Beautiful Mess to learn more.

Resilience

The Apache trout is one of only two trout native to Arizona. This remarkable trout was historically found only in the nearly 700 miles of headwaters of the White, Black and Little Colorado rivers above 5,900 feet. At one-point, nearing extinction, Apache trout occupied only 30 miles of their historic range. Now, Apache occupy approximately 25 percent of their native habitat. Resilience, a film produced by Trout Unlimited, showcases how the Apache Trout has made an extraordinary recovery over the course of the last 50 years due in large part to the White Mountain Apache Tribe in northern Arizona.

Lifeblood

Lifeblood is a story about how we are all connected to our water supply in the West––even in the most unlikely of places. In the high deserts of Wyoming, TU has been restoring coldwater resources that contribute to the Colorado River Basin. With the help of TU’s first-ever Expedition program, beaver dam analogs built over the summer are providing habitat for beautiful Colorado River cutthroat trout. Thanks to numerous partners, Muddy Creek is realizing a new life in an otherwise dry landscape.

Angling for Hope | A Vision for Pennsylvania’s Beech Creek 

Pennsylvania’s Beech Creek winds its way through rugged hills that echo with the bugles of wild elk in the fall and thunder with the gobbles of turkeys in the spring. A mid-sized freestone stream lined with hemlock, rhododendron and mixed hardwoods, Beech Creek has nearly everything you might hope to find in a trout stream: long riffles, deep pools, cold water and plenty of in-stream cover. The only thing Beech Creek lacks as a fishery is, well… fish. The Beech Creek watershed covers approximately 171 square miles in Pennsylvania’s Centre and Clinton Counties. Located in the bituminous coal fields of central Pennsylvania, much of the watershed was mined long before modern reclamation practices were commonplace. As a result, Beech Creek and many of its tributaries are impaired by abandoned mine drainage (AMD). Watch Angling for Hope to learn more.