We care for and recover
rivers and fish
Trout Unlimited brings people together across the country to be champions for their rivers and help make our water cleaner, our communities healthier and our fisheries stronger.
Healthy fish need healthy water. We all do.
Today, our rivers and our fisheries face enormous challenges.
At Trout Unlimited, we are doing something about it.
We need champions to help us unlock the unlimited power of conservation. Are you in?
Want to Get Involved? Here’s How.
Today
How to be a champion for your rivers
Learn how you can have a meaningful impact on your waters.
Everywhere
This Week • Next Week • Next Month
See what TU is up to in your backyard
Across the country, volunteers are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Join us.
In your community
September 23-27, 2026
CX3: Community x Coldwater x Conservation
Connect with other like-minded anglers at Trout Unlimited’s biggest gathering.
Twin Cities, MN
Breaking Conservation News
From the President
Keep it Roadless
Our public lands help to define the freedoms inherent in being American. Roadless areas are the best of what remains of those lands. They filter clean water for millions of Americans. They support some of the finest fishing and hunting on the planet.
Press Release
Proposed Roadless rescission moves forward, putting tens of millions of acres of public land at risk
This would eliminate widely-supported protections on more than 45 million acres of roadless public land throughout the United States.
Fishing
Roadless areas are your secret fishing spot
These lands are home to native trout and salmon where 70% of them find refuge. This includes cutthroat trout in the Rockies, brook trout in Appalachia and salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest.
Conservation
Read the Report: Roadless: America’s Sporting Lands
Our latest report illustrates how our outdoor traditions depend on maintaining strong safeguards for roadless areas.
Defend Roadless Public Lands
These areas protect some of the last intact trout and salmon habitat in the country, and rescinding the Roadless Rule would eliminate those protections nationwide.
Make your voice heard. The public comment period is open now through September 21st.
Be a Champion for Your Rivers
Why should you be part of Trout Unlimited?
We help you turn your passion for rivers and fish into a commitment to conservation.
Already a TU member?
Renew your commitment to clean water, thriving fish and healthy communities.
Our Impact On the Ground
A free-flowing Klamath River
The largest dam removal in history opened up hundreds of miles of spawning habitat to salmon and steelhead for the first time in a century.
Success Stories
Cleaning up abandoned mines
Across the country, Trout Unlimited is ending the scourge of legacy mines leaching pollution into rivers and streams.
Wins
Apache Trout recovery
For the first time, a trout species in trouble has been removed from the Endangered Species List thanks to recovery efforts.
Campaigns
Standing up for America’s roadless areas
National Forest roadless areas provide some of the best fish and wildlife habitat open to hunters and anglers and all of us who care about public lands.
Trout Unlimited by the numbers
Our success is rooted in a sound conservation approach: Protect the headwaters, reconnect fragmented habitat, restore our watersheds, and mobilize communities to sustain our progress. Here’s what we accomplished in our 2024-25 season:
539
miles of reconnected rivers and streams
830,206
acres of protected watershed landscapes
645,051
hours of volunteer service
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