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  • Video spotlight Conservation

    Video of the Week – A River’s Reckoning 

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    Along the Colorado River, years of drought have placed enormous pressure on communities, agriculture and fisheries that depend on its waters. But stories like this remind us that solutions are possible.  Recently, Trout Unlimited’s communications team visited the Bruchez Ranch to see firsthand how investments in modern irrigation practices are improving water efficiency while benefiting both agricultural…

  • Video spotlight Conservation

    Video of the Week – The Golden Trout Project 

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    If wilderness and pristine fishing areas resonate with you, it might be time to check out “The Golden Trout Project”.   High in the southern Sierra mountains of California lives a beautiful native trout called the golden trout and now is a splendid time to explore the area. Trek there to see the numerous projects and habitat improvements made by Trout Unlimited and partners and…

  • Video spotlight Conservation

    Video of the Week – Lifeblood 

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    As the West lives through an extensive drought and the Colorado River is in dire condition, we look back at Lifeblood.   This is a story of Trout Unlimited’s work on a small tributary in Wyoming that hosts four native fish species, including the Colorado River cutthroat trout. Muddy Creek contributes water to the Upper Colorado River Basin, so learn how water projects…

  • Video spotlight Snake River Trout Talk

    Video of the Week – Spread Creek

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    Protecting native trout is one of Trout Unlimited’s many passions, and expanding their habitats is what creates the river champions we celebrate.   Let’s head to the northwest corner of Wyoming to learn more about projects bolstering Snake River cutthroat trout habitat in this week’s video, Spread Creek.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVlp1gI0q_g&list=PLEXZljM8NmhuAXJrK2nLIDwzCHmcddp0D&index=10&t=1s

  • Video spotlight Conservation TU Costa 5 Rivers

    Watch: Blueprint – insight into making history 

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    Every year, Trout Unlimited hosts its Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit, where college anglers from across the country come together for a week of conservation, fishing and community.    College angles at the Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit In 2025, the Summit took place on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. Idyllic for its natural resource conservation, the…

  • Video spotlight Barrier removal Conservation

    Video of the Week – Flowing Free

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    Culverts and road crossings often create barriers to fish passage while also causing problems during floods for local communities.   So, in Wisconsin, Trout Unlimited is doing something about it.   By updating and upgrading these barriers, native trout like brook trout in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest can move freely amongst this spectacular habitat.   Watch Flowing Free to learn more and…

  • Conservation Video spotlight

    Watch Now: The Golden Trout Project

    Our new film celebrates the incredible work being done to restore this iconic species and their home waters.

    California Golden Trout are celebrated everywhere they’ve been transplanted across the West, but the native range of these beautiful fish is limited to the headwater meadow streams of the Kern River watershed high in the southern Sierra Nevada backcountry. WATCH NOW Today, these populations are struggling. Generations of habitat loss and hybridization have limited golden…