To protect, conserve, and restore Colorado's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds
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Mark your calendar
September 25th - EVTU Fall Fundraiser
The Eagle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited (EVTU), being a non-profit organization devoted to cold water fish and their habitat, is funded by volunteers donations, chapter support and by other fund raising activities. Please save this date and plan to attend our Fall Fundraiser. A detailed agenda will follow soon. Thank you
Eagle Valley TU was once again asked to co-host Water Wise Wednesday on June 30, 2010 at Brush Creek Park in Eagle. A monthly gathering sponsored by the Eagle River Watershed Council, aimed at increasing awareness of local issues facing our watersheds, EVTU took the event outdoors in order to introduce the community to our sport. The event began with a presentation by CDOW biologist, Kendall Bakich on how anglers should be cleaning their gear to avoid the transfer of invasive species from once watershed to another. Thank you Kendall!!! Following was a casting clinic led by EVTU board members and local fishing guides, we like to start the young! And finally the event wrapped up stream side with an entomology lesson given by former CTU President, Ken Neubecker. Always a fan favorite. We appreciate all of those who came out to enjoy the evening and learn a bit more about all facets of fly fishing in the Eagle Valley. We look forward to next year!
Colorado Water Project
Many rivers and streams in Colorado are heavily depleted and lack the flows necessary to sustain healthy cold water fisheries. Since its inception in 1998, Trout Unlimited’s Colorado Water Project has worked to address this problem. The Water Project has defeated water diversion and storage projects that would diminish river flows, has helped to pass several pieces of legislation expanding the state in stream flow program, and has created dialogue among water providers regarding ways to develop water supplies without damaging Colorado’s rivers and fisheries. Trout Unlimited is the only group in Colorado dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring stream flows and rivers. Learn more here
Colorado Trout Unlimited Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
Alex Schaefer
The EVTU board would without question echo CTU's sentiment and personally like to thank Alex for the immense TU workload he has tackled on our behalf over the last year! This is truly a great honor and no one is more deserving in our mind.
Take Action Now to Save the Fraser River and Colorado River Headwaters
To ensure sustained flows and healthy habitat that support fish, wildlife, and local communities, please ask Denver Water and the US Army Corps of Engineers to require mitigation for the Moffat Firming Project. Read more about the proposed Moffat Project and how you can go on the record to help save the Fraser River and Upper Colorado River headwaters.
Also, don't forget to join the "Save the Colorado River--Don't Flatline the Fraser" Facebook Group!
Back on the river
Eagle Valley Chapter Receives State Approval in Montrose
Through the efforts of Alex Schaefer and Nick Rader, the Eagle Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited has been reactivated.
To learn more about the chapter, please contact
alex@eaglevalleytu.org
First Membership meeting is a success!
Vail Mountaineer article - TU Chapter sparks Valley revival
In Colorado, water is a more precious commodity than almost any other natural resource. Since 1969, Colorado Trout Unlimited has been the state’s leading advocate in conserving, protecting and restoring Colorado’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. For more than 35 years, CTU has made significant contributions to Colorado’s environment, including battling the effects of disease on wild trout, defeating harmful large dam and diversion projects, passing important stream flow legislation, spearheading youth conservation education, protecting water quality, restoring native trout, improving drought-stricken rivers, establishing healthy fishing regulations and promoting water conservation. CTU has been Colorado's leading non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting the health of Colorado's rivers and lakes.
Statewide, CTU has over 10,000 members in more than 20 local chapters, in communities from Durango to Denver to Fort Collins. Our chapters conduct local conservation and education projects and act as advocates and conservators for their "home waters". The on-the-ground, grassroots efforts of our chapters and volunteers are what sets CTU apart from most other conservation groups.
CTU is the Colorado council of the national organization Trout Unlimited, which has more than 156,000 members nationwide. TU's national offices are based in the Washington, D.C. area. From grassroots habitat protection to high-level government lobbying, TU's efforts target the "Four Hs" of fisheries conservation: habitat, hydropower, harvest and hatcheries.
