Home Rivers Initiative

  1. Rogue River
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/rogue-river

    Goals

    Located near the second largest metropolitan area in Michigan, the Rogue River is an extremely important trout fishery in southern Michigan.  The lower portion of the river is fabled for its excellent steelhead runs.  The eastern tributaries host significant brook and brown trout populations.  Th

  2. Blackfoot River, Idaho Home Rivers Initiative
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/blackfoot-river-idaho-home-rivers-initiative

    Goals

    The Blackfoot River in Idaho is located in what is known as the Southeast Idaho phosphate patch, where  there are several active and non-active phosphate mines within the Blackfoot Watershed.

  3. Upper Clark Fork Restoration Project
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/upper-clark-fork-restoration-project

    Goals

    Trout Unlimited has embarked on an ambitious effort to implement large-scale habitat and flow restoration in critical spawning and rearing tributaries throughout the Upper Clark Fork.

    Trout Unlimited has embarked on an ambitious effort to implement large-scale habitat and flow restoration in critical spawning and rearing tributaries throughout the Upper Clark Fork.

  4. Upper Delaware Watershed Home Rivers Initiative
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/upper-delaware-watershed-home-rivers-initiative

    Goals

    The Upper Delaware Watershed is home to many of New Jersey’s best trout fishing waters, including the Musconetcong River, an area of concentration for TU over the past seven years.

  5. South Fork of the Snake River
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/south-fork-of-the-snake-river

    Goals

    Reconnecting and Restoring a Native Trout Treasure

    Reconnecting and Restoring a Native Trout Treasure

  6. Bear River
    https://reedgillespie.tu.org/tu-projects/bear-river

    Goals

    The Bear River in Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah is the longest river in the western hemisphere that doesn’t reach the ocean—traveling a tortuous path over 500 miles from its headwaters in the Uinta Mountains before eventually emptying into the Great Salt Lake. And the fish are as unique as the river.

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