Our Mission
Colorado Trout Unlimited works to conserve, protect and restore Colorado’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. As the grassroots arm of our parent organization, Trout Unlimited, we use cooperation, collaboration, advocacy and education to promote conservation.
FOUNDED IN 1969, COLORADO TU IS THE STATE’S LEADING NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING A VOICE FOR COLORADO’S RIVERS.
As Colorado's financially self-sustaining, grassroots arm of the national organization Trout Unlimited, Colorado TU is independently governed by a 44-member volunteer board including the presidents of our 22 local chapters across Colorado.
Colorado TU leverages the power of its over 12,000 members who contribute approximately 44,000 volunteer hours annually to restoration, education, and other local conservation projects, equivalent to the power of 22 full-time employees.
Our vision is simple – by the next generation, Colorado TU will ensure that robust populations of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their original Colorado range so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
— Norman Maclean
COLORADO TU WORKS TO:
Protect high quality habitat for native and wild coldwater fish and to maintain free flowing rivers;
Reconnect fragmented fish populations and habitats by restoring flows to dewatered rivers and re-opening fish passage;
Restore watersheds by working in collaboration with other conservation and governmental organizations, as well as private landowners, to preserve and improve the quality of habitats that support coldwater fish;
Sustain the efforts of our volunteers and supporters by inspiring a strong conservation ethic in the next generation of river stewards.
