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***ALERT*** Pennsylvania's Wild Trout need your help - Make your voice heard!
Since 2011, Trout Unlimited has worked closely with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission to identify and protect wild trout in the Commonwealth as part of the Unassessed Waters Read More...
TU offers free technical advice for projects in the Chesapeake Watershed
Trout Unlimited continues to offer technical assistance to aid watershed organizations, conservation districts, townships, TU chapters, and others in Pennsylvania’s portion of the Chesapeake Read More...
TU is seeking a new Mid-Atlantic Policy Director
The Mid-Atlantic Policy Director works to advance TU’s mission to conserve, protect, and restore trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds by leading campaigns that engage TU members Read More...
20 Years of progress for TU’s work in the Kettle Creek Watershed
It’s hard to believe that just over 20 years ago I started working with Trout Unlimited in the Kettle Creek Watershed in Northcentral Pennsylvania. Back then I was hired as the Coordinator for Read More...
New items added & lower prices featured in PATU Merchandise Program
If you haven’t visited the PATU Merchandise page www.patrout.org/merchandise recently, please take a few minutes to look and see what you’ve been missing. We’ve added five new items Read More...
Award winners announced and officers elected at PATU Annual Meeting
70 members representing 33 chapters attended the 2019 PA Council Annual Meeting at the Shaver’s Creek Community Building in Peterbsurg, PA on September 14. A presentation by Read More...
2019 Forever Wild grant awards are announced
PA Council of Trout Unlimited is pleased to announce the 2019 grant award winners. Forever Wild grant funding is made available by the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited Read More...
What you can do about the streams that don’t meet PA water quality standards
The Department of Environmental Protection last week released its biennial report on water quality which said 40 percent of streams and rivers in the state do not meet federal Clean Water Read More...
How increased rainfall can affect PA fish populations
A critical issue for spawning and egg and juvenile fish survival is high-flow rainfall events, which in the springtime is the biggest threat to smallmouth bass, according to Shannon White Read More...
Want to become a Master Watershed Steward?
The Penn State Master Watershed Steward program was established to educate and empower volunteers to protect environmental resources. Training and volunteer service are coordinated Read More...
PATU STREAM Girls are featured on video produced by WQED
STREAM Girls is an outdoor STEM program for girls. This watershed experience employs STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) plus Recreation and Arts to explore Read More...
PSU study shows few hatchery genes present in wild brook trout population
Despite many decades of annual brook trout stocking in one northcentral Pennsylvania watershed, the wild brook trout populations show few genes from hatchery fish, according to Read More...
Alert - Invasive species found in Spring Creek (Centre County)
If you plan to fish Spring Creek or its watershed in Centre County (Bellefonte/State College area), please remember that the entire waterway and its tributaries are considered to be Read More...
Report shows brook trout decline in Susquehanna watershed due to fracking
New research from Susquehanna University's Freshwater Research Initiative finds that brook trout populations suffered most as a result of natural gas development if their habitats Read More...
New book on PA limestone trout creeks now available from PATU
A fascination with modern geospatial techniques and limestone geology led retired army engineer officer Patrick C. Wentz on a quest to discover the limestone creeks of Pennsylvania. The result Read More...
Help spread the word about new TU stream protection video
We’re beginning to promote our new video about stream protection work in Pennsylvania, featuring Forks of the Delaware Chapter President Joe Baylog and TU Field Staffer Kathleen Lavelle Read More...
Guadalupe Chapter offers small restoration grants for PA chapters
The Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Texas is TU’s largest chapter, representing almost 5,400 Texans with an interest in conserving, protecting and restoring North America's Read More...
See TU in action on PBS "Crowd and the Cloud"
Trout Unlimited's Eastern Shale Gas Monitoring Program is highlighted in the PBS documentary series, Crowd and the Cloud. The 4-part series takes viewers on a global tour of citizen science Read More...
“Events in a Box” now available to help organize chapter fishing events
If you’ve been wanting to conduct chapter fishing events, but have held off because of not knowing how or what to plan for, PATU has just introduced a new set of templates known as Read More...
USGS study reveals effects of climate change, invasive species on native trout
A U.S. Geological Survey study published on November 16, 2016 combines climate change and invasive species research by examining how native Brook Trout interact with non-native Brown Read More...
PATU requests chapter involvement in adopting wild trout streams
The overriding goal of TU’s founding fathers was conservation of wild trout wherever possible as opposed to the random stocking of “cookie-cutter” hatchery trout. The objective of PATU's Read More...
An important reminder about obtaining Youth Clearances
With the passage of Pennsylvania Act 153, there are some things that all volunteers working with youth (under the age of 18) need to be aware of. All members who will be working with youth Read More...

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