Programs

Contact: Russ Thrall

The Coldwater Heritage Partnership (CHP) provides leadership, coordination, technical assistance, and funding support for the evaluation, conservation and protection of Pennsylvania’s coldwater streams. For more information on the Coldwater Heritage Partnership, see: https://www.coldwaterheritage.org/

Forever Wild Grants
Contact: Brian Wagner

The Forever Wild grant fund which is funded in part through the sale of “Back the Brookie” license plates awards mini-grants of up to $2,500 directly to chapters to complete projects and programs that relate to the protection and restoration of Pennsylvania’s wild trout species and which further the objective of education and outreach to communities within the Commonwealth about the importance of our coldwater resources and their conservation.  Grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis until funds are expended for the fiscal year. Depending on funding availability, Council expects to award between $10,000 to $15,000 annually to chapters through the Forever Wild program. Go to Forever Wild Grant App for more information and to download an application form. Click here to purchase a plate.

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership
We are excited to announce the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership. PA Trout has joined forces with 135 other partner organizations, and together we will plant 10 million—that’s right, 10 MILLION—trees in Pennsylvania by the end of 2025.

Click here for more information.

Keystone Coldwater Conference
The Keystone Coldwater Conference is a biennial conference that promotes the  sharing of ideas between diverse groups with common interests and causes to protect, conserve and restore Pennsylvania’s coldwater resources. The audience is primarily grassroots organizations, watershed and sportsmen’s groups, and other environmentally active citizens, including college students and professionals from conservation districts, agencies and consulting firms.

Website: www.coldwaterconference.org

Priority Waters

Amy Wolfe – TU NE Coldwater Habitat Program Director [email protected]

Priority Waters are the 200+ rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds where TU is directing our energies to care for and recover wild and native trout and salmon watersheds. Rooted in science and developed in collaboration with TU volunteers and trusted partners, these shared Priority Waters are the foundation of an ambitious strategic roadmap.

We’re at our best when we pull together and focus.

Add up the numbers — hundreds of experienced staff working in their local communities, hundreds of thousands of supporters, six decades of history, tens of millions of dollars invested annually — and we are having an impact at a national scale.

Pennsylvania Priority Waters

Pennsylvania Priority Waters Action Plans

Trout in the Classroom

Trout In the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students learn about coldwater conservation while raising trout from eggs to fingerlings in a classroom aquarium. During the year each teacher tailors the program to fit his or her curriculum needs. Therefore, each program is unique. For more information on Trout in the Classroom, see: https://www.patroutintheclassroom.org/

TU Service Partnership
Through resources provided by National’s TU Service Partnership, our Council and chapters can provide a community for veterans and first responders, breaking down barriers with loaner rods, additional casting clinics, fishing friends and mentors. Additionally, the TU chapter becomes a network for participants and a welcoming, inclusive community. The TU chapter is a place where friends are made; where someone comes to learn fly tying, roll casting and the thrill of a strike, and then returns to teach it to new members. It is a place where a passion is born and a commitment to conservation is fostered.

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