About Trout Unlimited For over forty years, Trout Unlimited has played the leading role in protecting one of America's last great national treasures: our nation's trout and salmon populations. By combining "on the ground" restoration efforts with cutting-edge scientific research and effective lobbying on behalf of our coldwater fisheries, TU has been an effective advocate for trout and salmon nationwide. Challenges to our fisheries Our trout and salmon face constant threats from a number of directions. Dams interfere with free flowing rivers, and block migration of salmon and trout, while acid rain poisons mountain streams. What's more, erosion from unchecked logging operations and poisons from loosely regulated hard rock mines are slowly destroying our rivers and streams. Even some species of trout and salmon in danger of vanishing forever are often ignored by federal lawmakers. And as hard as it is to believe, some laws allow landowners to drain every inch of a common body of water for their own use, leaving fish high and dry. Trout Unlimited works for you TU's unique combination of grassroots, scientific, and policy initiatives together form an effective strategy for protecting our trout and salmon and the sport you love for many years in the future. Through over 450 chapters nationwide, TU organizes grassroots stream restoration projects and conservation programs. TU's Coldwater Conservation Fund provides hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for groundbreaking scientific research on threats to coldwater fisheries. National fundraising initiatives like TU's member-funded Embrace-A-Stream program help improve coldwater habitat on the local level. TU also works at the state and federal level, providing a voice for fish and coldwater resources, strengthening existing protections and challenging new threats to trout and salmon. Join us today. Only through volunteer activism critical financial support from members is TU able to carry out its vital resource protection programs. This is the most important benefit of membership - knowing you're helping to restore America's last great resources: our trout and salmon. But that's not all you get by joining Trout Unlimited today. All members receive a year's subscription to our award-winning quarterly Trout magazine, filled with dozens of tips to help you improve your angling skills and articles on how your membership helps protect one of our nations last great natural resources -- our coldwater fisheries. We'll also send you a personalized membership card entitling you to a number of discounts on hotels and car rentals, and membership in one of our over 450 local chapters where you can meet other anglers and share tips and insights about your area. In the spring, you'll receive personalized return address labels and we'll send you a copy of our beautiful full color fly-fishing calendar in the fall.

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