Western Native Trout Initiative

Heads up! Grant opportunity:
Bureau of Reclamation has announced that they are accepting applications for WaterSMART grants!

The WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects is a category of funding to support collaboratively developed projects that benefit multiple water users, improve water supply reliability, and enhance watershed health. (Note: this funding opportunity was previously known as Environmental Water Resources Projects).

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362394

If you are in the trout conservation arena, this grant could potentially be used for:
• Restoration of aquatic, riparian, or floodplain habitat
• Restoration of lateral floodplain and/or wetland connectivity with a river channel
•Implementation of beaver dam analogs, post-assisted log structures, wetland construction for treatment of irrigation water or stormwater flows
•Water quality or temperature improvement actions

For additional on WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects, please contact Ms. Katherine Tucker at 303-445-2586 or send an email to [email protected].

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While we all love wild trout, fish hatcheries often serve an important role in the conservation and recovery of many populations and species.
The GilaFest 2026 celebration is this weekend in Glenwood, New Mexico hosted by New Mexico Department of Wildlife!
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/2026-gila-fest/

National American Fisheries Society:
Deadline for abstracts for the 2026 annual meeting have been extended to May 1!

Don't miss your chance to participate in our East vs. West trout conservation symposium hosted with the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture and Fish Management Section of AFS.

Call for Abstracts – 155th AFS Annual Meeting Headwaters to Saltwater: Understanding the Past, Protecting the Future, 155 Years of AFS. Abstract Submission Opens: February 25, 2025 Extended Deadline: April 22, 2025 Submit abstract The American Fisheries Society President Miguel Garcia, the AFS Southern Division and the AFS Texas Chapter are exc...