Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 6th, but you can donate today!
Your support helps conserve, protect and restore Colorado's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Make a difference for Colorado's rivers by donating today! In addition to support for our overall programs, thanks to our supporters with Anglers All and Barbara Luneau & Mark Rayman we have $12,500 in matching campaign opportunities for specific projects benefiting mine cleanup and youth education. Look for details under "campaigns supporting this organization" through the link below.
Orphan Boy Mine Cleanup with Anglers All
Help match Anglers All's $10,000 challenge to clean up a mine draining to the upper South Platte
Located high in the South Platte watershed near Alma, Orphan Boy is a once-successful legacy gold mine that has become a relic of its former self. The mine site now leaches heavy metals into the downstream waters of Mosquito Creek, a tributary to the Middle Fork South Platte, damaging valuable water resources, wetlands and trout habitat.
Trout Unlimited plans to control this contamination by reclaiming the site through containment of flowing mine waters, controlling seepage and erosion, and revegetating exposed mine wastes - all while preserving the historic legacy of the site. The end result will be improved water quality and stream health, protection of downstream communities, and preservation of historical structures at the mine site.
Anglers All has generously pledged $10,000 as a matching gift to help with reclamation of this mine site in their home watershed - so your contribution will be doubled, helping us fully tap their challenge grant!
Youth at Colorado TU
Invest in the next generation! Please help us build up new stewards of our watersheds and fisheries.
CTU is hard at work engaging the next generation in all-things-conservation through numerous educational, hands-on opportunities throughout the year. Our Trout in the Classroom program has doubled in size over the past year and will reach some 6,000 Colorado youth this school year! Along with TIC, our stream of engagement youth programs include Stream Girls, River Conservation & Flyfishing Camp, Stream Keepers, National Fishing in Schools, Stream Explorers, 5 Rivers College Clubs, and RiverWatch.
This is what a 2023 camp participant has to say about the experience: "Everything about yourself grows. Everyone is interested and knowledgeable in the things you like and want to talk about. Just amazing."
We have bold goals for 2023 and beyond. Help us reach thousands of youth next year alone, through a donation to the CTU Youth Fund.
Thank you to Barbara Luneau and Mark Rayman, who are generously donating dollars up to $2,500 for Youth at CTU. Double your impact!
Testimonials
The list of non-profits who would like your time, talent and money is endless, so why Colorado Trout Unlimited? First is the organization's reason for being. Serving as a champion for clear mountain streams is something that just grabs my heart. Second is the quality of the organization. It is important that the leadership be focused, reasonable in its positions, and fiscally responsible. CTU meets all of those parameters for me.
---Tom Jones, donor and TU Grassroots Trustee
Trout Unlimited (TU) in Colorado is an effective, science-based, working-with-all-stakeholders organization that gets things done. As a homeowner in the Denver area and Grand County, I cherish the water we use on the front range, and the recreational opportunities that take me to Grand Lake and the Upper Colorado River system. The tenacity of TU staff and engagement of chapters is the reason I'm a donor, and now a member of the Colorado Trout Unlimited (CTU) council board. It's well worth the time and treasure I've committed to the group's outcomes.
---Larry Howe, donor and Board Secretary
