Make this Holiday Season a Time for Giving!Legal Defense FundMaine TU is actively engaged in the federal relicensing of two major hydroelectric projects: the Aziscohos Project, which regulates flows to the Magalloway River—Maine’s premier brook trout fishery—and the Ripogenus Project, which controls flows to the West Branch of the Penobscot, the state’s premier landlocked salmon fishery. Our advocacy and legal efforts have contributed to meaningful progress at Aziscohos. However, on the West Branch, Brookfield Renewable’s license application gives little indication that it will agree to the flow and operational improvements needed to restore this declining fishery. It is increasingly likely that legal action will be required to secure license conditions that protect the river’s salmon population. Generator-trip events at McKay Station—such as the June 16 incident—continue to kill hundreds of young landlocked salmon each time they occur. Addressing these ongoing losses and other needed action are essential to recovering the fishery. Please click here to donate. PLEASE INDICATE Legal Defense Fund to contribute and help us safeguard these irreplaceable waters.
Maine TU Trout CampFor more than 20 years, Maine TU Trout Camp has helped young people discover the science, stewardship, and joy behind our cold-water fisheries. Modeled after Trout Unlimited’s most successful youth programs nationwide, the camp gives teens a strong foundation in conservation, entomology, and aquatic biology—all while keeping the experience fun, hands-on, and centered around fly-fishing. Our goal is simple: to inspire and equip the next generation of conservation leaders who will protect Maine’s legendary trout and salmon waters for decades to come. Please click here to donate. PLEASE INDICATE TROUT CAMP to donate and help support this important program.
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The Maine Council of Trout Unlimited works with our Chapters throughout the state to protect and restore the waters and habitat of coldwater fish.
This is done with the six Maine chapters and about 2000 member-volunteers. Our projects include on-the-ground restoration projects, advocacy for the waters we love, and education. Maine is home to the nation’s last Atlantic salmon population, the last native landlocked salmon and more than 97% of the nation’s native and wild brook trout ponds.
From the removal of dams on the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers to surveys of remote beaver ponds for native brook trout that deserve protection, Maine TU volunteers are working for our waters and fish. To keep our programs flourishing and our waters healthy we need your support.
Brook Trout Survey Project
The Remote Pond Survey Project is a collaborative effort that began in 2011, and seeks to recruit volunteer anglers to identify previously-undocumented wild brook trout populations in remote Maine ponds. Maine brook trout are a special resource, and we need to know where they are before we can protect and manage them appropriately. The information collected by volunteer anglers, verified by biologists, will help inform future fisheries management decisions. Learn more about the Remote Pond Survey.
The Coastal Stream Survey Project is a collaborative effort that began in 2014, and seeks to recruit volunteer anglers to gather data on wild brook trout in Maine’s coastal rivers and streams. Wild brook trout may move considerable distances during the course of their lives. Some wild brook trout that live in coastal streams may spend part of their lives in both saltwater and freshwater, a life history strategy called "diadromy.” Diadromous brook trout may leave their freshwater environment for periods ranging from a few months to over a year. Typically, they migrate from fresh to salt water at an early age, probably to take advantage of the more abundant food resources in salt water estuaries and perhaps also to seek thermal refuge during certain times of the year. Learn more about the Coastal Stream Survey.
