Minnesota Trout in the Classroom’s 18th Year!
Kristen Poppleton2024-09-09T22:03:47+00:00By Amber Taylor, Education Program Supervisor Welcome back to school! It’s Trout in the Classroom’s (TIC) 18th school year in Minnesota! In 2007, the Headwaters Chapter and a teacher from Bemidji’s elementary school got approval from the Minnesota -DNR to have a trout tank in the classroom, where they raised lake...
VOTE YES FOR THE OUTDOORS IN NOVEMBER’S ELECTION
Kristen Poppleton2024-09-09T21:55:57+00:00Our Minnesota Trout in the Classroom program has benefited from support from through the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. On this year’s November ballot you have the opportunity to vote to renew the state constitutional amendment that directs lottery proceeds be placed in the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund...
Volunteer of the Month: John Lueth
Kristen Poppleton2024-09-09T15:31:12+00:00Everyone has knowledge. Everyone has something they can be passionate about. If it has anything to do with trout, other species of fish, the environment or fresh water, education of youth, skill or creativity of tying, advocacy, fundraising … almost endless possibilities and variety … give it a try. And...
Macro of the Month: Late Summer Fly Fishing: The Magic of Tricos
Kristen Poppleton2024-09-09T15:07:01+00:00By Dr. Jennifer Biederman As summer begins to wind down, July, August and early September bring a special treat for fly anglers in Minnesota: the trico hatch. Tricos, short for Tricorythodes mayflies, are a small-bodied but super important part of many trout streams' ecosystems, and they offer some of the best...
Help Inform our 2024-25 Policy Platform
Kristen Poppleton2024-08-12T19:24:28+00:00While national politics takes up the big headlines right now, at MNTU we are looking ahead to the next state legislative session and preparing our policy platform. Preventing Fish Kills will continue to be an overarching goal of MNTU as we consider specific issues that will conserve, protect, restore, and...
Monitoring Macros with the TCTU’s Streamkeepers and Save Our Streams (SOS) Community Science
Kristen Poppleton2024-08-12T17:32:51+00:00On August 4,2024 twenty conservation-minded folks gathered on the banks of Eagle Creek in Savage, MN to become certified Save Our Streams (SOS) community scientists – learning the techniques for biological and chemical water testing in streams. The effort was led by the Twin City Trout Unlimited (TCTU) Streamkeepers Program...
Volunteer Spotlight: James Sauter
Kristen Poppleton2024-08-12T16:58:14+00:00Hometown: Prior Lake, MN. Graduate of St. Olaf College (BA), UW Madison (Ph.D.) MNTU Chapter: Current Board Member of Twin Cities Trout Unlimited. Before moving back to Minnesota in 2019, I was a member of Clearwater TU Chapter in Eau Claire. Favorite place to fish/be outside: I enjoy fishing for trophy rainbows on...
Volunteer for Trout in the Classroom!
Kristen Poppleton2024-08-12T16:44:54+00:00Volunteerism is the voice of the people put into action. These actions shape and mold the present into a future of which we can all be proud. MNTU’s mission is to protect, restore, and sustain Minnesota’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Protection comes in the form of advocacy and restoration through...