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Planning underway for Eagle Creak habitat improvement

This spring, Minnesota Trout Unlimited will begin construction on a 2,000-foot trout stream habitat improvement project on Eagle Creek in Savage.

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on February 16, 2026

An 8-year look at the MNTU education program

In this new year, I wanted to do a recap about the last 8 years of MNTU’s education program. See below to learn about all of the great things our education team has accomplished! Trout in the Classroom From fall 2018 to spring 2025, the number of TIC schools throughout Minnesota increased...

By Amber Taylor - MNTU Education Program Supervisor on January 21, 2026

Winter fly fishing in Minnesota’s Driftless Area

For many Minnesota anglers, January is a month spent leaning over an ice hole or a fly-tying vice, but if you are willing to embrace the cold you can be rewarded with some great fly fishing memories. While the rest of the state is locked in a deep freeze, the...

By Jason Swingen - Gitche Gumee Chapter President, Fly Fishing Guide on January 16, 2026

The importance of pools as trout habitat in stream restoration

On a rainy afternoon a few months ago, I stopped at a newly constructed project on my way home to see how it was reacting to the higher flows.

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on January 16, 2026

What happens to aquatic invertebrates as winter sets in?

Macro of the Month – December 2025 December has always been one of my favorite times to walk a trout stream. The leaves are down, the cold air is fresh, and in many of our springfed trout streams across the state, the water is still flowing. When I bend over to...

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on December 15, 2025

Moving the needle on fish passage in northeastern Minnesota

Fish passage is not always just about fish passage. A culvert replacement might start as a solution to a barrier in a watershed, but when MNTU gets involved, it becomes an opportunity to address habitat beyond the ability for a trout to get from point A to point B.

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on December 15, 2025

12,000 eggs delivered for Trout in the Classroom

We completed the first of two egg deliveries on December 3rd! Over 12,000 eggs were sorted, packaged, and distributed throughout the state in a single day thanks to our awesome crew of egg day volunteers.

By Amber Taylor - MNTU Education Program Supervisor on December 8, 2025

Macro of the Month: Northern caddisflies

Northern Caddisflies (Family Limnephilidae) Last month, we explored the importance of October foliage after it falls into a stream. Let’s take that further! As leaves fall into cold November water, there’s construction underway beneath the surface. Among the cobbles and leaf packs, case-building caddisfly larvae - members of the family Limnephilidae...

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on November 16, 2025

Evaluating stream habitat designs across southeast Minnesota

Over the past few decades, Minnesota has made tremendous progress in restoring and enhancing its coldwater streams.

By Jennifer Biederman - MNTU Habitat Director on November 15, 2025

Why I became involved with Minnesota Trout Unlimited

Volunteer Spotlight on Mike Madigan Both my mother and father were fly fishers. They gave me my first fly rod when I was 7, a seven-foot Fenwick glass rod. For the first few years, I spent a great deal of time extricating my flies from the trees and bushes that lined...

By Mike Madigan - MNTU Council Chair on September 8, 2025