The Project & Conservation Program
Total Money Awarded To 53 Projects Since 2010 = $315,951.08
For 2018 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects:
Sierra Nevada Journeys – Watershed Education Initiative = $5,000
The Discovery Museum – NV Fisheries Exhibit = $6,000
Great Basin Outdoor School Program – Wet & Wild Camp = $7,000
Truckee Trout Unlimited – CA & NV Volunteer Program = $16,719
Alpine Watershed Group – Carson River Headwaters Restoration = $7,000
KTMB – Watershed Warriors = $3,500.00
NDOW – Squaw Creek Reservoir Facilities Improvement = $5,000
Total Awards For 2018 = $50,219.00
For 2017 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects:
Truckee Trout Unlimited – Truckee River Fish Habitat Enhancement = $17,421.00
Sierra Nevada Journeys – Watershed Education Initiative = $5,000
NDOW – Illipah Creek Restoration Survey = $3,500.00
Great Basin Outdoor School Program – Wet & Wild Camp = $3,000.00
Alpine Watershed Group – Carson River Restoration = $7,000.00
KTMB & Nevada Land Trust – One Truckee River Forum = $2,000.00
River Wranglers – The Fin Bin Wagon = $2,232.00
Total Awards For 2017 = $40,244.00
For 2016 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects:
The Nature Conservancy – Independence Lake LCT Restoration = $15,000
Sierra Nevada Journeys – Watershed Education Initiative = $5,000
Truckee Trout Unlimited – Little Truckee River Telemetry Study = $10,000.00
The Discovery Museum – Reno – LCT Camp = $3,000.00
TMCC – Analysis of Bacteriophages in Mason Valley Fish Hatchery = $3,000.00
Total Awards For 2016 = $36,000.00
In 2015 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects:
Truckee/Tahoe – Trout Unlimited – Little Truckee River Restoration = $15,000.00
Sierra Nevada Journeys – Watershed Education Initiative = $4,500
The Discovery Museum – Reno – Underwater Nevada Display = $5,000.00
Alpine Watershed Group – Carson River Restoration = $5,000.00
The Nature Conservancy – Truckee River Restortaion = $10,000
TMCC – Analysis of Bacteriophages in the Sierras = $5,000.00
Total Awards For 2015 = $44,500.00
In 2014 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects
Truckee/Tahoe – Trout Unlimited -Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration = $3,000.00
The Nature Conservancy – Brook Trout Removal at Independence Lake = $15,000
Sierra Nevada Journeys – Watershed Education Initiative = $3,640
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships – Trout in the Classroom = $1,105.00
The Discovery Museum – Trout in the Discovery = $4,350.00
Reno – Trout Unlimited – Nevada RANCHER Forum = $5,000.00
UNR – American Fisheries Society – Analysis of New Zealand Mud snails in the Truckee River = $2,100.00
Total Awards For 2014 = $34,195.00
In 2013 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects
Sagebrush TU & NDOW – McDermitt Watershed Fire Rehabilitation Project = $12,300.00
Truckee-Tahoe Trout Unlimited – Little Truckee River Fish Habitat Improvement Project = $10,000.00
UNR Marine Ecosystems Analysis Laboratory – Could Meiofauna be food for higher trophic levels in Lake Tahoe = $7,500
Truckee-Tahoe Trout Unlimited – Fishing Youth Camp = $2,000.00
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center – Trout In The Classroom = $1,600.00
Ryan Brock – NFSP fishing in schools curriculum kit = $1,290.00
Total Awards For 2013 = $35, 390.00
In 2012 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects
Zeb Hogan, UNR – Summit Lake LCT Population Assessment Survey = $5,175.00
Peter Fairley, Galena High School – Trout In The Classroom = $700.00
Jenny Hatch, Cal Trout – Restoring the Carson River Watershed – Phase II = $8,500
Dave Lass, TU – Fishing Youth Camp = $1250.00
Sudeep Chandra, UNR =Status Assessment Of Nevada Fisheries = $5,400.00
Total Awards For 2012 = $21,025.00
In 2011 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects
NDOW – Lahontan cutthroat trout in Catnip Reservoir & Catnip Creek = $6,728.75
The Nature Conservancy – Independence Lake, Spillway Barrier = $10,000
Cal Trout – Instream Flows for Life: Restoring the Carson River Watershed = $8,000
Truckee Chapter of Trout Unlimited – Little Truckee River Fish Habitat Improvement Project= $5,000
Walker Lake Education Day = $500
Total Awards For 2011 = $30,228.75
In 2010 Grants Were Awarded To The Following Projects:
NDOW – Lahonton Cutthroat Trout PIT. Tags = $1,100.00 (a PDF)
NDOW – Pilot Peak LCT Research Project = $4,049.33
The Nature Conservancy – High Sierra Workshop = $4,000
The Nature Conservancy – Independence Lake, Lahonton Cutthroat Project = $10,000
Feather River Chapter of Trout Unlimited – Cold Stream Survey = $5,000
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Total Awards For 2010 = $24,149.33
If you would like a Sagebrush Chapter representative to make a presentation to your organization about Trout Unlimited initiatives and the Sagebrush Chapter Conservation Grant Program, please contact the Sagebrush Chapter Conservation Grant Program Ambassador at:epburke@hotmail.com