The Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited Conservation Grant program supports organizations that promote Trout Unlimited’s goal of to protect, reconnect, restore & sustain all cold water fisheries, and their watersheds. Grants awarded support the Northern Nevada and adjacent Eastern Sierra regions.
The application process for the 2027 Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited Conservation Grant will be announced soon.
Grant Application Calendar For 2026-2027:
Nov 2nd, 2026 – Application Deadline (due by midnight)
Nov 10th, 2026 – Project Applicants Present to Chapter Members
Jan 12, 2027 Chapter Meeting – Chapter Members Vote On Funding
This Program is supported by private donations from local citizens that share a common purpose of preserving Northern Nevada fisheries. We are very fortunate that in 2006 Kroening family provided a generous charitable gift to the Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited to start this program & promote the principles of Trout Unlimited in the State of Nevada.
From left to right:
Dr Ernie Mack, Dr Richard Kroening, Beverly Kroening and Robert Milholland (Sitka, Alaska).
Brief Biography of Dr. Kroening.
Dr Kroening, M.D., Ph.D., was a Professor and Fellowship Director at the UCLA Pain Management Program and an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry. After leaving Los Angeles, he had a practice in Reno where he specialized in pain management for cancers and head & neck traumas. He possessed an avid love for the outdoors & for the conservation of our natural resources. He was a life long member of Trout Unlimited.
Using The Kroening Endowment the Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited will help provide, to any organization or individuals, grants for conservation, and education and public outreach projects that demonstrate a benefit to Northern Nevada cold-water fisheries and their watersheds.
The Sagebrush Conservation Grant Program cycle will award 2-4 projects between $500 to $25,000 dollars. For projects requesting funding over $1000 the project must match one-to-one the award amount with; cash gifts, extramural funding (e.g. local, State and Federal grants), in-kind donations, materials, and/or volunteer labor. We encourage local youth groups (e.g. high school conservation clubs and leadership clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, YMCA), non-profit and for-profit community organizations, community colleges, universities, and local, state and federal government agencies to apply.
If you would like a Sagebrush Conservation Grant representative to make a presentation to your organization about the Foundation’s grant programs and the Sagebrush Chapter of Trout Unlimited initiatives please contact zanegler@gmail.com