Everything we accomplish is thanks to you! We rely on volunteers and donations to make our conservation, education and community work grow.
Projects that the New River Chapter supports:
– Trout in the Classroom
– Mayfly Project
– Stream Cleanups
– Big Stony Creek Conservation
– Virginia Trout Stream Barrier Survey
There are several ways to make a donation:
– Click the Donate button in the top right corner
– Contact our Treasurer through the Contact Us page
To learn more about volunteer opportunities or discuss other ways you can give personally or through your workplace, reach out to the Chapter leadership using our contact us form.
Trout in the Classroom
Schools participating in TIC:
- Narrows High School
- Narrows Elementary School
- Pulaski Middle School
- Pulaski High School
- Shawsville Middle School
- Eastern Elementary Middle School
- Christiansburg Middle School
- Blacksburg New School
Stream Clean Up
We usually participate in ReNew the New twice a year in the spring and fall, targeting Big Stony Creek as our clean up area.
Virginia Trout Stream Barrier Survey
In partnership with the Department of Wildlife Resources, Trout Unlimited launched the Virginia Trout Stream Barrier Survey (VTSBS) in June 2024 as an initiative to survey stream barriers in our TU Priority Waters areas. The VTSBS trains volunteers to use standard protocols in collecting necessary field data to generate a barrier severity rating.
Several New River Chapter members have now been trained in barrier assessment and the Chapter has purchased one set of equipment to do these surveys. Work is expected to begin in the Fall of 2026.
Conservation Projects
Members of New River TU are involved in and have been involved in:
- Virginia Trout Stream Barrier Survey
- Tree planting
- Trail maintenance at Cherokee Flats
- Placing bear proof trash cans at Big Stony
