Wyoming Wildlife Trust names Trout Unlimited 2014 Partner of Year

The Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust (WWNRT) Board awarded Trout Unlimited (TU) its 2014 Partner of the Year during a recent reception in Jackson.

The Partner of the Year award is a special award given annually by WWNRT to an individual or organization that has carried out outstanding conservation work. This is the second time since 2011 that TU has won the award.

“Picking this year’s Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust’s ‘Partner of the Year’ was a relatively easy choice,” said Kim Floyd, chairman of the WWNRT Board. “While we don’t take this selection lightly, the work that Trout Unlimited did this year was outstanding and they were again, very deserving of this award.”

Since 2007, the WWNRT has awarded over 60 grants to TU to complete river restoration and reconnect projects across the state.

Large, connected watersheds lead to resilient and healthy trout populations—and more angling opportunities for Wyoming anglers.

Since 2007, TU, the WWNRT and its partners have invested more than $10 million around the state to reconnect and restore over 1,000 miles of river and stream habitat in Wyoming. In recent years, TU and partners have also been working to restore populations of native cutthroat trout to Yellowstone Lake that have been decimated by nonnative lake trout. TU’s lake trout suppression efforts—supported by WWNRT funds—are paying off with a resurgence of native cutthroat populations.