Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s standing up for trout?

Wildlife · 8 groups work for them; these 3 lead

8 groups have them in their care

A cutthroat trout, caught and released on a western river
A cutthroat trout, caught and released on a western river

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

3 groups are on the record for trout, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

5 more groups also work on trout

Your move

How to stand for trout

Trout have defenders. They need more.

3 groups on the record, Trout Unlimited with 508 staff + 15,000 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups defend trout, and their role: MTJP editorial curation, one verified link at a time, plus the federal court record and each group’s own footprint. Match ranges decompose into those signals on every row. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.