GRTU along with TPW maintains temperature monitoring equipment in the Guadalupe River to track seasonal variations in river temperature.

In addition, in low flow conditions, our chapter in monitoring water quality to insure the releases from Canyon Lake dam meet Texas environmental standards.

GRTU conducts river cleanups in the fall and spring of each year. We are also a supporting organization in the annual "Friends of the River" in New Braunfels.

We also conduct cleanups at all trout stockings

Watch the Announcement board for detailed information on these activities.

This project connects students to their watersheds, by raising trout in a science classroom from eggs to fingerling's. You can find out more information about this program by visiting the website Trout In The Classroom

Hoffman Lane Elementary in New Braunfels was selected as this year's site for the project and has successfully release 700 trout fry into the Guadalupe River.

Contact Karen Gebhardt our education chair for more information. See contact list on main web site.

The chapter has funded a year long macro invertebrate study on the Guadalupe River. The study is being conducted by Dr Archis Grubh from the Texas River Systems Institute at Texas State University.

Dr Grubh, staff and chapter volunteers will be collecting samples throughout the year.

In order to be effective stewards and advocates for the Guadalupe River and its trout fishery, we need a clear strategy to guide our efforts. To help us become more effective stewards of the river and to provide clearer guidance for our chapter’s future conservation and stocking efforts the chapter has teamed up with representatives from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas River Systems Institute at Texas State University, San Marcos to assist us in developing and conducting a priority list of study and work projects.

All monies donated to this fund are directed to conservation related activities on the Guadalupe River.

GRTU provided funding to the Cheyenne Mountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited (CMTU) to assist them with restoring a section of the South Platte River at Camp Alexander, a Boy Scout camp that is utilized by Texas Boy Scout troops.

The CMTU folks have been sending me updates on the projects progress. I have posted these progress reports under the following links:
Progress Report
Slides
Map
CMTU and Camp Alexander are very grateful to GRTU for the funding and for our interest in their project.

More reports will be issued as the work progresses.

GRTU has received a grant application from the Cheyenne Mountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited (CMTU) in Colorado Springs for a stream improvement project on the South Platte River in Eleven Mile Canyon.
Specifically, this project would benefit a section of the South Platte at Camp Alexander, a Boy Scout Camp that is heavily utilized by Boy Scout Troops from Texas. The project is a “Trees for Trout” project, which utilizes trees and root balls from the Hayman burn area and installs them along the river bank to deepen the stream channel, provide cover for trout and a better environment for aquatic insects.

See full grant request at CMTU Grant

GRTU established the Coldwater Outreach Conservation Fund with the purpose of extending GRTU’s conservation influence beyond the Guadalupe River. The fund provides funding grants to other Trout Unlimited Chapters to assist them with river conservation projects in areas where our members fish outside of the Guadalupe River.