Our Projects
Boots on the Ground & in the Water!
From stream bank restoration to fish stocking and stream clean ups, Zane Grey TU members, volunteers and partners “roll rocks” and make a hands-on contribution to help protect, restore and sustain Arizona’s cold water lakes and streams. Some of our current projects are listed below!
EAST VERDE RIVER
A total of 21 simple instream habitat structures will be installed throughout the upper portions of the East Verde River. This initiative aims to enhance aquatic habitats and promote ecological balance.
DUDE CREEK BLACKBERRY REMOVAL AND RIPARIAN PLANTING
Efforts undertaken to removed invasive blackberry throughout the perennial stretch of Dude Creek. Additionally, riparian plantings will be conducted to stabilize stream banks and restore native vegetation.
THOMPSON-BURRO MEADOW
Wet meadow restoration will focus on approximately 3.5 miles of stream restoration and 128 acres of wet meadow regeneration. Partners will utilize process-based restoration structures in three creeks (West Fork Black River, Burro Creek, and Thompson Creek) to benefit the associated high-elevation wet meadows.
These process-based restoration techniques will increase water table elevations, restore stream function and natural flow regimes, enhance water storage in a historic wet meadow, mitigate erosion processes, stabilize channel banks, decrease stream temperatures, and restore habitat for native Apache trout in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.
Youth Education/Advocacy
FIVE RIVERS PROGRAM
The 5 rivers club is a nationwide College Fly-Fishing and Conservation club. We have two in Arizona at The University of Arizona & Northern Arizona University. These clubs are extensions of each institution’s Fish & Wildlife societies. We support these clubs as they create and execute their own conservation projects each year, as well as hosting campus events to raise awareness of the work TU and AZGFD accomplish each year. We also include the members of these clubs in as many volunteer opportunities as we can.
SCHOOL EXPOS AND FESTIVALS
Our outreach includes visiting schools with a tabling event bringing watershed and flyfishing education, hands-on learning of entomology (stream bugs preserved in sample jars!) plus fly casting and fly tying lessons. Currently we are assisting a couple of local schools in creating fishing clubs and field trips to fish at urban fishing ponds.
COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNERS AT OUTDOOR SKILLS CAMPS
Our newest venture is partnering with other conservation groups who hold weekend skills camps and adding a hands-on fishing activities and aquatic conservation education. Our first camp is the Cast N Blast event with Ducks Unlimited and Valley of the Sun Quail Forever at Roosevelt Lake in January 2025.
Salt River Saturdays
During November through April each year we schedule river cleanup and fishing events at the Blue Point Recreation Area in the Tonto National Forest. The public is invited to join us for coffee, donuts and camaraderie and clean up the area.
Frequently we have school or university groups join us and add to the festive atmosphere of the event. Conservation groups have joined us to bring information about their organizations for more education and volunteer opportunities.
Several local fishing clubs and shops also join and/or sponsor the events. And of course when the clean up concludes. anyone is welcome to stay and fish!
We welcome you or your group to join and participate.
2026 Spring Schedule:
· January 3, 2026
· January 17, 2026
· February 7, 2026
· February 21, 2026
· March 7, 2026
· March 21, 2026
· April 4, 2026
· April 18, 2026
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Zane Grey Chapter of Trout Unlimited depends upon the generous support of our members—people just like you who want to keep Arizona’s lakes and streams clean healthy and fishable.
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Donations from generous individuals, corporations and honor/memorial gifts are vitally important to Zane Grey Trout Unlimited. Financial support helps us continue to preserve and protect Arizona’s cold water fishing and allows us to introduce the world of nature to children and adults who might otherwise never experience the beauty and importance of our environment.
Please note: Your contribution is not a membership renewal.
To donate by mail, please send your check made payable to Zane Grey Trout Unlimited to:
PO Box 5026, Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5026
Trout Unlimited, Inc. is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
