Great Bay Trout Unlimited (GBTU)

Great Bay Trout Unlimited (GBTU), chapter 613 of the national organization Trout Unlimited, was first chartered in 1991 by a small group of sportsmen determined to improve the fisheries of the New Hampshire Seacoast region and around Great Bay. Many of the founders were avid fresh and saltwater anglers, so there has always been a close tie to the marine fisheries of the coast.

The mission statement of the Great Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited is to: "Conserve, protect, and improve the coldwater, and estuarine environments of the Great Bay, Southern New Hampshire, and Southern Maine regions. Our chapter will actively seek to enhance the development of self sustaining fisheries, and support other organizations, and clubs, which support these ideals."

The GBTU Mission:
"Conserve, protect, and improve the coldwater, and estuarine environments of the Great Bay, Southern New Hampshire, and Southern Maine regions. "

It is on these mission principles that Great Bay TU has joined with CCA NH and GBNERR in this fund raising effort. GBTU has joined CCANH in other ventures over the past several years, including a pubic awareness campaign ad regarding the regional sewage outflow pipe system proposal, and was a co-contributor in the purchase of the new Anadromous Fish Transport Truck for NH F&G last year. GBTU has also been a staunch supporter for the building of a means of anadromous fish passage at the Lamprey River's Wiswall Dam. CCANH and GBTU have also agreed to work with the city of Dover and NH F&G in constructing educational kiosks along the tide waters of the Cochecho River as part of an extensive access and education project on that river. GBTU is also starting to look into the possibilities for restoration of sea run Brook Trout, or "Salters", once felt to be ubiquitous on our coastal streams.

GBTU is not just about trout in fresh cold water upland streams. They understand the critical interrelationships of our fresh, brackish and saltwater habitats, and stand ready to assist in the protection, conservation and restoration of these fragile environments. GBTU supports the critical work of the GBNERR in conserving, protecting and researching the Great Bay Estuary, and happily joins in this celebration of the work that has been done, and to help ensure that this work continues.

Learn more about Great Bay TU by visiting their web site: www.greatbaytu.org