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Our Mission
Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Wyoming Creek
Restoring Western native trout populations will take a unified, collaborative effort among multiple state, federal, and local agencies plus private organizations, tribes, and individual landowners to be successful. The Western Native Trout Initiative was formed in 2005 to incorporate the best conservation strategies of existing ventures to save trout that many regard as icons of the American West.
The Mission of the Western Native Trout Initiative is: “To serve as a key catalyst for the implementation of conservation or management actions, through partnerships and cooperative efforts, resulting in improved species status, improved aquatic habitats, and improved recreational opportunities for native trout anglers across western states”.
The Vision of the Western Native Trout Initiative is: “An increase in healthy, fishable western native trout populations resulting from sharper focus and commitment to action on common conservation needs of western native trout; enhanced public benefit resulting from multiple partners working together, sharing resources, and speaking with a united voice about the conservation and value of western native trout; and increased funding to accomplish strategic actions as a result of greater community and financial support from initiative partners and collaborators.”
The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI) provides a new perspective and impetus to improve the return on investment of the time, money and manpower dedicated to native trout conservation over the next decade. WNTI is a collaborative, multi-state approach that requires the involvement of a wide range of partners – from private individuals to conservation–minded organizations and corporations.
By working together, the partners in WNTI are striving to implement the most strategic actions needed to benefit these trout. And by working together to establish secure populations, WNTI will also benefit anglers by enhancing recreational fishing opportunities for unique trout species across the West.
