Truchas Chapter Trout Unlimited
Conserving, protecting, and restoring northern New Mexico’s cold-water fisheries and their watersheds—It all starts with you!
Trout Unlimited members can join at an introductory half-price rate of $17.50 for the first year, with $15 staying local to support Truchas Chapter’s work.
Why join Trout Unlimited?
About Us
Trout Unlimited, a national organization of over 150,000 members, is dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Its vision is to ensure that robust populations of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their North American range, so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters.
The Truchas Chapter works to carry out TU’s vision in the waters of northern New Mexico through our conservation projects, youth programs, fundraising efforts, communications, and advocacy.
Recent News

Meet Your Board Member – Patrick Iverson
A native New Mexican born and raised in Santa Fe, Patrick Iverson is Director and the Communications Chair for the Truchas Chapter. While his father, John Iverson, helped found the chapter decades ago, Patrick officially joined Trout Unlimited in 2021. He grew up fishing the Pecos, Chama, Rio…

The First Time Out
There were spider webs in my wading boot, a cartoonish symbol of the first outing of the year. The RG Quartzite Access on a weekday in March promised me open space and I had that little-boy anticipation feeling in my…

2025 Truchas Scholarship Awarded to Erin Lucio
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, based in Santa Fe, has awarded its 2025 Truchas Scholarship to Erin Lucio of Capital High School. This scholarship was established in 2024 to assist future conservation leaders from public high schools in the…
Conservation and Community Activities
Assist in stocking endangered Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in Rio Costilla / Willow Creek.
Provided funding on El Rito Creek to fix a barrier that protects the endangered indigenous state fish (Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout) from aggressive introduced species that can outcompete them for habitat.