On January 10, 11 volunteers from Truchas Chapter completed delivery of rainbow trout eggs to the remaining schools involved in this year’s Trout in the Classroom program. This adds to the 3 schools that received rainbow eggs earlier (October 2024) and 2…
The Truchas (Santa Fe) chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to announce its plans for the 2025 Truchas Scholarship. This one-time grant of $2500 is for students pursuing a STEM major in college starting in fall 2025. This year it…
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited partners with NM Game & Fish to set up local classrooms to hatch rainbow trout from eggs or raise Rio Grande Cutthroat fry to fingerlings. This year there were 12 participating schools in the…
Brian Burrell is the Truchas Chapter Treasurer and a resident of Santa Fe, NM, since 2012. Growing up in Milwaukee, WI, he started fishing for bass and walleye on Wisconsin lakes (trivia fact: Wisconsin has more lakes than its neighbor…
It was a beautiful late September morning, cold enough to numb the fingers managing the fly line. Gary Moran and I were in for a two-day float with our About Trout guide, James Garrettson, and had just shoved off into…
Those who only view the park from the highway or drive down to the ranger station have only seen a very small area of the park. The large meadow you see is not the full caldera, which is bounded by the far…
While we enjoy fall fishing, some of the most successful fly fishing in Northern New Mexico can occur during the winter months. It is also the favorite time of the year for one of our directors, Boot Pierce, to fish.…
Boot Pierce has been a member of the Truchas Board for two years and was recently appointed as a member of the Trout Unlimited New Mexico Council. Boot retired as a geologist after 30 years with the Missouri Geological Survey…
River Source and the USFS Biologist Andre Silva are seeking volunteers to assist with tracking the presence of NM Meadow Jumping Mouse and protecting its habitat along the San Antonio Creek starting Monday, September 9 and going to Thursday, September…
We’ve had an amazing summer at River Source where our Watershed Academy has had a chance to shine. Five crews of thirty- three crew members had a chance to learn, explore, identify environmental problems, and help address them their home…