CONTRIBUTE TO IDAHO TROUT UNLIMITED

Idaho Trout Unlimited needs your help. The State Council seeks to follow in the footsteps of many other TU state councils and is working to hire a full-time paid employee to help initiate and implement a number of programs to benefit cold-water fish and their habitat. Some of the responsibilities of a paid employee would include: establishing and implementing fundraising strategies using both public and private sources, assisting local chapters to raise funds, increase membership, and the list goes on all in the interest of making sure Idaho will always have healthy fisheries and clean water. It is essential for Idaho's cold-water fisheries to have someone consistantly fighting for their well being.

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EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FUNDRAISER

BRING BACK THE NATIVES by Ed Totten

We are most excited about being able to offer to everyone a chance to purchase a limited edition print by Ed Totten. Avista Corporation of Spokane, Washington recently reached agreement with a wide variety of state, federal, and non-governmental organizations, including Trout Unlimited, for the relicensing of two large hydropower dams on the lower Clark Fork River. Specifically, these are the Noxon Rapids dam in Montana and the Cabinet Gorge dam in Idaho. The settlement agreement that has now been signed will provide significant funding for fisheries issues over the 45-year span of the license.
As an outgrowth of this event, Avista commissioned an original painting of the river by artist Ed Totten of Ennis, Montana. The special work of art commemorates the signing of the settlement agreement and shows all of the native salmonid species found in the lower Clark Fork.
Avista has donated virtually all of the prints made of the original artwork to Idaho Trout Unlimited. Proceeds from the sale of these prints will be dedicated to the Idaho Trout Unlimited Educational Endowment. This endowment was created by Idaho Trout Unlimited in 1998, and is intended to provide full assistance for a graduate student in Fisheries Sciences at an accredited Idaho University. The Endowment currently has received about $4,000 toward the goal of $200,000.

The prints sell for $100.00.

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