Priority Waters
Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited Priority Waters Forum
Hungry Mother State Park
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The Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited invites you to join a fascinating and informative event to promote the Virginia Council's Priority Waters initiative and to learn about the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in the Grayson Highlands priority waters region.
This event will also give the Southwest Virginia Trout Unlimited Chapters the opportunity to attend a Council meeting.
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Event participants will experience educational presentations from knowledgeable guest speakers, great food, networking, free raffle, and fishing opportunities. The free raffle giveaway prizes include a $50 gift card, fly tying kit, LL Bean fly rod & reel, and more.
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The three-day event will be held in the Lake View Lodge at the beautifully forested Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, VA. This 2,900-acre park encompasses a variety of habitats, including a 108-acre lake at its centerpiece. The park offers approximately 18 miles of trails, fishing, camping, picnic areas, and a host of other services and rentals.
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Meals are provided free at the hospitality of the Virginia Council. Participants are responsible for lodging accommodations. Lodging is available at the park's cabins and campgrounds, and hotels in Marion and Wytheville. After registration, the event organizer will make available a draft meeting agenda. See the lodging suggestions and Hungry Mother park cabin and camping fees.
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Please sign up to join us on the Trout Unlimited Events Center. Follow this link to sign up for the Virginia Council Priority Waters event.
https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Virginia-Council-Of-Trout-Unlimited-Priority-107234?redir=1
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Hungry Mother State Park Information​
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/hungry-mother
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TU’s Mission: Our mission is to bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon.
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With its Priority Waters initiative, Trout Unlimited is applying the best available science and engaging with partners to identify the places where TU can make the greatest contribution to the health, resiliency, and viability of our nation’s wild and native trout and salmon fisheries in an age of climate change.
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Borrowing from the financial planner’s maxim that a diversified investment portfolio reduces risk, a science-based “portfolio” approach was used to prioritize genetic, life history, and habitat diversity across the range of trout and salmon species.
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Having used the best available information to identify potential priorities, other important questions were asked: Is there an opportunity for TU to have an impact? Will our work be significant enough to speed the pace or scale of the work in these watersheds? What are the conservation priorities of federal, state, and tribal fishery agencies? Are there communities that care about and depend on these native and wild trout and salmon waters, and will act as conservation partners?
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Trout Unlimited is most successful when we pull together as staff, volunteers, and partners to focus our resources on shared priority areas—and stick with the work long enough to achieve an ambitious conservation vision.​​
Priority Waters GIS Map Viewer
This viewer provides a graphic representation of the Priority Waters areas and includes relevant layers to help support programs and projects. Tools are located in the upper right where you can toggle layers on/off and filter the layers to limit what is visible.
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