2025-01-17T13:19:59-08:00 2024-03-31 810390489 Boyle Deveny & Meyer PC 305 South 4th East Suite 200 Missoula MT 59801 990 2023-04-01 237355289 MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED MONT 4065430054 PO BOX 7186 MISSOULA MT 59807 DAVID BROOKS Executive Direc 2025-01-17 true true Jaime Ward CPA P00441760 4067213555 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z DAVID BROOKS PO BOX 7186 MISSOULA MT 598077186 1402826 false X www.montanatu.org X 2003 MT TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE MONTANA'S COLDWATER FISHERIES AND WATERSHEDS. 31 31 0 32 0 592509 659333 264058 416920 33086 99585 113089 110923 1002742 1286761 0 0 439963 484038 0 88443 368426 493118 808389 977156 194353 309605 1880942 2182744 346073 312145 1534869 1870599 TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE MONTANA'S COLDWATER FISHERIES AND WATERSHEDS. false false 811450 110923 Montana Trout Unlimiteds exempt purpose achievements continue to include protecting and restoring trout habitat, advocating for clean water and wild fish management and educating the public on Montanas fishery issues.Examples of Montana TUs FYE 2024 accomplishments to protect water quality and quantity to benefit coldwater fisheries include:Reviewed and provided input on public land management activities and management plans as they relate to protecting water resources. We continue to lead our Smith River protection coalition in a mineral withdrawal campaign for protecting public lands within the Smith watershed. Argued our Smith River protection coalitions water rights case in front of the Montana Supreme Court and are awaiting a ruling.MTU is working with partners to engage MT Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), to ensure the International Joint Commissions process upholds MTs water quality standard for selenium in the Kootenai River and Lake Koocanusa, as well as presses for mitigation for ecological damages and fully vets any future mine development in BC. MTU continues to monitor a possible rare earth elements (REEs - neodymium and praseodymium) mine in the Sheep Creek tributary of the West Fork Bitterroot River.Reviewed and commented on draft Montana Drought Management Plan, a revision of the statewide drought plan by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC).Increased instream flow through water right changes, improved infrastructure and habitat restoration.Maintained fulltime staff in the Montana State Legislature to advocate for policy that benefits coldwater fisheries.Montana Trout Unlimited strives to protect high-quality fish habitat and to restore degraded streams and watersheds. Our FYE 2024 accomplishments include:Provided funding for a full-time Jefferson Watershed Project Manager with a focus on improving irrigation and ranching practices to benefit instream flow.Completed major stream restoration work in Middle Fork Judith to improve water quality and fishery health in an area with few healthy coldwater resources. MTU hired a new Beartooth Project Manager to work in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) as part of a 5-year, $3M agreement with the CGNF.Along with FWP, MTU analyzed the lab data from sampling fish and water from the Clark Fork River to test for PCBs, dioxins and furans as part of a grant we secured from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do a multi-year study of, and educate the public about, fish toxicity.Led by multiple MT/ID Tribes, MTU and coalition partners continued to appeal a court decision not to require DEQ to enforce the Bad Actor law regarding the Hecla Mining Co. and its principal, proposal to mine underneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area. We are supporting FWPs four new fishery studies being conducted SW MT rivers in the coming years with the help of MT State Universitys Fisheries Department.Healthy, abundant populations of wild trout are the best measure of Montana TUs success. We emphasize conservation of sustainable wild and native trout populations. Our actions the past year include. Funding portions of wild or native trout habitat improvement projects in the Blackfoot, Beaverhead, Missouri, Clark Fork, and Bitterroot River watersheds.Securing funding to increase grant opportunities for restoration and conservation projects by local TU chapters. Lead statewide advocacy for coldwater fisheries management and funding by regularly communicating with, monitored, and advised state agencies, boards and commissions.Provided official comments and regular communications with FWP leadership/regional biologists and the F&W Commission regarding using best fishery science to manage MT streams and rivers.MTU began planning and implementing an Arctic grayling conservation project on private land adjacent to Upper Red Rock Lakes to restore an important spawning tributary.MTU attended the multi-day, annual Upper Pallid Sturgeon Work Group meeting to discuss data and options for pallid sturgeon recovery, especially in regard to the operation of the Intake Bypass channel and test flows from Ft. Peck damMontana TU is first and foremost a people organization. Achieving our mission requires engaged members, supporters and partners. We strive to improve and protect the values the public treasures about rivers and trout: Educated the next generation of conservationists with one 5-day, overnight camp.Increased awareness of fisheries issues from responsible angling and fish handling, Hoot Owl information to ongoing concerns and opportunities like AIS, catch-and-release and Keep Em Wet.Helped train the next generation of angling guides in conservation priorities and strategies.Defended Montanas best-in-the nation Stream Access Law and public lands. 811450 true true false false false false false false false true true false false true true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 31 31 false false false false false false false true true false true true false true true true false false true true false X MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED 4065430054 PO BOX 7186 MISSOULA MT 598077186 DAVID BROOKS Executive Direc 40.00 0.00 X 77686 0 0 SHARON SWEENEY-FEE Past Chairwoman 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LYLE COURTNAGE Vice Chair 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN NEILSEN Chairman 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MIKE CHAPMAN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE LUEBECK Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILL TRIMBATH Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DANIEL HORGAN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAN SHORT Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GREG CHESTER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GARDINER IMHOFF Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK PETERSON Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BUDDY DRAKE Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROY MORRIS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FORREST JAY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM STUTZMAN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LYNAE AXELSON Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID WARD Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRANDON DWYER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE BALLMAN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH CLARK Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE GEARY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICH FAHEY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRAD PLATT Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARITA VALENCIA Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIM LINEHAN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WADE FREDENBERG Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HARRY MURPHY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN GERSTENECKER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRYON MCBRIDE Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TRACY WENDT Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TOM CAFFREY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 77686 0 false false false 0 38643 620690 12399 659333 PROGRAM SERVICE 416920 416920 416920 59836 59836 0 0 0 155814 116065 39749 39749 39749 110923 110923 110923 0 0 0 1286761 456669 170759 0 0 0 0 77686 58264 9711 9711 0 288160 216120 36020 36020 0 0 118192 76825 17729 23638 0 0 6300 5670 504 126 0 0 7879 7879 473 473 2564 2564 0 14535 13081 1163 291 0 20683 16546 4137 27311 27311 0 0 0 0 9111 7744 1367 2637 2637 PROGRAM EXPENSES 271259 271259 MISCELLANEOUS 30842 27758 2467 617 GRANTS 26945 26945 Postage and Shipping 15127 12102 1664 1361 57452 40909 2501 14042 977156 811450 77263 88443 477892 640706 0 0 26506 60110 0 0 0 0 0 90199 54213 30197 35986 1153419 1289328 0 0 0 192928 156614 1880942 2182744 150005 150508 196068 161637 346073 312145 X 492643 650046 1042226 1220553 1534869 1870599 1880942 2182744 309605 26125 X X true X false true false X 419733 393847 432479 592509 659333 2497901 15352 127163 169318 223491 443045 978369 0 0 0 435085 521010 601797 816000 1102378 3476270 283660 282484 297962 536379 529891 1930376 0 283660 282484 297962 536379 529891 1930376 1545894 41288 57450 64871 33086 99585 296280 0 41288 57450 64871 33086 99585 296280 0 138300 124988 111820 113089 110923 599120 614673 703448 778488 962175 1312886 4371670 0.35360 0.31220 0.06780 0.05850 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 56262 6713 2704 710 59561 63564 -3937 2645 720 56262 60368 6486 2472 818 63564 45982 17257 2260 611 60368 47933 869 2197 623 45982 false false false 90199 54213 35986 35986 RIGHT OF USE ASSET 156614 156614 LEASE LIABILITY 161637 161637 false LICENSE PLATE & MERCH SALES 110923 110923 110923 110923 110923 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE 990 IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY UPON COMPLETION BY THE BOARD TREASURER. 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