The Northern Virginia Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NVATU) is a diverse group who enjoy fishing and associated activities to enhance quality fishing opportunities. We are one of the largest Trout Unlimited (TU) chapters and often interact with other nearby TU chapters.
NVATU brings together community members who enjoy sharing in fishing experiences; participating in conservation activities; educating future generations; and engaging partner organizations to ensure the health of our local streams, rivers, and watersheds.
NVATU meetings are open to the public and are held at 7:30p.m. on the first Thursday of the month, except January and July.
The three pillars of the Chapter:
Community
Conservation
Education
1. Community
An inclusive community component is a facet of a healthy chapter. NVATU organizes events in accessible locations with a broad and friendly invitation. We foster a state of belonging through active participation in fun conservation and learning activities. We do this via regular outreach using email, social media and personal contacts.
2. Conservation
Conservation is an important component of chapter programming and outreach. The chapter promotes conservation through maintaining existing, and establishing new, state, regional, and local complementary conservation organization partnerships. Chapter members are encouraged to provide their time and apply their talents to help conserve our fisheries and watersheds.
3. Education
The mission of education is to leverage environmental science programs, as well as programs of our collaboration partners and TU National, to create training courses, education materials, and activities that will inform and educate our members to be conservation-active, responsible custodians of our stream habitat and fisheries to preserve for future generations to enjoy.