The Headwaters Youth Program: A Place for Young People Who Love Rivers and Fly Fishing
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Your donation to the Headwaters Youth Program helps to inspire the next generation of river stewards. From kindergarten to college, we deliver hands-on, environmental experiences proven to educate, excite and engage youth!
Youth Learn to Fly Fish and become Stewards of Their Home Waters in TU's Headwaters
Who we are
TU's Headwaters Youth Program helps foster a sense of respect for the natural world and engages young people in hands-on conservation projects in their home waters.
Encompassing a range of programs and projects known as the Stream of Engagement, Headwaters serves children, teenagers and young adults. From the nationally-recognized, science-based Trout in the Classroom and Adopt-a-Trout programs to summer fly fishing and conservation camps, teen leadership summits and fly fishing clubs, Headwaters involves young people in TU’s mission to protect and restore the nation’s coldwater resources.
The Stream of Engagement ensures that people of any age can "plug-in" to TU and continue their relationship with coldwater conservation and fly fishing through various age-appropriate programs.
Our programs
Boy Scouts Fly Fishing Merit Badge
How we work
The Headwaters program takes a long-range view of protecting our fisheries. The youth involved are the future stewards of our country's rivers. Educating youth now means that the next generation will be ready, willing and able to sustain TU's work into the future—continuing to protect, reconnect, and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Simply put, the Headwaters program is the source of tomorrow's TU.
Resources for TU Volunteers Working with Youth
Find multiple resources including liability, program curricula, recorded trainings and more in the Youth Education Initiative section of the Tacklebox.
Click here to access the Youth Ed Tacklebox!
Staff
Franklin Tate, Headwaters Youth Program Director
Tara Granke, Headwaters Youth Program Coordinator
Lillit Genovesi, Trout in the Classroom NYC and Watersheds
Andrew Loffredo - TU Costa 5 Rivers Coordinator
Brett Prettyman - Communications Director