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Welcome to the official page for the 5 Rivers Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Durango Colorado.

America's oldest and largest river conservation organization

10/14/2026

🍂 A Beautiful Fall Day on Hermosa Creek!

What a fantastic turnout for our Hermosa Creek habitat restoration project! Our 5RTU volunteers joined forces with the U.S. Forest Service to spread native seeds and plant willows, helping restore areas disturbed by recent bridge and culvert construction.

This is another step toward restoring Hermosa Creek as a native cutthroat trout fishery!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out! Beautiful weather, great company, and a little hard work on a perfect fall day!

10/11/2026

🌊 Small Crew, BIG Impact! 💚

Yesterday, 5RTU had an enthusiastic crew of 12 volunteers (13 counting Ranger the Golden Retriever! 🐾) cleaning up the river in Pagosa Springs!

We collected quite a pile of trash, but the best news? There was LESS trash than last year! 🙌

We were thrilled to welcome five new volunteers, some of whom are interested in getting more involved with 5RTU, including board opportunities!

A big shoutout to Shawn and Arlene Pro of Pagosa Weather for helping spread the word, and a HUGE thank-you to everyone who showed up to help protect our rivers!

💙 Cleaner rivers, stronger communities!

10/05/2026

🌊 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN PAGOSA SPRINGS! 🎣

Five Rivers Trout Unlimited is heading to Pagosa Springs for an East Fork of the San Juan River Cleanup—and we need volunteers!
Join us Saturday, October 10 to help remove trash and debris and take care of this beautiful stretch of river.

📅 Saturday, October 10
📍 East Fork of the San Juan River – Pagosa Springs
🙌 Volunteers needed — everyone is welcome!

Come spend some time outside, meet some great people, and help us leave the river better than we found it. Bring a friend—the more hands, the cleaner the river!

Scan the QR code to sign up or register here: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/East-Fork-Of-The-San-Juan-River-Cleanup-133668

Please share this post with your Pagosa friends, anglers, river lovers, and anyone who enjoys the San Juan watershed.

10/01/2026

Donate just $25 to Colorado TU and get the Protect Our Rivers license plate!

Show your support for Colorado’s rivers by displaying this ultra cool license plate on your vehicle! 100% of the money raised goes toward the conservation, protection and restoration of rivers and streams in Colorado. So whether you’re a farmer, kayaker, hunter, rafter, or angler – or just someone who appreciates the natural beauty that rivers bring to our landscape – the Protect Our Rivers license plate shows that you’re willing to put your money where your interest lies!

Apply here: https://protectourrivers.net/apply/

09/28/2026

💙 43 volunteers. One incredible river. A LOT of trash removed! 💙

What a day on the Animas! A huge THANK YOU to the 43 volunteers who came out Saturday and gave their time and energy to help clean up our river and its banks. We picked up an incredible amount of trash, and we couldn’t have done it without this community showing up in a big way.

A special thank you to the people and organizations who helped make the cleanup possible:

🥪 ERO Resources generously sponsored lunch for all of our volunteers.

🥪 Tom’s Deli made 48 sandwiches for our hungry crew and generously gave us a discount.

🥤 Dasha Greidanus | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices provided drinks to keep everyone hydrated.

🧤 Durango Parks & Recreation provided trash bags, gloves and additional trash pickup to help us get everything off the riverbanks and where it belonged.

And most of all, THANK YOU to our 43 volunteers! You spent part of your Saturday picking up other people’s trash because you care about this river and this community. That means a lot.

We ❤️ our Animas River, and we’re pretty proud of the community that takes care of it.

Thank you for showing up for our beloved Animas River!

Greidanus - Berkshire Hathaway Home Services

09/25/2026

Happening Saturday 9/26! We'd love to see you there to help clean up our beautiful Animas River. Gloves, bags and lunch provided!

RSVP or contact for more information!

09/22/2026

Help rehab the extensive Hermosa Creek habitat project!

Date: October 9th
Time: 2-5pm
Who: Everyone

As many of you know, we've been working with the U.S. Forest Service for multiple decades to restore Hermosa Creek as a native cutthroat trout fishery. Another step in that process is in the works on both the East Fork and the Mainstem. Aquatic organism passages (otherwise known as bridges/culverts) have been built over both stems to eventually prevent vehicles from driving across the creeks. With that work came heavy machinery and disturbed lands.

This is where we come in.

USFS and TU need help spreading seeds and planting willows and we are looking for up to 30 volunteers, so the more the merrier.

All materials, tools, and other necessities will be provided, but please bring gloves, water and whatever else you need. Brats and beverages will be provided for all volunteers after the work is complete!

Sign up here: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Hermosa-Rehabilitation-Work-Day-132832

09/20/2026

We'd love to see you next weekend for our Annual Fall River Cleanup! This is our fun, family friendly event and a wonderful way to take car of our beloved Animas River! helps us with bags and gloves and is providing lunch! See you there!

09/18/2026

Come fish with 5RTU and meet other anglers in the Durango area

When: TOMORROW!

What: This will be our fourth Cast and Connect. It is an informal meetup for anglers that just want to meet others, and, oh yeah, do some fishing!

Where: South Mineral Creek (near Ice Lakes Trailhead). Meet at the parking lot at PJ's Gourmet Market in Trimble. Look for a truck with the 5RTU Banner and a fly rod rack. We'll carpool or caravan up to Silverton/Mineral Creek from there.

What to bring: Fishing gear and your lunch/snacks/drinks! If you let us know ahead of time, we could get a rod and reel or two, but you will need your own flies, leaders, lunch, etc. Reach out to [email protected] if so!

Times: 9 AM to early/mid afternoon!

This will be our fourth Cast and Connect. It is an informal meetup for anglers that just want to meet others, and, oh yeah, do some fishing! Just show up and we'll go from there.

Address

1309 E. 3rd Avenue , Suite 109
Durango, CO
81301

Telephone

+19702595116

Website

http://www.fiveriverstu.org/, https://linktr.ee/fiveriverstu

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