Bull trout are being pushed to the brink of extinction.

The once clear, pristine rivers in which they swim, are being choked with sediment. The once lush Pacific Northwest forests that nurse bull trout’s burbling headwaters are being sliced and diced to death by thousands of miles of roads, and invasive, non-native fish species are pushing them to the margins.

Sediment-filled streams from crumbling roads and sloppily placed culverts on our national forests block passageways for bull trout that can’t find spawning areas or sufficient food or habitat to survive in during the frigid winter months.

Our Solution:

We’re working to rewild our forests by removing un-needed roads and not only save the bull trout, but also give other wild creatures, like lynx, grizzly bear, and wolverine, a fighting chance against climate change.

When we remove roads, we rewild the forest and we give all species the best chance at survival. It’s a bonus that as we rewild our forests even extreme weather events won’t damage the water supplies we depend on.

What’s good for bull trout is good for human communities.

We Need You To:

Be a Guardian for bull trout. The bull trout’s survival is inextricably linked to your future.

Donate to support our Rewilding campaign. Even a $5 gift helps us restore the waters and forests these fish call home. We recently filed a lawsuit against the Payette National Forest for failing to protect bull trout (and us) from destructive forest roads and motorized trail networks.

Become a monthly donor and provide sustaining support for bull trout as well as critically threatened lynx, grizzly bears, and wolverines, which also call these wild, emerald forests home.

Stand with WildEarth Guardians to protect bull trout. Because bull trout need cold, clean water and complex, connected habitat, they are excellent indicators of water quality—your water quality.

This year, we need your support to raise $458,000 for our rewilding efforts—more than half of which we’ve already raised.

The plight of the bull trout reminds me that our time among ancient forests, or within smooth glacier-carved canyon walls, or on wild desert plateaus is limited. I, for one, wish to spend my time surrounded by beauty—not chopped down forests, drying, polluted rivers, and diminished fish and wildlife—how about you?

I’m paying attention—for the bull trout.