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Successful breeding populations of wild trout are an indicator of the health of the British countryside. They need cool oxygenated water which is unpolluted, clean gravel patches in which to spawn and waterside plants or other cover for protection. When wild trout stop breeding, so that only farmed fish survive, it is almost certain that there are serious problems with the habitat! Healthy trout rivers are often successful habitats for many other varieties of British wildlife which are under environmental pressure.
Before the industrial revolution many waters all over the British Isles supported natural stocks of brown trout. Since then water quality and river habitat have been increasingly damaged by industry, sewage and farming methods so that in many rivers trout cannot now breed or even survive at all. Where water quality is adequate, physical improvements to the river and its banks can allow wild trout to breed again.
The WTT wants to see healthy rivers with successful wild populations of trout in all parts of the British Isles where water quality is suitable.
The WTT is a registered charity whose purpose is the conservation of wild trout in the British Isles through the protection and restoration of their habitats. The WTT income comes from the donations of individual supporters, corporate supporters and sponsors. The WTT facilitates the conservation of wild trout through education, providing practical advice on planning and funding and the seed-corn funding of projects.
It also provides practical demonstrations of conservation techniques and follows projects up to disseminate new knowledge and experience. Reasons to Support the WTT
The WTT has already supported conservation and restoration work on many miles of rivers throughout the British Isles, with notable results. The WTT is a charitable trust and to continue this valuable work your support is essential. Donations to the WTT are used carefully for trout conservation and those joining the WTT will receive regular newsletters and the WTT annual full colour journal Salmo Trutta. Various companies offer discounts to Members of the WTT and the website www.wildtrout.org gives regularly updated information on conservation projects and other WTT initiatives and activities.
Membership details are included on the WTT's website.
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