We are excited to announce the 11th Annual Bucket Brigade, which will be on Saturday, June 9, 2018. The Bucket Brigade is one of the largest outings for the Ernie Nester Chapter of Trout Unlimited (ENCTU). Our volunteers will form a line that will meander deep into the forest to the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Williams River. Nearly ten tons of limestone sand in buckets will be passed volunteer to volunteer until it reaches the headwaters where it will be placed and

Nearly twelve tons of limestone sand was placed by people power into the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Williams River in the Monongahela National Forest to improve the water quality for brook trout, the state's official fish, according to the Ernie Nester Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which announced today the success of the 10th Annual Bucket Brigade. Led by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR), 130 volunteers from eight chapters of Trout Unlimited, emplo

We are excited to announce the 10th Annual Bucket Brigade, which will be on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The Bucket Brigade is one of the largest outings for the Ernie Nester Chapter of Trout Unlimited (ENCTU). Our volunteers will form a line that will meander deep into the forest to the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Williams River. Nearly ten tons of limestone sand in buckets will be passed volunteer to volunteer until it reaches the headwaters where it will be placed and

We will conduct a West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) Save Our Streams (SOS) Level 3 assessment on Loop Creek in Fayette County on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at the upper end of the Meadow Havens Memorial Park Cemetery (Click here for map). Please bring waders as you will be wading in the stream, additional assessment equipment and tools will be provided by Ernie Nester Chapter of Trout Unlimited (ENCTU). Loop Creek is the "adopted s