Cold clean water is important for people as well as fish:  TUC believes that cold, clean water is an important building block for creating healthy communities and healthy people.  We believe that the existence of healthy fish populations indicates healthy habitat which in turn indicates the existence of abundant cold, clean water.
  
People make all the difference:  TUC believes in people. We believe that those who live close and use a river or stream for drinking water or recreation will be the people most willing to help. For this reason, our business model involves doing some of our work through local volunteer chapters with dedicated members who are personally involved in the work of TUC.  As the old saying goes, members of our successful chapters have a little of their own “skin in the game”.

Do the right work:  We believe that all work done by our staff and volunteers should be planned and focused by using the best information and best science available. Our work planning all flows from TUC’s National Conservation Agenda, developed by TUC staff on advice received from our National Resource Board and approved by our National Board of Directors.  
Our National Conservation Agenda tells us that our work will be most effective if we prioritise potential projects as follows:

• First, do work that optimises the quality of water flowing within a system;
• Second,  do work that optimises the quantity of water flowing within a system;
• Third, do work that directly manages and restores fish habitat;
• Fourth, do work that directly manages and restores fish communities.

• TUC's Conservation Agenda for Water Quality
• TUC’s Conservation Agenda for Water Quantity
• TUC’s Conservation Agenda for Habitat        
• TUC’s Conservation Agenda for Fish Species
• TUC’s policy on Fish Stocking as a Management Tool