The project has teamed up with a local Mongolian group, the Taimen Conservation Fund, as well as academics and recreational fishers to protect the endangered giant Eurasian trout, Hucho taimen. Scientists are working to understand the ecology of the taimen so that special catch-and-release fishing zones can be created to generate money for local community-based management. The project is also working with the Montana-based organization, the Tributary Fund, to rebuild a Buddhist monastery to honor the river, life, and cultural traditions that the river sustains.