Chapter Meetings

For the 2020/2021 meeting season the chapter will hold virtual meetings starting with December 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm. A Zoom link will be posted here and sent via email and postcard to all members. But you don’t have to be a member to participate. All Zoom meetings are free and open to the public. We will also be inviting all Montana TU chapters to join in our meetings.

NEXT MEETING: December 9th

Featuring John McMillian on “Steelhead Techniques and Conservation”

John is the Science Director for Trout Unlimited's Wild Steelhead Initiative. He was raised along the banks of the Washougal River where he was indoctrinated into a fly-fishing family, which eventually
lead to snorkeling, then to college and research, and eventually, graduate school.

Before coming to TU, John studied salmonids for the USFS, Hoh Indian tribe, Wild Salmon Center, and finally, with NOAA/NWFSC as part of the Elwha River dam removal project. His research and monitoring has often focused on the biology, behavior and ecology of steelhead and rainbow trout, with a particular interest in the mechanisms influencing why individual fish adopt particular life history strategies -- such as anadromy and residency – and why such life histories are critical to the resilience of wild steelhead.

As a result, he has published several peer-reviewed manuscripts on steelhead and salmon science and has written books and book chapters about fish and fishing. With TU, he uses his background and knowledge to help educate anglers, identify conservation opportunities, and implement frameworks in our best remaining rivers to ensure that future generations of anglers will have an opportunity to fish for wild steelhead.

Nearly all his free time is spent snorkeling, taking underwater photographs, or fishing the rivers of the Olympic Peninsula.

Few people know steelhead like John and this presentation is going to be a real treat.

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