Native Fish Society’s 16th Annual Benefit Banquet and Auction was held last night at Montgomery Park up in Portland. While your friendly neighborhood river stewards were busy entertaining Captain Nate while he’s in town, I managed to escape certain doom in the streets of Eugene and drove north to hobnob with some of the most dedicated conservationists in the Pacific Northwest. The food was good, the auction items were incredible, and a boatload of money was raised to support wild, native fish.
The big news at this year’s benefit was the announcement of Native Fish Society’s new Executive Director, Michael Moody, who previously served as the President of the Molalla River Alliance. It’s an exciting time for NFS and we’ll be enthusiastically watching their progress with Mike at the helm. Other highlights included silent bidders going bonkers over Rob Russell’s Kingtruders, Jeff Hickman’s insane donation of EIGHT guided trips during the live auction, and a well-deserved standing ovation for NFS founder Bill Bakke. It was great seeing so many familiar faces in the same room and encouraging to know there’s so many passionate people involved with the good fight. Consider making a contribution to NFS and know that your donation will support their efforts to protect and restore native, wild fish and their habitats.
KS
Capt. Nate,
You are back?! Can you do a meet and greet at the shop? I’d pay $5 to have you autograph the back of my (unused) 2012 salmon – steelhead tag, and show you photos of the recent blue water expedition in Costa Rica with Senors Greg Roberts and Dennis Coduti. It ain’t too late to rethink this return to your roots stuff.
David!
I was back and would have totally taken you up on the $5-spot… This was more of a social call then a fishing trip from what I recall… Anyway!!! I’m offering up my services and 25′ pursuit to you if you ever wanted to go musky fishing on Lake St. Clair…Don’t even pay for fuel! Just buy a ticket and come out and bring Roberts!