2025 Regional Rendezvous Presentations

Thank you for joining us in 2025!

    Presentations from our 2025 Regional Rendezvous

    Virginia Trout Stream Barrier Survey – Tom Benzing, NLC Representative & Kat Hoenke, Landscape Ecologist

    Evolving Trout Unlimited Chapter Engagement Model– Beverly Smith, TU VP of Engagement

    Entomology for Educators – Maggie Heumann, TU Director of Engagement Partnerships

    Brook Trout Conservation in the Potomac Headwaters Ryan Cooper, TU Potomac Home Waters Inititative

    Advocating for Conservation in 2025: From your Local Stream to Washington, DC – Lindsay Slater, TU VP Government Affairs

    State of Eastern TU Keith Curley, TU VP Eastern Conservation

    6PPD & Trout: What Is Going on and What Are We Doing About It? – Jeff Yates, TU Senior Director of Engagement

    Leadership & Succession Planning Strategies for Your TU Chapter – Beverly Smith, TU VP of Engagement

    How to Run a TU Youth Program (STREAM Keepers & Girls) – Cecily Nordstrom, TU STREAM Education Manager

    Conservation Volunteers Engagement & Programming – Jeff Kresch/Jeff Yates, TU Conservation & Engagement Staff

    Citizen Science: Lingering Hemlock ID for Stream Habitat Health – Olivia Hall, Hemlock Restoration Initiative

    Climate Change Threats to Eastern Cold Water Fisheries – Jim Irons & Jim Wilson, TU NLC

    Unseen Threats: Understanding & Tracking Microplastic Pollution – Caroline Johnson, Environment America

    Trout ID & Dissection from Lab Session