We're excited to share the new film TOM with our community! Film subject, Tom Derry, and Native Fish Society's Executive Director, Mark Sherwood, will be in-store for a Q&A session after the film.
About the film:
Tom Derry is the connection between wild fish and the activists striving to protect them. A lifelong angler and the director of wild steelhead funding for the Native Fish Society, Tom embodies the commitment behind countless conservation efforts all with a single goal: more wild fish. Filmed along the Babine River, Tom captures the essence of angling for wild steelhead and provides insight into what motivates a motivator.
About the evening:
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Enjoy some drinks from Sunriver Brewing before the film starts. There will be a chance to win some new Patagonia gear, with ALL proceeds supporting Native Fish Society.
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6:30 Doors open - refreshments and drinks are served
7:15 Film starts
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7:30 Q&A with Tom & Mark
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This is a FREE event. Registration is requested for each attendee.
Please click the RSVP button to attend.
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***SPACE & CHAIRS ARE LIMITED***
Please arrive early for Doors at 6:30PM & Film at 7:15PM
Tom Derry joined the Native Fish Society staff in October 2005 as the Director of Wild Steelhead Funding. Tom and his wife Connie relocated to the Molalla River after years of living and working in central Oregon.
An ardent steelhead and trout angler and committed conservationist, Tom owned and operated the Kokanee Café for 11 years on the banks of the Metolius River in Camp Sherman. During his time on the Metolius, Tom was very active in fish conservation on both the Metolius and Deschutes rivers and was very involved in stopping the stocking of trout in the Metolius and returning it to a river managed for wild fish.
For more than six years Mark helped River Stewards channel their passion for their homewaters and wild fish into meaningful conservation. This included working with volunteers, staff, and NGO partners on conservation campaigns to reform hatchery practices on Oregon's Sandy River; establish Wild Steelhead Gene Banks in Washington; promote responsible catch and release practices through the Crush the Barb and Keep 'Em Wet campaigns, and working with local community members and leaders to protect thousands of rivers miles of critical salmon habitat in Oregon and California from the threat of mining.
Native Fish Society exists to cultivate a groundswell of public support needed to revive abundant wild, native fish.
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Until all our Pacific Northwest communities enjoy healthy homewaters with abundant wild fish, we’re asking you to take the pledge and join with local voices, take collective action, and advance science-based solutions to the root challenges facing native fish.
