RETUlogoRedwood Empire Chapter
of Trout Unlimited
General Meeting

DATE:  January 20

TIME: 7:00 PM

LOCATION:
Sonoma County Central Library
3rd & D Street,  Santa Rosa

Healdsburg Wild Steelhead Festival
February 5-7
The 2010 Festival is rapidly approaching!  Would you like to help make it the best yet by participating, sponsoring, or volunteering?  We would love to hear from you! 

Please contact RETU for more information at our website or Liz Keeley, Festival Coordinator at the Festival website or at (707) 484-6438.
Greetings!

Please join us January 20 at 7PM as the Central Library in Santa Rosa for our Winter General Meeting. 

This will be the organizational meeting for the Healdsburg Wild Steelhead Festival coming up February 5-7. 

Liz Keeley, Festival Coordinator will join us to help us get organized. 

Yes, there will be raffle prizes including wine from our favorite fish-friendly vineyards!
 
Sincerely,

Rick Baker,
Chapter President

Quick Links...

RETU Chapter Website

Healdsburg Wild Steelhead Festival

Restoration of Foss Creek in Healdsburg and restoration of a run of 50,000 wild steelhead in the Russian River is the goal of the festival.

Below is one of the beautiful signs on Foss Creek in downtown Healdsburg made possible by the Festival.

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Healdsburg Wild Steelhead Festival Gala Dinner
Hotel Healdsburg, Friday February 5, 6:00 PM

Dinner Speaker:
Jim Lichatowich, author of Salmon Without Rivers


SalmonWithoutRiversCover Jim Lichatowich, the author of Salmon Without Rivers will be this year's special guest speaker at the Gala Dinner the Friday night of the Festival.  Jim's other works include the landmark article in Trout magazine, "Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads" which predicted the issues we are faced with today with our Pacific salmon and steelhead fisheries. 

Jim also contributed to the Trout Unlimited special report, "A Blueprint for Hatchery Reform" and has been one of the West Coast's leading advocates for watershed and habitat restoration to bring back our wild populations of salmon and steelhead. on a sustainable basis.

Jim's presentation is mesmerizing in its evolutionary sweep of Pacific Salmon history and the landscapes that have supported this magnificent species through the centuries.

The dinner will be at the beautiful Hotel Healdsburg on the square.  Dinner will be provided by the renown Dry Creek Kitchen which has received world wide attention for it's cuisine.

Join us before the dinner in the Healdsburg Hotel lobby to meet the author and enjoy some of the Russian River's finest wines from our local fish-friendly wineries and vineyards.

 
TUlogo50Gala Dinner Ticket Info
Please contact:
Liz Keeley, Festival Coordinator
(707) 484-6438
liz@healdsburgsteelheadfest.org
Gala Dinner Tickets and Cool Swag