Posts by Mark Sherwood

NFS Welcomes Daniel Ritz!

Native Fish Society is proud to announce that Daniel Ritz will serve as our full-time Northern Oregon Coordinator based out of Hood River, Oregon. This Coordinator role is essential for building...

2025 Volunteer Gathering!

Native Fish Society is excited to announce that our 2025 Volunteer Gathering will be held at Left Coast Lodge in Sisters, OR from Friday, April 25th through Sunday, April 27th — and you’re invited...

Support Wild Fish Abundance - Make A Year-End Donation To Native Fish Society!

Dear Friends of Wild Fish,We want you to know that your generosity makes a difference for the homewaters you love.YOU are behind each of our conservation campaigns. Together, our voices, dollars,...

Gehring up for 2025: NFS Welcomes Charles Gehr!

Native Fish Society is proud to announce that Charles Gehr will serve as our full-time Southern Oregon Coordinator starting in January 2025. This role is essential for building and sustaining the...

Wild Winter Steelhead Go Catch-and-Release on the Rogue River for the First Time in History

This article is an update to our “Protecting Wild Steelhead in Southern Oregon” campaign, which focuses on improving the monitoring and conservation of wild steelhead returning to southern Oregon’s...

Native Fish Society Bids Farewell and Best Wishes to Kirk Blaine, Southern Oregon Coordinator

Today marks Kirk Blaine’s final day with the Native Fish Society. Over the past four and half years he has served as the Native Fish Society’s Southern Oregon Coordinator, working with our River...

Remembering Jeffry Gottfried: “Roll On Jeff, Roll On”

On Monday, July 8th, the Pacific Northwest's wild fish community and environmental advocates everywhere lost Jeffry Gottfried. Jeff was an original NFS member and longtime volunteer, who...

Dream Dory Raffle

Win a Wooden Drift Boat for Only $100 and Support the Revival of Wild, Native Fish! Ray's Dory Boat Raffle is on NOW!

Remembering Jim Lichatowich: A Champion for Wild Fish and Healthy Homewaters

On April 28th, 2024, the Pacific Northwest's wild fish community and river advocates everywhere lost Jim Lichatowich. Jim was an icon in the world of wild salmon conservation, leaving a...

Support Wild Fish Abundance - Make A Year-End Donation To Native Fish Society!

Dear friends of wild fish,The Native Fish Society is proud to be the place where you take action and support the revival of abundant wild fish, free-flowing rivers, and sustainable fisheries. We’re...

Conservation groups express support for the community of Sweet Home, clean water, and native fish in Willamette River Basin

For Immediate Release: November 21, 2023Media Contacts:Mark Sherwood, Native Fish Society, mark@nativefishsociety.orgJonah Sandford, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, jonah@nedc.orgDaniel...

Gratitude to J. Michelle Swope as NFS Sunsets the Washington Coordinator Role

Gratitude to J. Michelle Swope as NFS Sunsets the Washington Coordinator RoleAs of this week, Native Fish Society will no longer staff a full-time coordinator position in Washington state. We’re...

Press Release: Survey Shows Only 17 Wild Spring Chinook Salmon observed in Oregon’s South Umpqua River

For Immediate Release, October 23, 2023Contact:Meg Townsend, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6409, mtownsend@biologicaldiversity.orgStanley Petrowski, Umpqua Watersheds, (541) 825-3070,...

A Beautiful Evening Celebrating Southern Oregon’s Wild Fish & Homewaters

On Thursday, June 8th, Native Fish Society hosted our first-ever Homewaters: South by Northwest celebration of southern Oregon’s homewaters and native fish at Valley View Winery in the Applegate...

Kayla Lockhart Joins the Native Fish Society Board of Directors

The Native Fish Society welcomes Kayla Lockhart to our board of directors. Kayla first discovered fly fishing to help cope with her depression and anxiety from a difficult upbringing. Today fly...

Joey Tonahill Joins Native Fish Society Board of Directors

The Native Fish Society welcomes Joey Tonahill to our board of directors. Joey is an 'old retailer' having spent close to 30 years owning ski shops in Vail Village, Colorado.  Through...

Home Waters: SxNW

Join Native Fish Society, in partnership with Valley View Winery, Fly Water Travel, and the Ashland Fly Shop, on Thursday, June 8, from 5:30-8:30pm for Home Waters: South by Northwest - a...

FEDERAL REGULATORS GREEN LIGHT LARGEST RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT IN US HISTORY - Removal of Four Klamath River Dams to Begin in 2023

P R E S S   R E L E A S ENovember 17, 2022Karuk Tribe • Yurok Tribe • Klamath Tribes • Hoopa Valley TribeTrout Unlimited • Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations • Institute for...