Alex Hardison

Born and raised on an island in the Salish Sea, Alex now calls the beautiful expanse of Central Oregon home. He grew up spin fishing with his dad on Washington's Skagit River, but his newfound love of fly fishing throughout the Deschutes Basin and beyond has sparked a strong personal and professional interest in fish conservation, river ecology, and watershed management. As a student, he worked with the Tulalip Tribes to address declining salmon populations in Puget Sound, and his current job with environmental watchdog Central Oregon LandWatch allows him to work on initiatives that defend riparian habitat and increase instream flows throughout the Basin. Alex’s guiding pursuit is the reconciliation of anthropogenic changes to our global ecological systems with the realization of a just and sustainable human existence.