Ben Leyva

Ben Leyva has been an amazing volunteer and addition to Native Fish Society. Ben dove in (every pun intended) with both feet, right into the White Salmon redd count project. Ben has been one of our most active volunteers on the White Salmon, logging more than 50 miles scouting for Coho and now Steelhead redds in Spring, Mill, and Buck Creek. Below is a little bit more about Ben, and also ways you can join him and others in this important work. Put simply, Ben brings the stoke to wild fish conservation!

Ben Leyva was awarded Washington region Volunteer of the Year in 2021 in recognition of his indelible contributions to the success of spawning surveys on the White Salmon River.