Tom Binder, Treasurer

Tom Binder, Treasurer

Tom Binder spent his 20s in Trout Lake Valley doing a variety of woods work, including firefighting, tree planting, tree thinning, and setting chokers and chasing landing under a high lead.He returned to school and took a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional...
Dean Meyerson, Vice Chair

Dean Meyerson, Vice Chair

Dean Myerson moved to the Columbia River Gorge in 2007 and soon found himself on the board and treasurer of the Friends of Mt Adams, a position he held until that group merged into the Friends of the White Salmon River in 2022 where he joined that board. He hikes and...
Bill Weiler, Chair

Bill Weiler, Chair

Bill’s background is a fish and wildlife biologist and environmental educator living on 20 oak woodland acres northeast of Lyle, Washington. Weiler currently works as the Education Coordinator for the Sandy River Watershed Council. Bill is the co-founder of the...
Dave Berger

Dave Berger

David left the Bronx, NY for San Francisco back in the 1970s with a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering and a desire to put his career and life experiences to their best use.  He has since worked throughout the West as a consultant and inspector for various...
Jeremy Bisson

Jeremy Bisson

Jeremy was born and raised in Washington state and is currently living in Trout lake WA. Before he could walk, his father would take him on to the river where he enjoyed playing in and near the water. Soon he began to enjoy fishing, rafting and kayaking in some of...
Patrick Connolly, Ph.D.

Patrick Connolly, Ph.D.

Dr. Connolly has worked in the fisheries field in the Pacific Northwest for over 35 years.  Pat received his B.S. in Biology from Centre College of Kentucky, his M.S. in Zoology from University of Idaho, and his PhD in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University. ...