MHTU September 2024 Membership Meeting: 9/16/24

MHTU General Membership Meeting: 9/16/24

American Legion Post 1302, 55 Overlook Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Guest Speaker: Prof. Doug Thompson

Topic
The Quest for the Golden Trout

Speaker Bio

Doug Thompson is the Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience, and the Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director, Office of Sustainability at Connecticut College where he has taught for over 25 years. His research is focused on understanding how river naturally create and maintain aquatic habitat critical for riverine species survival. Most of his fieldwork is conducted in the coarse-bedded and high-gradient channels preferred by trout and salmon. He is actively involved in river restoration work in Maine to benefit Atlantic salmon. Thompson maintains that it is important to understand the development of the physical river environments to adequately protect aquatic species. Thompson has published many articles. He is the author of The Quest for the Golden Trout: Environmental Loss and America’s Iconic Fish and a New York Times Op-ed piece titled The Cost of Trout Fishing.

After the presentation, copies of his book "The Quest for the Golden Trout" will be available for purchase.