(Photo courtesy of Dave Harp)
Did you know that brook trout are the only kind of trout native to Maryland? Or that the presence of brook trout indicates a healthy stream?
Join us on April 28 at St. Thomas Church to hear a panel of experts talk about what makes for a healthy stream and why healthy streams are so important.
Tickets are free but you must register in advance.
Questions? Call (410) 337-6877, or email info@thevpc.org for more information.
Presenters include:
- Steve Malan received a BS in Biology and an MS in Entomology from the University of Maryland. As a supervisory entomology for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Steve worked on projects involving pesticide reduction, use of beneficial insects, and response to agricultural emergences. He received four Governor’s Citations for outstanding scientific services to the citizens of Maryland, and retired from State service in 2015. Now a professor in Stevenson University’s Department of Biological Sciences, Steve received the Rose Dawson Award for Teacher of the Year in 2023. He is also vice-president of the Patapsco Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited, is serving a second term as an agriculture representative to the Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality, and was appointed as an at-large member of the Baltimore County Animal Services Advisory Commission.
- Art Senkel is the president of the Patapsco Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited. He has over 45 years of experience in environmental public health, focused on regulatory monitoring and reporting for the Maryland Department of Health, and is a past member of both the MDE and DNR Maryland Coldwater Advisory Committees. As an advocate for trout conservation, his advice and counsel is routinely sought by local and State government officials, non-profits, and local communities regarding stream health. An avid fisherman, Art has fished for trout in central and western Maryland for over five decades and is familiar with nearly all of the named and unnamed tributaries within the VPC area.
- Mark Staley is the Central Region Fisheries Manager for Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Mark has 38 years of experience as a fisheries biologist in Central Maryland and has been intimately involved in managing, protecting, and monitoring trout streams during that time. He is currently responsible for recreational fisheries management in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Montgomery counties. Mark and his team of two biologists manage and monitor wild trout streams, stocked trout streams, warmwater streams, impoundment fisheries, and tidal largemouth bass fisheries in their region.
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