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Trout Unlimited
January 16, 2020 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MFWP Fisheries Division Administrator Eileen Ryce, also known as the “Fish Chief,” will give a presentation about “strategies for protecting native trout in a changing climate” at the Trout Unlimited meeting on Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m. at the Hamilton Elks Club at 203 State Street.
Born in Scotland, Eileen Ryce moved to Montana in 1997 to do a PhD at MSU on aquatic invasive species. At the time, whirling disease was naively thought to be the biggest threat Montana’s fisheries would ever face. In 2004, she started work as manager of the MFWP’s new Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program. Eileen was named Administrator of the Fisheries Division in 2017 and is facing off with a battalion of challenges like AIS, illegal introductions, habitat degradation while managing 400 employees, 12 hatcheries and 335 fishing access sites.
However, a changing climate with warming water temperatures and low flows poses a true existential threat transcending other issues. The “Fish Chief” will describe the current situation as well projected trends, and relate what steps are being taken to vouchsafe Montana’s singular wild and native trout fisheries, as well as other irreplaceable aquatic species.
The public is invited to attend and there is no charge for admission. For more information, contact Marshall Bloom or Jeremy Anderson.