I'm April Voki and you are listening to Anchored.

My chance to speak with some of the most influential people involved in the outdoors

today.

Join me as I sit down with my guests to learn more about their careers, opinions, history,

relationships, and lifeboat indoors and out.

Jeff Hickman and David Mosquitz are no strangers to Wild Steelhead.

Jeff is a longtime steelhead guide, law-journer, and advocate.

His passion for protecting wild species and places consistently take priority or financial

gain, making him one of the most trusted voices in the fishing industry.

If Mosquitz is executive director of the Conservation Angler, he has held leadership positions

at several other fishery conservation organizations and studied environmental law and policy

at Lewis and Clark Law School.

In this episode of Anchored, we sit down to discuss the current state of Columbia

River Steelhead, navigating management, and Jeff's decision to stop guiding in protest.

This podcast is not one I was looking forward to if I'm being honest, and it's not that

I don't want to see either of you guys sitting here with Jeff Hickman and David Mosquitz,

but it's the subject that we're discussing.

Usually on the show, we talk about fun things like your lives and all the wonderful accomplishments

that you've had in life, but today we're talking about steelhead stocks, which unfortunately

we've kind of seen this coming over the last few years, and it's all funneled down into

today's conversation.

So, without me taking over the subject because I have a lot to learn right now, I'm going

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