Chris Wood named CEO of nation’s largest coldwater conservation organization
Arlington, Va.–Trout Unlimited (TU), the nation’s leading coldwater fisheries conservation organization, announced that Chris Wood, currently TU’s Chief Operating Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer on February 1. He will succeed Charles Gauvin, who has been TU’s CEO since 1991.
Trout Unlimited’s board of trustees approved the succession plan at its meeting last week in Washington, D.C. The goal of the succession plan is to ensure that TU continues to execute its mission of protecting and restoring North America’s trout and salmon …

As TU celebrates 50 years we look ahead to the next 50. This is the message many are sharing at this years extravaganza that marks TU’s five decades of excellence. Just a few short miles from Traverse City is the birthplace of TU where the founding members set forth a mission and vision that still holds strong to its roots today. As members of the Seth Green chapter, we also promote the beliefs of our founding members and continually put forth efforts to promote the mission and vision of TU.
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The story begins March 19, 1817 where in a small cabin on Culver Road near Empire Blvd in Rochester NY Seth Green was born into a family of farmers. He was taught from a very young age how to plant crops, hunt and fish. Eventually his family, being sick of farming, moved to a then just developing area called Carthage on the Genesee River near the Lower Falls where they opened a tavern on the high banks of the river.
As a boy Seth quickly became friends with some local Seneca …