The Pioneer Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is an all-volunteer conservation nonprofit working to care for and recover rivers and streams and the trout that call them home. Working with TU staff and community partners, we bring people together to make our trout and salmon fisheries stronger, our water cleaner and our communities healthier. Join us and be a champion for your rivers and streams.
If you have the interest and time to make a deeper commitment to our local conservation and education work, we’d welcome you on the board or one of our many committees. To get started, connect with a PVTU board member at one of our monthly gatherings or coming events, or contact us to learn more.
PRESIDENT
Richard Taupier
New Salem, MA
Rick Taupier is a retired university lecturer, researcher, and administrator in environmental planning and history. He has been fly fishing for more that 50 years and is a strong addictive for native and wild trout, traveling each year to Ireland and Maine to fish for native browns, brook trout, and landlocked salmon.
VICE PRESIDENT
John Calhoun
Chicopee, MA
Five years ago I signed up for some free PVTU fly tying classes. It rekindled my passion for trout fishing and awakened me to a community of anglers and conservation minded people who I now consider great friends. Since joining our local chapter in 2020, I’ve been elected to the board and have also served for the past two and a half years as vice president.
SECRETARY
Crew Stover
Easthampton, MA
Crew is from Pennsylvania and is a lifelong conservationist, joining TU in 2022 after moving to Massachusetts from Lake Tahoe. They love tossing tiny dry flies to rising trout, planting trees and teaching kids about bugs and river health. Crew and his partner Billie love fishing the Westfield and its’ multiple branches.
TREASURER
Joe Babineau
Belchertown, MA
Joe is a lifelong angler and conservationists who joined TU in YEAR. They love tossing tiny dry flies to rising trout, planting trees and teaching kids about bugs and river health. NAME and their PARTNER have two children, three dogs and an iguana named Ralph.
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
Codi Ackley
Ludlow, MA
Codi’s passion for fly fishing and for the conservation of blue line waters is what brought me to TU. I’ve always had a strong feeling about wanting to do more for our beloved Fisheries and being one of the newest board member of our TU chapter, I feel like I can really voice thoughts and start to make a real difference.
EVENT COORDINATOR
Billie Li
Easthampton, MA
Billie is an environmental engineer and lifelong conservationist who joined TU in 2022. They love tossing tiny dry flies to rising trout, planting trees and teaching kids about bugs and river health. NAME and their PARTNER have two children, three dogs and an iguana named.
CONSERVATION COORDINATOR
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
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NAME is a lifelong angler and conservationists who joined TU in YEAR. They love tossing tiny dry flies to rising trout, planting trees and teaching kids about bugs and river health. NAME and their PARTNER have two children, three dogs and an iguana named Ralph.
BOARD MEMBER & NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Ven Yann
Southampton, MA
Ven is an avid angler who joined our Trout Unlimited chapter to deepen my passion for fly fishing and now serve as the chapter’s newsletter editor. Outside of fishing, I also enjoy painting and have even painted a few custom hats for our chapter.
BOARD MEMBER & ASST. TREASURER
Chris Myhrum
Longmeadow, MA
Chris Myhrum is an environmental lawyer practicing in Springfield, Massachusetts. He represented the Deerfield Watershed TU Chapter in the FERC relicensing of the Fife Brook dam and Bear Swamp pump storage project on the Deerfield River. He learned to fly fish from his mother and father, and enjoys fly fishing for trout, bass, stripers and blues whenever he can get away and do something important like fishing.