JAMES SULESKI

James with a wild native fallfish.

JAMES SULESKI grew up in south Jersey where he fly fished for stocked and often nonnative trout.  He moved to Pennsylvania with his wife, where he developed a passion for fishing small remote streams for wild native brook trout.  A physician, James’ career took him to Hershey, Pennsylvania, where he had access to the headwater streams of Schuylkill, Dauphin, Lebanon, Cumberland, and Perry Counties.  He soon became involved in conservation non-profs, where he learned about stream restoration.  This includes spearheading an effort to restore a local spring creek that contains a population of wild native brook trout.  James has experience in watershed assessment, grant writing, and organizing multi-stakeholder projects.  Like most of us, he wants to see more protection provided to wild native fish, and less emphasis on stocking and nonnative fish, as he realizes that habitat is only part of the equation.  James can be reached at Info@nativefishcoalition.org