BRETT HOLDEN

Into the forest I go. To lose my mind, and find my soul.
— John Muir

BRETT HOLDEN is a undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island where he studies Wildlife Conservation Biology. He was an intern under the Coastal and Environmental Fellowship Program for URI where he conducted independent research on the nesting phenology of migratory songbirds. Brett also worked in an apprenticeship under the URI Department of Environmental Science surveying American Woodcock migration patterns, as well as volunteering annually with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to assist with duck banding. Brett has a passion for wild native fish developed over years of fishing for brook trout in northern Vermont at the family camp. Having recently discovered fly fishing, Brett has been pursuing wild native brook trout near his school in RI.  Brett can be reached at Info@NativeFishColaition.org