Travis Pantaleo
/“Greetings, everybody. The Pilchuck River served as a great backyard to my family and I while we lived in Snohomish for three years. Through conservation and restoration, it can continue to be everybody’s backyard into the future. Thank you.”
Travis owns property on the Pilchuck River. He reached out to the District in 2018 to see what he could do on his property to improve salmon and steelhead runs on the Pilchuck River (he reached out to every organization and agency possible, really). When he realized that there wasn't much he could actively do on his property (a project) other than retain it in its forested condition, he began to reach out to other property owners on the reach to see where he could find a willing property owner to work with him and the local TU chapter to complete a salmon habitat restoration project. He continues to support this landowner outreach and coordination work even though he was stationed in Italy beginning in September 2019 as an active service member of the Navy. He re-engaged the local TU chapter in restoration/recovery efforts on the Pilchuck River and brought together a group of partners to advance a project. Travis seeks to improve the natural world wherever he lives, and he works tirelessly to inspire others to his cause. He is all about the fish and wildlife and what they need to survive.
