Leadership
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Daniel Plummer Chairman of the Board |
Dan grew up in Elmira, New York and was introduced to fishing, hunting and trapping at an early age by both his mom and dad; both were great outdoors enthusiasts, and true self taught naturalists. They put a very high value on all things wild and taught Dan and his brother John to appreciate all the outdoors had to offer. Dan moved to Southern California in 1979 where he worked for ABC Sports covering events like Monday Night Football, and the 1984 Summer Olympics, he then moved to N.Y.C. to work for Ralph Lauren and bought his cabin on the East Branch of the Delaware River. He believes there is not a more beautiful place on earth, and is dedicated to making sure the rivers get the chance they deserve to live up to their full potential. Dan also serves on the board of The Summit Foundation and The Code Blue Foundation doing other conservation work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Caucci Vice President of Media |
Al Caucci has been an international name in the fly fishing world since his milestone book, Hatches. Al is the author – along with Bob Nastasi – of five fly fishing books. Recently, Field and Stream magazine honored Hatches II as one of the best 25 fishing books ever printed and Trout Magazine says it’s “one of the 15 most important books of the last 30 years.”
Al is creator of the famous “Comparadun” and developer of the Compara-fly series of patterns with Bob Nastasi. Al is owner/director of the nationally acclaimed Al Caucci Fly Fishing Schools for the past twenty years and co-owner of the Delaware River Club Fly Fishing Resort. |
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Lee Hartman Vice President of Operations |
Lee Hartman’s love for the sport of fly fishing began at an early age. Lee has done extensive exploratory fishing in Russia since 1990 to help establish sport fishing there. He continues to host annual trips to great fishing destinations throughout the world.
Lee’s first love however is the Upper Delaware River system, where, for the past 30 years he has worked and fished. He now owns Indian Springs Fly Fishing where he manages, guides and host anglers on the Upper Delaware River. An advocate for the Upper Delaware, Lee has twice served (1977 to 1985) (2002 to present) as Chairman of the Delaware River Committee for the Pa Council of Trout Unlimited. His involvement with river flow issues began with NYS DEC experimental cold-water releases in 1977. |
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Sandy Bing |
Sandy Bing spent his working life as a securities analyst, market letter writer, and research director with several Wall Street firms.
He also has spent many hours fishing the Delaware from Deposit on the West Branch down to Buckingham on the Main Stem and the East Branch from the town of the same name to the junction pool at Hancock. Sandy has long been interested in protecting trout streams and rivers from the many threats they face and was an early and influential member of the group led by River Network that saved the Three dollar Bridge stretch on the Madison River (MT) from real estate development. He is a member of The Anglers’ Club of New York and Theodore Gordon Flyfishers. |
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Peter C. Bousum, VMD |
Dr. Bousum is a resident of Pipersville and Equinunk, Pennsylvania. He is an avid fisherman and advocate of the Upper Delaware River system. He has fished for trout in many parts of the United States, Canada and Chile and considers the Delaware system his favorite due to its native wild Rainbow and Brown trout and tremendous variety of the aquatic ecosystem. “No other system provides the same experience as catching a wary, wild, feeding trout in the Delawareâ€.
Dr. Bousum is the owner, president and founding partner of The Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, New Jersey. He also serves as northeast regional Board member in the American Association of Equine Practitioners and Chairman of Veterinary Management III. In addition he serves on the Board of several other Delaware River advocacy groups and four corporations. He also serves as a monitor for regional land preservation projects. His patients have included multiple Kentucky Derby, Hambletonian and Olympic champions. He is married to wife Nancy who serves as a Board member of The Tinicum Conservancy one of the most successful land preservation organizations in Pennsylvania. They have two sons and two grandchildren. He sees the preservation and enhancement of the Delaware system as a constant present and future challenge for The Friends of the Upper Delaware and all those that live in and support the unique environment. |
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| Martin Karess, Esq. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Zimmerman, Esq. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Robert Bachman, PhD. |
Dr. Bachman retired from state government on April 1, 1999 after thirteen years of service with the state of Maryland in a number of fish-and-game-related positions including: Director of Fisheries (inland and marine), Director of Fish and Wildlife and Chief of Freshwater Fisheries. Throughout this thirteen-year period he supervised, among other things, Maryland’s coldwater fishery and in such capacity was instrumental in establishing environmental and regulatory changes resulting in the creation of four nationally-recognized trout fisheries. Bob currently serves as Chairman of the Trout and Salmon Management Committee of the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited, president of the Cocalico Creek Watershed Association, board member of the Pennsylvania Flyfishing Museum Association and is a member of Trout Unlimited and the Federation of Flyfishing. |
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Mr. Phil Chase |
Phil started tying flies in 6th grade in Exeter NH when his dad was in the airforce in WW2 and still ties. Graduated from Cornell in 1954 and minored in fisheries- natural resources. Received the Hudson River Fishermen Media award in the battle to stop the Storm King pump storage on the Hudson. Man of the Year for the Federation of Fly Fishermen in developing the National 1969 Water Watchers Program thru TGF, and NYS rep to Save The Delaware Coalition as a VP. Was a director in Catskill Waters which passed the NYS 1976 Release Legislation taking control away from NYC and giving control to the NYSDEC. Is a member of the Upper Delaware Council that governs the Scenic- Recreation Corridor since 1994 and attended the Trenton DRBC and FMTAC meetings during that time. Was presented in 2003 by Joan Wulff the Catskill Fly Fishing Center Museum/ Lee Wulff first Conservation award. Is a director of CFFCM. |
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Mr. Jim “Coz” Costolnick |
World renowned fly fishing guide and TV personality Coz is a true teacher at heart. Coz spends spring, summer and fall on the Upper Delaware River introducing its magic to fly fishers from around the globe. Coz holds BS degrees in Education & Biology as well as several designations throughout the fly fishing world.
In his spare time Coz can be found just a stones throw from the river on his farm training his championship German Shorthaired Pointers. |
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Mr. John Randolph |
John Randolph grew up in East Colrain, Mass. And attended Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls, Mass., graduating in 1957 He graduated from Williams College in 1962 with a BA in English, then spent three years in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1966 he became a technical writer for General Electric In 1969 he founded The Vermont Sportsman, a statewide tabloid monthly magazine, which he edited and published for 15 years.
In 1978 he became managing editor of Fly Fisherman magazine and in 1981 was named editor. His books include Fishing Basics (1981), Backpacking Basics (1982, Prentice-Hall) and Becoming a Fly Fisher, Lyons Press, 2002. His book chapters in anthologies include: Waters Swift and Still (Winchester Press, 1982) and Seasons of the Hunter (Knopf, 1985). He is married to Mary (Galbo) Randolph and they live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. |
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Captain Joe DeMalderis |
Joe is a resident of Pike County, Pennsylvania and Hale Eddy, NY which places him at both the very south and very north ends of the Upper Delaware River. Joe spent 17 years in the financial services industry receiving several awards for customer service and business growth. He started his current guiding and outfitting business in the early 90’s and became an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide in 1997 leading to being named The Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide of the Year in 2010. His current business sees him traveling to the western US and South America where he hosts and arranges fishing destinations for his clients. Joe also frequents the saltwater as a licensed charter captain guiding from his 23′ center console. Joe and his wife Elise have raised their two children on the Upper Delaware River and he welcomes the challenge of working to preserve this national treasure for future generations. |
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