H&WC Directors
Hatchery & Wild Coexist Leadership
Jack Smith
Pro Guide and life-long fish advocate
Jack’s interest in fishing began as a youngster running the banks of Johnson Creek and the Sandy River. He launched his professional guiding business in 1978 and has spent almost 40-years years helping others catch salmon and steelhead in Alaska,Washington and Oregon.
He is recognized as one of the top guides on Oregon’s Deschutes River and Tillamook Bay. Jack is a founder and Board of Directors member for the North Coast Salmon and Steelhead Enhancement Fund. Best known for its annual Salmon Rendezvous fund raising event enjoying its 35th anniversary.
He is a charter member of the Oregon Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Oregon and currently serves as state president. Jack serves as one of the recreational fishing representative to the Oregon Hatchery Research Center (OHRC) review board and is well versed in hatchery science. Since its inception in 1996 Jack has been very involved in the Wilson River broodstock program. He has also been an integral player in the development and implementation of the Nestucca, Siletz and North Fork Nehalem River broodstock programs and is viewed as valuable resource for others interested in broodstock programs.
Jack, and his wife Tina, live in Tillamook, Oregon. 503-842-6313
Dave Schamp
Retired professional and seasoned advocate for northwest salmon and steelhead
Dave’s love of fishing started along the banks of Gales Creek near his hometown of Forest Grove, Oregon. After returning from the U.S. Air Force in 1978, Dave joined the Association of Northwest Steelheaders and progressed through the leadership ranks. He helped launch the Association’s Tualatin Valley Chapter in 1981, served as the Association’s President in 1982-83 and remains a Life Member.
Dave was among the first to advocate for catch and release requirements on Oregon’s north coast to help protect wild steelhead and was very involved in early STEP (Salmon Trout Enhancement Program) habitat enhancement projects throughout Tillamook County. He was a member of the Tillamook Anglers Board of Directors during the initial years of rebuilding and constructing the Whiskey Creek volunteer hatchery facilities.
In the sportfishing community Dave is perhaps best known for his writing and photography contributions to Fishing & Hunting News, Salmon & Steelhead Journal and Tide. Currently Dave serves as Chairman of the Board for CCA Oregon and is a member of the CCA National Board of Directors.
He, and his wife Donna, live in Lebanon, Oregon. 503-314-1341
Don M. New
NewsLanding Design, LLC Marketing/Design professional & committed Fish advocate
Don has been chasing salmon, trout and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest since grade school. During his professional career, he built and ran the largest marketing communications/Branding firm in Oregon and Washington for 20 years. In 1993, Don was the runner-up for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pacific Northwest. In the early 1980s, Don’s passion for the plight of our iconic salmon and steelhead was ignited when he joined the Board of the newly-formed Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. (Now Oregon Wildlife Foundation) Through that engagement, he had the privilege of working with Governor Vic Atiyeh, Allan Kelly, Buzz Ramsey, Willie Illingworth, Gary Loomis, Jim & Donna Teeny and many other well-known fish advocates.
Education: Bachelor of Science – University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts Continued Education: Stanford University, University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts and Portland State University.
Current Board Positions: Hatchery & Wild Coexist • CCA/Oregon • CCA/National Board
MiCasa International (El Salvador Christian School and Orphanage)
Past Board Positions: Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association (NSIA) • Oregon Film and Video Foundation • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation • Lake Oswego Arts Council
Don and his wife Shari, live in Multnomah Village.Their 4 kids all came back from school to settle in Oregon.
503-307-5053
Cameron Black
Professional fishing guide and advocate for improved fishing
Cameron’s passion for fishing began with his father and grandfather taking him to local lakes for trout and panfish. He loved fishing and it quickly turned into an obsession that lead him to ride his bike in the dead of winter to the local river to chase steelhead. Cameron spent time with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife working on local rivers and commercial operations before stepping into his true calling, guiding anglers.
After ten plus years guiding, he joined up with a group of likeminded anglers known as “Addicted Fishing” and began teaching the techniques and lifestyle of the salmon anglers of the Northwest. Cameron spends his time promoting the sport of fishing through their content and videos, constantly working on growing the number of new anglers and engaging the future generation of fishermen. He has been a supporter of the CCA and NSIA for many years and is on the NWGAA Washington Board.
Cameron and his wife, Alexis, live with their two children in Woodland, Washington.
(360) 921-5079
Mike E. Olson
As an outdoor enthusiast, Mike has spent many years fishing and hunting in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. He found his passion at a very young age, fishing his local lakes, Straits of Juan De Fuca and Puget Sound with his family. At the age of 10, Mike was landing steelhead and salmon out of the Cedar River in King County, just a 2-mile walk from his house. After moving out of his parent’s house at 19, Mike moved into a small cabin on the Cedar River. He was shocked at the decline in salmon and steelhead as the population seemed to disappear over time. (Herschel the sea lion dominated the news cycle during those years).
Mike guided the Quileute system on the Washington coast for a few years throughout his 20s and 30s. Building relationships with fellow anglers and tribal guides created memories that remain today.
With experience came the realization that our treasured salmon and steelhead runs were in trouble. Reading books and articles by everyone from Bill Herzog and Buzz Ramsey to our lender and Rowland Martin, Mike absorbed enough to know that he had to contribute more than the cost of a license and tag.
During the last 20 years, Mike has been spending a good deal of time helping fish, animals and wetlands.
Today, Mike serves on the WDFW Puget Sound Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Fund Oversight Committee as well as the Chairman of the Snoqualmie Valley Ducks Unlimited. Mike has been awarded the Buzz Ramsey Foot Soldier Award, the Bronze Mallard Award and was named the 2021 Chairman of the Year. He also gives his time to WDFW with their youth events and volunteers at a local, youth-only trout pond.