Tom Pero
Board Secretary
Thomas R. Pero was just 18 when he started the Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the youngest chapter president ever. In 1977, at age 23, he was named editor of Trout magazine.
During his 16-year tenure, Trout was twice named Conservation Magazine of the Year by the Natural Resources Council of America. In 1992, with his Seattle-area neighbor and friend, Peter W. Soverel, Pero co-founded the Wild Salmon Center. In recent years his company, Wild River Press, has published such modern anadromous classic books as A Passion for Steelhead by Dec Hogan, Atlantic Salmon Magic by Topher Browne, and Wild Steelhead by Sean Gallagher. Many of these titles have won international awards for excellence, including multiple Gold and Silver Benjamin Franklin Awards from the world’s largest association of independent publishers.
In 2010, Pero himself was awarded the prestigious Starker Leopold Wild Trout Medal at the Wild Trout Symposium in Yellowstone for a lifetime of influential writing about coldwater fisheries conservation.
During his 16-year tenure, Trout was twice named Conservation Magazine of the Year by the Natural Resources Council of America. In 1992, with his Seattle-area neighbor and friend, Peter W. Soverel, Pero co-founded the Wild Salmon Center. In recent years his company, Wild River Press, has published such modern anadromous classic books as A Passion for Steelhead by Dec Hogan, Atlantic Salmon Magic by Topher Browne, and Wild Steelhead by Sean Gallagher. Many of these titles have won international awards for excellence, including multiple Gold and Silver Benjamin Franklin Awards from the world’s largest association of independent publishers.
In 2010, Pero himself was awarded the prestigious Starker Leopold Wild Trout Medal at the Wild Trout Symposium in Yellowstone for a lifetime of influential writing about coldwater fisheries conservation.