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FRIDAY February 10 at 6 pm there will be a special Wild Salmon Dinner
http://healdsburgsteelheadfest.org/tickersandmerch.aspx  at the Villa
Chanticleer http://www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=108  in
Healdsburg featuring guest speaker Jim Norton, PBS Nature filmmaker and
Snake River guide.  Jim's film "Salmon, Running the Gauntlet" (http://video.pbs.org/video/1862122371/)  was the most watched episode of PBS Nature ever. 

The film tells the story of the amazing nine hundred mile migration of the Snake River sockeye salmon to Redfish Lake in Central Idaho and the challenges they face on their journey up and downstream.  The film describes issues that affect the recovery of all our wild Pacific Salmon and Steelhead.

SATURDAY the action is in the Healdsburg Plaza from 10 am to 4 pm, with
a trout pond for the kids, fly tying, fly casting, wine tasting, and
display booths by the many local businesses, governmental organizations
and non-profits all working to help protect and restore the historic
wild Steelhead fishery in the Russian River watershed.

SUNDAY is Family Fun Day at the Lake Sonoma Visitor Center from 10 am to
3 pm.

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RETU is currently seeking sponsors for the Festival and donations of
silent auction items for the Friday dinner. Proceeds will fund the
RETU's watershed education programs and Russian River habitat
restoration projects. For more information about the festival, vendor
opportunities, donations and dinner registration please visit the
website: http://healdsburgsteelheadfest.org  or contact festival director Liz
Keeley at (707) 484-6438.

RETU <http://redwoodempiretu.org/>  is the local chapter of Trout
Unlimited <http://tu.org/> , the nation's oldest coldwater fisheries
conservation organization. TU has worked to conserve, protect, and
restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds
since 1959. The nonprofit organization has 140,000 members nationwide,
organized into more than 350 chapters with 10,400 active members in
California.