How Washington Is Working To Increase Latino Fishers

*I’m not sure what attracted me to this story, but there’s something under the surface that I liked. Latino farm workers in Northern Washington state, taking time to fish at the local reservoir, without a license. What do the authorities do? Reach out, make them feel welcomed, make sure they have a license. VL

By Courtney Flatt, EarthFix/Wallowa.com

 

WENTACHEE, Wash. — About 150 people line the shoreline at the Beehive Reservoir in north central Washington. Spanish and English mix, as anglers plunk lures into the lake. And just as quickly as the lures sink to the bottom, rainbow trout bite down on the chartreuse-colored bait.

“You’ve got a bite,” people on the shoreline shout.

The small reservoir is about a 20 minute drive from downtown Wenatchee. But Norma Gallegos said it’s a trip made by only a few of the city’s Hispanic residents.

“Most of them have lived here for more than five years and never have been out here,” Gallegos said.

Gallegos is with Team Naturaleza, a group that connects Latinos with nature.

Gallegos says not many Latinos attend the fishing events she goes to, like a recent event in Entiat, Washington.

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