Steve Heinz Bio
Mr. Heinz earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Navy commission from the University of Louisville in 1970 through its NROTC program. After a productive career as a naval flight officer, he retired with the rank of commander in 1990. The Navy brought Steve to Maine where he has lived and worked since 1988. He became active in Trout Unlimited about 20 years ago. His serious involvement in conservation began when he organized volunteer support for a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Level 2 Stream Survey of Martin Stream in Turner in 2005. For ten years, he served as Conservation Chair for the Sebago Chapter Board of Directors and spearheaded a number of volunteer efforts including fish passage impediment surveys and Trout Unlimited Embrace-A-Stream grant projects, highlighted by his coordination of two dam removals that were executed in July of 2013. In 2015, he worked with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to remove a third dam in Arundel, Maine. In 2016, working with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a number of other government agencies and non-profits, he organized and coordinated a series of proposals that resulted in nearly $500,000 in grant money for five habitat restoration projects from sources that included TU Embrace-A-Stream, Maine Community Foundation, the Maine Water Bond, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. In December of 2013, he was awarded an MDIFW Commissioner’s Recognition Print for his efforts. The following year, his TU chapter received the Gold Trout award as the chapter with the greatest success in conservation projects that protect and restore habitat in their area. In 2022, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the TU national organization for his work on FERC relicensings. He continues to serve Trout Unlimited on the Maine Council as FERC Action Coordinator, and is currently working a number of FERC relicensings in Maine. Steve is also an active member of the Royal River Alliance; his most recent project was to produce an online fishing guide for the watershed. Steve and his wife (of 51 years) Cathy reside in Cumberland Foreside, Maine
Mr. Heinz earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Navy commission from the University of Louisville in 1970 through its NROTC program. After a productive career as a naval flight officer, he retired with the rank of commander in 1990. The Navy brought Steve to Maine where he has lived and worked since 1988. He became active in Trout Unlimited about 20 years ago. His serious involvement in conservation began when he organized volunteer support for a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Level 2 Stream Survey of Martin Stream in Turner in 2005. For ten years, he served as Conservation Chair for the Sebago Chapter Board of Directors and spearheaded a number of volunteer efforts including fish passage impediment surveys and Trout Unlimited Embrace-A-Stream grant projects, highlighted by his coordination of two dam removals that were executed in July of 2013. In 2015, he worked with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to remove a third dam in Arundel, Maine. In 2016, working with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a number of other government agencies and non-profits, he organized and coordinated a series of proposals that resulted in nearly $500,000 in grant money for five habitat restoration projects from sources that included TU Embrace-A-Stream, Maine Community Foundation, the Maine Water Bond, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. In December of 2013, he was awarded an MDIFW Commissioner’s Recognition Print for his efforts. The following year, his TU chapter received the Gold Trout award as the chapter with the greatest success in conservation projects that protect and restore habitat in their area. In 2022, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the TU national organization for his work on FERC relicensings. He continues to serve Trout Unlimited on the Maine Council as FERC Action Coordinator, and is currently working a number of FERC relicensings in Maine. Steve is also an active member of the Royal River Alliance; his most recent project was to produce an online fishing guide for the watershed. Steve and his wife (of 51 years) Cathy reside in Cumberland Foreside, Maine