Historian and MSU alumna Dr. Jen Brown will present "The History of Western Fly Fishing in Five Flies" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in room 165 in Norm Asbjornson Hall on the MSU campus. The event is part of the MSU Library Trout Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. The evening includes a post-event reception. Dr. Brown is an environmental historian interested in the history of fisheries, animals, conservation, and natural resource policy. She is the author of “Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West” and the writer and producer of The Gulf Podcast, a nonfiction audio storytelling show using oral history to tell stories of people and nature on the Texas Gulf Coast. She is currently an Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and is finishing up a book on dolphins in Cold War America and the story of the first animal liberation act in US history. Through the annual Trout Lecture, the library strives to speak to all aspects of trout and salmonids and to represent the diversity of angling culture. Thanks to contributions from generous donors, this event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and pre-registration is encouraged. Guests can register online by using the link at the top of this announcement or by contacting Ann Vinciguerra at ann.vinciguerra@montana.edu or (406) 994-6857. For information on the MSU Library’s Trout and Salmonid Collection, visit lib.montana.edu/trout/.