Meet our Board Members: Dave Burns
/Meet our board member - Dave Burns!
1️⃣ Tell us a little bit about yourself
I’m the owner and lead guide at the Golden Gillie guided fishing service here in Golden. I was a founding member and former president of our local chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada. We have since closed our chapter, but I’m still keen on helping preserve and restore our waters in this area and happy to use my experience to assist the GDRGC in whatever capacity I can.
2️⃣ How long have you been a part of the Golden District Rod & Gun Club?
I’ve been a member of the GDRGC for about 5 years.
3️⃣ What are your favourite outdoor activities?
While fishing is obviously one of my passions in this area, skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling were what brought me to Golden 22 years ago. From a very young age, my father taught me much about target shooting, hunting, trapping and fishing. During the last 4 years, I’ve been enjoying getting back into target shooting with rifles, shotguns and bows as well as meeting new people at the range.
4️⃣ Why did you want to be a part of the GDRGC Board?
When our local TUC chapter closed with the national rebranding initiative that's underway, I was looking for ways to continue volunteering and help with initiatives that were already started in this area as well as launching new ones. We have such an incredible area here for all forms of outdoor pursuits, that I feel it’s important to do what we can to maintain and improve this area for all things that call it home.
5️⃣ Anything else you'd like to share with our community!
We live in an area that has some of the most pristine natural resources left in the world. I feel that it’s important to do whatever we can to not only keep things as natural as we found them but also to right some of the wrongs that came before us. This may be as simple as picking up some litter instead of walking past it, or as big as monitoring and improving not only the numbers of wild fish and game stocks, but also preserving, protecting, and enhancing their habitats, so that future generations of all species can enjoy this incredible area.
