Professional Writing

Greg Stahl professional writing clips and resume, 1999 – 2010

• 51 awards over eight years from the National Newspaper Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Idaho Press Club.

Editing

• July 2009 – present, Senior Editor, Sun Valley Magazine, Hailey, Idaho.

• June 2006 – September 2008, Assistant Editor, Idaho Mountain Express newspaper, Ketchum, Idaho.

Advocacy Writing and Editorials

• Government plan protects dams, not fish, Idaho Statesman, September 20, 2009
  • (Guest opinion ran alongside opinions by Northwest River Partners and Bonneville Power Administration and Bureau of Reclamation.)
• The time is right to find a way to help fish and the economy, Idaho Statesman, January 17, 2009

Press Release Writing

• Klamath dam pact bodes well for Idaho salmon
• Salmon advocates ask court to ramp up protections in 2009
• Legacy Project enters second year
• Corps pulls Stanley fill application
• Bush salmon plan illegal, advocates tell federal judge

Public Speaking Engagements and Speech Writing

• June 1, 2009: Speaker/presenter at annual fishing guide meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho.

• May 21 – May 27, 2009: A half dozen speaking engagements with rafting and sport fishing guides in north and central Idaho regarding the plight of salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. Presentations focused on the rapidly developing politics of the issue, as well as how guides might engage their customers regarding the conservation issues associated with the resources they’re using.

• May 2, 2009: Guest speaker at Northwest Outdoor Writer’s Association conference in Lewiston, Idaho. Presentation offered an overview of Idaho Rivers United’s conservation work and how that work might lend itself to creating solid story ideas based on trends in conservation and the political arena..

• February 19, 2009: Guest speaker at Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association meeting in Salmon, Idaho. Presentation included the changing political climate in the Northwest as it relates to conservation issues.

• February 3, 2009: Guest speaker at meting of the Hemingway Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Ketchum, Idaho. Presentation included facets of Idaho water law and ongoing work to reform aspects of prior appropriation doctrine in the Gem State to allow for in-stream flow provisions in the Big Wood River, Little Wood River and Silver Creek.
• January 30, 2009: Co-wrote fifteen-minute speech for speaker at Boise conservation event. Speech designed to elicit emotional response from audience by using poetic prose about rivers as the lifeblood of an ecosystem.