Chris Chappell digs sustainability, Arizona Wilderness Brewery, social media, and Pacific Northwest watersheds. Brian Antonio Muegge digs Gonzaga, wildlife conservation, Nickelback, and keeping salmon safe. Chappell works to protect wild lands and rivers in our state via Washington Wild and directs their Brewshed Alliance. Muegge is the Farm Program manager with Salmon-Safe, which works to keep urban and agricultural watersheds in the Pacific Northwest clean enough for native salmon to spawn and thrive. For the last 12 years, Chappell has worked with breweries to protect wild lands and waters, as well as climate-resilient beer ingredients, in the name of craft beer. For three and a half years, Muegge has worked with hop farms to monitor agricultural runoff, wetland disruption, erosion, and irrigation that can make it difficult for salmon to get past third base. Together, the two environmentally minded badasses help the Pacific Northwest breweries brew delicious beer.
Chappell and Muegge sat down with the Grit & Grain Podcast to share their education and conservation knowledge, share their friendship, and share their laughter on Episode 106. Yes, we had a blast with the two big brains that run the Brewshed Alliance and Salmon-Safe programs. No doubt you’ll have a blast listening, too. Cheers!
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