Ron Beane

North Carolina native and conservationist, Ron Beane, is a former teacher, coach, school administrator, and Caldwell County, NC commissioner. During his tenure as a commissioner, he and his fellow commissioners were successful in getting a local stream, Wilson Creek, designated as a Wild and Scenic River. Serving on the National Public Lands Steering Committee and the State of North Carolina’s Clean Water Management Trust Fund Committee gave him a greater appreciation for protecting natural resources and passing on that passion to our younger generation “to pick up the mantle and carry on.” Through his love and passion for fly fishing, he was fortunate to have met and fished alongside several extraordinary men with equally extraordinary life stories that he felt needed to be preserved.

He and his wife live outside Lenoir, North Carolina. They have two children and four grandchildren.