Dan Traynor, who has been part of the partnership between the Michigan DNR Charlevoix Research Station and the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery, begins his professional career next week.  Traynor has an impressive array of experience for his age, and has taken a position as a Fish Assistant with the Michigan DNR Fisheries Division. 

He will be part of the statewide Creel census program and will be covering the Port of Grand Marais on Lake Superior, along with some large inland lakes in the east central portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  

Traynor has been with Jordan River since May of this year.  He worked as a volunteer at the hatchery for two days a pay period. The remainder of his time he worked with Michigan DNR Charlevoix staff on a variety of Great Lakes research projects.