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Here’s something you don’t see very often during this summer and early fall of doom, gloom, and crises galore – a positive story of Western Resilience along the Bear River via the Salt Lake Tribune; it’s a nice, quick story of ranchers and other water users and managers quietly getting things done to better a […]

Montana FWP has begun the process to update the beloved Smith River’s Management Plan this year; the current management plan was ratified in 2009, and (relatively speaking) interest in and traffic on the Smith has exploded since then. Here’s the FWP page on the process laid out to update the plan (as well as a […]

A stunning on-the-ground / on-the-water narrative of the disaster unfolding in Florida this summer dropped yesterday in Garden and Gun’s online portal; this one’s a sobering account of the magnitude of the disaster (hell yes it’s a disaster) unfolding down there right now. The time for Blue Ribbon panels and study groups is long gone; […]

The River Democracy Act from Pacific Rivers on Vimeo.

Grande Ronde from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo.

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I missed this piece when it dropped back in February – a nice read from American Rivers on Montana’s Legacy of River Protection. (Image via the linked post.)

A though-provoking quick read from BTT about some profound changes recently observed in Charlotte Harbor – read it here.

The Mike Simpson Video That Prompted the Envirogasm You’ve in all likelihood seen the video that prompted the outburst of wonder and glee (a genuine envirogasm if I’ve ever seen one) from a broad swath of those following environmental issues in the Northwest, in particular the plight of Idaho salmon and steelhead (along with those […]

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has recently dropped their annual State of the Bay Report – read it here.

A Century Overdue: The Davidson River Habitat Enhancement Project from Waving Dog Productions on Vimeo.

News broke yesterday afternoon that the Army Corp had finally rejected the environmental permits required to actually launch the Pebble Mine project – here’s an example in the WSJ of coverage which splashed across national and even international news. There’ll no doubt be lots of crowing to come from those who have long opposed the […]