There are pockets of wild places here in the Lower 48—pockets of mountain peaks and backcountry lakes, deserts and wild rivers. In a big patch of central Idaho, there are no roads, just mountains and trees and boulders and sky. A map of the Wind Rivers Range shows a thousand blue specks of backcountry lakes. […]
Water Worth Saving
Friend of Chi Wulff Sam Snyder resurrected his blog a couple of days ago and posted an important piece on Bristol Bay. Sam hit the nail on the head on a number of issues. The clock is ticking on Bristol Bay; as of this morning there are only 11 days left in the EPA comment […]
Via the multitasking madman, friend of Chi Wulff and coffee impresario Sinjin E. and CO TU: The “Protect Our Rivers” license plate is on its way to Governor Hickenlooper! With strong bipartisan support, the Colorado General Assembly has passed Senate Bill 224 to create the Protect Our Rivers license plate. The bill passed the House […]
sea-swallow’d from ryan peterson on Vimeo.
Fall River Fish Tagging with CalTrout, FRC, UCD, DFW and Orvis from California Trout on Vimeo.
From Montana TU yesterday – SB 347, sponsored by Sen. Chas Vincent (R-Libby) recently passed the Montana Senate and House. This awful bill exempts the massive groundwater pumping performed by mining companies from being reviewed under the “nondegradation” policy in Montana’s Water Quality Act. Pumping for mining can significantly reduce important groundwater recharge to streams. […]
This week has seen a notable victory for the New Mexico sportsmen’s community, and – really – a notable victory for sportsmen across the country. Rio Grande del Norte – spanning sixty-six contiguous miles of what is arguably some of New Mexico’s best-loved wild trout fisheries as well as habitat to elk, bighorn sheep, antelope, […]
Reading the Signs on the Kettle from Cinema Digital Productions on Vimeo.
I sometimes find myself amazed at how Mother Nature can be so fragile and so resilient at the same time. Ecosystems are filled with more wheels and levers than we can imagine and when one of those spins a little wildly the whole thing is thrown off kilter. It’s enough to make me wonder how […]
From the Utah Stream Access Coalition today – Last Friday was a win for stream access in Utah. Over 400 people showed up at the Capitol steps to support our cause. Objective number one was accomplished: HB 68 was withdrawn from consideration by the Legislature. It was your calls, your emails and letters, and your […]
The River and its Life – frontsidefly.com from Stefan Ågren on Vimeo.
It’s Rally Day in Utah! Be there or be square. USAC RALLY from Collin Carlson on Vimeo.
