There’s a nifty read over on the Filson Journals site – Why the Skagit River Watershed Matters; the Skagit doesn’t garner the attention and love these days that it deserves, and this is a worthy tribute to the watershed. Image via the linked article above.
Water Worth Saving
Pacific Rivers is hosting a free premier of their documentary Chehalis: A Watershed Moment this Sunday the 17th on You-tube – details on their FB page here. Check out the trailer below…
Sanctuary explores the healing powers of wild places and rivers and the need to create more sanctuaries on public lands. Set against the backdrop of the North Umpqua’s most famous tributary, Steamboat Creek, which was recently designated as the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary, filmmaker Shane Anderson documents how these famed waters impacted […]
Always a thought-provoking read, American Rivers has dropped their 2020 list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers here.
On Friday the Bozeman Daily Chronicle posted an article updating the Black Butte Copper Project mine application process, a process that’s a step closer to approval with the release of the Final EIS for Tintina Montana’s project along the headwaters of Montana’s beloved Smith River. Bottom line – DEQ suggested some relatively minor changes, and […]
The Pebble Mine project (unbelievably) is still clinging to life and the associated permitting decision will likely come to a head this year – take 2 minutes and submit a note to the administration reminding them that Pebble is STILL the wrong mine in the wrong place.
BTT Conservation Minute: Marine Trash and Plastic from Bonefish and Tarpon Trust on Vimeo.
Preserving the Mobile Bay Estuary Through Headwater Protection from Ben Brenner on Vimeo.
Today is World Wetlands Day for 2020; wetlands play a much larger role in the health of many ecosystems than most of us imagine (think about all the issues plaguing southern Florida and the Everglades for example). Learn more here.
Via the Jackson Hole News and Guide – A gold exploration project in the headwaters of the Snake River’s Henrys Fork is temporarily on hold because of a judge’s determination that federal land managers failed to assess impacts on Yellowstone cutthroat trout… More at the link, including a link out to the actual court order […]
The Spokesman-Review out of Spokane consistently dishes up good outdoor-focused content, this piece – The Phoenix in the Elwha – is a prime example.
I don’t know if you’ve seen this one before (I’d missed it somehow), but the Waters to Watch site from the National Fish Habitat Partnership has some nifty information fly fishers (and all others who love clean, wild waters) will find intriguing. Having seen Coal Creek and Amargo Creek first hand during the past few […]
Nice guest column here in the Missoulian last week about investing in Montana river preservation. Git ‘er done.
Take a few minutes today and submit your comments on the absolute need to keep Roadless Rule protections in place for the Tongass National Forest; you can read more details here on American Salmon Forest site, and TU has made it easy as pie to submit comments here. Git ‘er done.
Bristol or Bust – a nifty (if not somewhat myopic) effort from The Flyfish Journal taking another on the ground look at Bristol Bay and what’s at stake there. Pebble is still the wrong mine in the wrong place…
