Where the West Begins from Orijin Media on Vimeo. Where the West Begins tells the story of the Snake River Ambassador in his quest to protect the headwaters of the Snake River from Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Learn why it is so important to drain, clean and dry your equipment before heading out on the […]
Water Worth Saving
Eternally Wild – COMING SOON from Keith Brauneis on Vimeo. THE THREAT: The Red Flat Nickel Corporation has applied to sink 59 drill holes over 4000 acres on the pristine North Fork of the Smith River. This would pave the way for one of the largest nickel mines in the Western United States. The EPA […]
Flying Trees: Restoration on the Salmon River from The Freshwater Trust on Vimeo. Staff and local contractors have been hard at work in Oregon’s Sandy River Basin. The Freshwater Trust recently helped coordinate the delivery of locally sourced trees from private and public timberlands. This “large wood,” as it is often called in the restoration […]
As we ease into fall and a cooler, wetter weather cycle, several of the formerly closed or ‘hoot owl-ed’ rivers and waterways have reopened or had their restrictions rescinded. The Clark Fork closure from Cyr Bridge FAS to Tarklo FAS reopened on the 3rd, as did the Holter Res. Fire Closure. A passel opened back […]
As part of their weekend edition, the NYT has posted a piece on the Smith – Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? While the high-end, guided trip (teams are taking chefs along on the float for the blue-blooded travelers these days) the author completed on the Smith is a far cry from the […]
Five years of planning, negotiation and finally ‘boots on the ground’ work has so far gone into the Beaverhead Watershed Committee’s Poindexter Slough Fishery Enhancement project; you can help push them over the top and get it finished this year via their upcoming fundraiser on the 25th. This is one of the great stories of […]
Bringing Back the Light from Mark Wyatt on Vimeo. A conservation story from Western Canada that you may not have appreciated before.
Trout Unlimited has released their State of the Trout 2015 report today; it’s a 73 page read, very usefully subdivided by geographical region to make it easy to hone in on your principle area(s) of interest. Haven’t had time to read the entire document given the cascade of real life oozing across my desk all […]
The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is offering a special intro membership promo right now – for only $25 you’ll score their limited edition BTT logo trucker hat, BTT sticker, the BTT Journal and their members-only monthly E-newsletter (tips from their conservation captains, products deals and giveaways and more). Get it done here. The Bonefish and […]
Why bother? If conserving unique and special natural resources doesn’t resonate with you this fine Tuesday morning, you’ll want to chase bonefish there one of these days. Yesterday our friends at the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust fired out a heads up worth investing three minutes in – The Bahamas is world-renown as an excellent bonefish […]
STEM students at the Meeteetse, Wyoming school are working to preserve and protect some of Wyoming’s Yellowstone Cutthroat in the Greybull system by working on a project in concert with Dan Morris of the Pitchfork Ranch and Wyoming’s TU team. We’re huge supporters of getting today’s youth involved in thinking through solutions to real challenges […]
Wyoming Fly Fishing – Ending from Denverpictureguy on Vimeo.
The Meadows Project: Winter trailer from The Meadows Project on Vimeo. The Meadows Project. Southern Vermont small water fly anglers invested in cold water conservation and the protection of Vermont native brook trout. This video is the trailer to our first episode: “winter”, which will be the first episode in a series that follows three […]
From AFFTA’s site – Established in 2014, the AFFTA Fisheries Fund is a funding arm of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association devoted to promoting the sport and industry of fly fishing. AFFTA is pleased to provide a funding mechanism for conservation and educational organizations and projects with that core goal in mind. Together, we […]
I was a gangly and awkward 13-year old seeing the great rivers of the American Southwest for the first time in 1972. Growing up in the dusty Texas panhandle, about as far removed geologically from rivers anywhere as one might be, seeing the canyons carved through the desert sandstone landscape by the mighty Green, Yampa […]
