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North Willamette River Steelhead Numbers Improve Amid Sea Lion Removal Program

The North Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River and flows through Portland, Salem, and Eugene. Historically, the Willamette saw winter...

Staying Afloat #2: Echo Fly Fishing and Tim Rajeff

Introducing the Staying Afloat Series, where we take an inside look into the lives of many different fly fishing guides, shops, brands, and lodges across...

Environmental Protection Agency Punts Environmental Protection Responsibility Amid COVID-19

Two days ago, March 26th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would be suspending its enforcement of key environmental laws. The press release...

Staying Afloat #1: Cutthroat Anglers Fly Shop

Introducing the Staying Afloat Series, where we take an inside look into the lives of many different fly fishing guides, shops, brands, and lodges across...

What to do with your Kids During Quarantine?

With the virus running rampant our daily lives have taken a drastic change. I have worked from home for a while now pre Coronacalypse...

5 Ways to Support Local Fly Shops during COVID-19

Let's face it not many of us expected the novel Corona Virus to take our country by storm shutting down all non-essential businesses, encouraging...

American Saltwater Guides Association To Congress: ‘Don’t Forget About Us’

For the past couple weeks now, we have been seeing the adverse effects of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) for the fly fishing industry, the larger recreational...

Speak Up to Protect Permit Spawning Habitat

Bonefish and Tarpon Trust (BTT) is asking you to speak up and protect essential permit spawning habitat. Western Dry Rocks is a small shoal...

7 Ways to Make the Best of Your Corona Quarantine

Times are strange... that's for certain. While this worldwide epidemic continues to unravel, we as global citizens must all do our best to take...

Federal Judge Denies Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

This past Wednesday, March 11th 2020, a federal judge in the District of Alaska sided with a coalition of conservation organizations, finding the Trump...

New Federal Plan for Dams in the Pacific Northwest Will Not...

  A couple weeks ago, the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration released a draft Environment Impact Statement (DEIS) on...

Federal Agencies Recommend Leaving Four Lower Snake River Dams in Place

Earlier today, a long-awaited federal report on the prospect of removing the four lower Snake River Dams was released, offering little hope for the...