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Conservation

Link Between Ocean Temps, Steelhead Survival Discovered

New research published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) adds another data point to a long-held theory between temperatures in the...

Public Land Sale Dropped from Budget Bill

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee officially announced that he withdrew his public land sale bill from the current budget working through Congress. The "One Big...

Building Houses on Federal Land: Is It Viable?

The recent push to sell federal public lands—spearheaded by Republican Senator Mike Lee—has been framed as one way to alleviate housing pressures throughout the...

5 Women’s Fly Fishing Organizations to Support on National Women’s Fly...

Established in 2020, National Women’s Fly Fishing Day is celebrated annually on June 27th. It’s a day created to honor women fly anglers and...

Congress Considering Selling 500,000 Acres of Public Lands Through Rushed Budget...

America's public lands belong to the public, and all of us anglers, outdoorsmen, and conservationists have to defend these public resources....once again. The Republican...

Alabama’s Mobile Bay Faces Imminent Threat from Dredge Project

The fourth largest estuary in the United States, Mobile Bay, supports a productive and diverse ecosystem that can only be described as a hidden...

Public Lands Rule in Crosshairs

Towards the end of Joe Biden's presidency, a new rule was finalized within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that gave equal footing to...

5 Things to Read this Earth Day: the Good & the...

For this year's Earth Day, we'll highlight five issues relating to conservation, restoration, and general stewardship of the place we all call home. Over...

Tax Day is Here, But Fishing’s Tax Man Doesn’t Mind

To most Americans, April 15th is Tax Day, but for those of that fish in saltwater, Tax Days and interactions with the "Tax Man"...

U.S. Court Unanimously Rules Against Big Sugar in Everglades Case

Last week, a federal court of appeals unanimously ruled in favor of Everglades restoration, dealing a blow to big sugar's attempts to erode the...

The State of Public Lands

Public lands are front-and-center in the news lately, and just about everyone has something to say about it. On a seemingly innocuous post on Instagram,...

Pumped Hydropower Proposal–Threats to Wyoming’s North Platte Watershed?

A hydropower project of sorts in central Wyoming may stabilize energy demand during peaks but at the expense of the famed North Platte watershed....