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The world continues to go to hell in a hand-basket. Anyone want to go fishing?

by Todd Tanner - Thursday, May 11th, 2017

Photo: Mike Sepelak

I went fishing for a couple days last week. Not that my time on the water is news, or a big deal, but it was awfully important from a mental health perspective. We all need to take the occasional day off, and fishing—or in this particular case, rowing a couple of other anglers down the river for the better part of two days—was exactly the kind of therapy I needed.

Be a hardcore angler, stand up for your fishing

This weekend, stand with your fellow anglers in defense of fishing

by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, Apr 27th, 2017

Photo: Justin Hamblin

It’s easy to spot serious anglers. They fish hard, they throw tight loops, and they stay out late. Over the years we’ve added one more criteria to the list. To be a truly hardcore angler, you have to stand up and fight for your fishing. That means taking action on the biggest threat we face: climate change.

Who's afraid of grizzly bears?

These days, it's not the grizzlies outside that keep me up at night

by Todd Tanner - Monday, Apr 24th, 2017

Photo: Earl Harper / Harper Studios

I was in the living room and my wife was in the kitchen when Riley started barking out in the yard. It wasn’t your standard “deer” bark, either, so when I heard Molly yell, “Riley, no!!!” I jumped up and ran for the door. The local coyotes were hanging around our place and I was worried that our retriever was in trouble with the wild dogs.

By the time I made it outside the barking had stopped, and Molly and Riley were standing near the massive cottonwood that shades the northwest corner of our home.

“Coyotes?” I asked.

“Grizzly bear. A big one.”

The 10 most endangered rivers in America

Troubled waters that face grave threats and looming decisions that will decide their fate

by Chad Shmukler - Friday, Apr 14th, 2017

For over twenty years, American Rivers has produced their annual list of the most endangered rivers in our country. The list is the product of a partnership between American Rivers and grassroots river conservationists who work to identify rivers with high natural and cultural value that face significant threats, especially those which have major decisions pending where public input has the ability to help decide the river's fate.

Help Simms 'Save our Streams'

Buy a cool shirt, help do your part to save a river

by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Apr 11th, 2017

Simms 'Save our Streams' Yellowstone River shirt (Men's).

If you're like me, the idea of large scale gold mines in Paradise Valley—the headwaters of the famed Yellowstone River—sounds like a terrible plan. In fact, it probably sounds that way even if you're not like me. It seems almost everyone agrees, from high-end real estate developers and resort owners to dirtbag fishermen and everyday bikers, hikers and other recreationists. Everyone seems to get it: putting large scale mines at the headwaters of the Yellowstone River is a colossally dumb idea. But mining companies have a way of getting what they want.