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Public Lands Two Thumbs Up Award: Thank You Gov. Bullock and Rep. Zinke
When You Catch A Politician Doing Something Right, Say Thank You One of our mentors once said that when you catch kids, coworkers or employees, or even politicians doing something right, you needed to...
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Nifty Grandfather and Granddaughter Montana Open Lands Piece…
Ran across this piece yesterday in the Billings Gazette – Guest Opinion: Generations of Respect Protect Montana’s Open Lands. From the article – Montana open land defines who we are and what we are....
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The Saddest Thing You’ll Read Today: Access Denied in New Mexico
Matthew Copeland has penned a tight, eminently readable (Access Denied) summary of the shameful proceedings that led up to the last minute passage of New Mexico SB 226 on 20 March 2015 – by a single...
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Access Matters: The Bahamian Bad News Edition
If you spend any time at all reading fly fishing news and blogs, you’ve no doubt seen the coverage this week of the draconian changes being discussed in the Bahamas with regard to regulation of the fly...
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AFFTA Hit a Home Run Yesterday with their Bahamas Response
The crack of the bat hitting the metaphorical home run heard yesterday happened when AFFTA stepped to the plate and penned a response to the repressive draft Bahamian fishing regulations being...
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Bahamas Update: At Least Some of the Bahamaian Tourism Industry is Listening
As had several others before us, several days ago we suggested firing letters off to the two major newspapers in the Bahamas (the Nassau Guardian and the Tribune 242). The Tribune 242 yesterday...
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Time to Kiss the Bahamas Goodbye?
IF the current trend continues in the Bahama’s Fly Fishing Saga, as reported by this morning by Bjorn , we’re ready, along with an impressive proportion of folks we’ve chatted with in the industry, to...
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Your Voice Is Needed Today as the BLM Reshapes Public Lands Policy
Since its inception in 1946 under Truman, the Bureau of Land Management has been responsible for the administration of more than 245 million acres of public land in the United States, nearly one...
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Writing the Document the Bahamian Government Should Have
News out of the Bahamas has thrown the salt-loving fly fishing world into a tizzy the past couple of weeks; the protectionist, punitive draft plan was a swing and a miss in just about every area. In...
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Montana River Restriction Update 21 July
Today’s flow map at approx 9 MDT A quick snapshot of the statewide flow map is pretty sobering. And while the weather over the past 7-10 days hasn’t brought the blistering heat of several weeks back,...
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Public Lands and Access Matter: The Late Summer Reminder Campaign
Love this campaign from the Utah Stream Access Coalition; fly fishermen and outdoorsmen need steady reminders about how precious and critically important access to waterways and America’s public lands...
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The Provo River Case is On in Utah
The Utah Stream Access Coalition’s Provo / Right-to-Use Case was scheduled to open today before Judge Derek Pullan of Utah’s 4th District Court (125 N 100 W) in Provo. The trial is scheduled to run...
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Remembering a Legacy: Public Lands and TR
157 years ago yesterday one of the greatest land and wildlife conservationists our nation has ever embraced was born at home in Manhattan – Theodore Roosevelt. An asthmatic and sickly kid, TR went on...
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Utah Access Fight Update: The Hot Damn Edition
Emails started rolling in during the wee hours last night. The afternoon of Wednesday, 4 November, Judge Derek Pullan of Utah’s 4th District Court ruled perhaps more broadly than was expected – he...
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The Utah Decision Followup: Do NOT Be That Guy
Some words of wisdom from the Utah Stream Access Coalition team via email yesterday, after announcing the great news about the Pullan Decision – This morning, we announced that access to Utah’s river...
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Ducks Unlimited Lays a Duck, Duck, Goose Egg on Access
You’ve probably caught at least a whiff of the story that popped up last week about Ducks Unlimited, allegedly at the behest of the most unpopular man in Montana (the carpetbagger James Cox Kennedy of...
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A nifty reminder to not take our collective eyes off the public lands issue during the upcoming holiday season.
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Conservation Wednesday 25 November: Rock Creek Confluence and Sportsmen’s...
In keeping with the spirit of the Thanksgiving week, here are a couple of ongoing projects we’re thankful for, projects that have quietly been humming along in the background, not necessarily making...
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Access Read of the Month: Matthew Copeland on the New Mexico Boondoggle
For an access twist to Conservation Wednesday today, here’s a cut from what might be best summary of the access boondoggle in New Mexico that we’ve seen yet from Matthew Copeland of Stalking the Seam...
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Digging Deeper on the Latest Utah Stream Access News: Dammit
A Bad Utah Law Rises from the Grave I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Utah Stream Access Coalition President Kris Olson over the past couple of years as we’ve chatted back and forth about...
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