Conservation
Wither Maine Char?
- By: Ted Williams
America could lose these beautiful and unique fish before most anglers even realize we have them.
The Pelagic Plague
- By: Ted Williams
Angling chances for pelagics like small bluefin tuna are few and far between for saltwater fly rodders. There’s a reason—longlining, a method of commercial fishing that destroys marine ecosystems along with target species.
Unnatural Gas
- By: Ted Williams
"So-called clean natural gas fouls everything but your furnace. In a process called “hydraulic fracturing,” developed by Halliburton Company, a witches’ brew of water, sand, formaldehyde, acids, petroleum compounds and herbicides (highly toxic to fish) that discourage pump-clogging algae in wastewater ponds and tanks, is blasted into the earth at high pressure, fracturing the shale."
Simple Gifts
- By: Yvon Chouinard
FR&R’s 2009 Angler of the Year declares his move toward ultimate simplicity, on and off the water.
Conservation
- By: Ted Williams
No crisis Confronting America's fish and wildlife is more pressing and more fixable than the emasculation of the Clean Water Act. In neutering this landmark legislation, the Bush administration twisted two bizarre Supreme Court decisions into enforcement "guidance" that rendered "isolated" wetlands, headwaters, vernal pools, intermittent streams and ephemeral streams - which, together, comprise at least 60 percent of the nation's waters - unprotected.
Access Denied?
- By: Seth Norman
SPECIAL REPORT: Non-resident anglers may be regulated off B.C. steelhead rivers.
TRCP, Labor Unions Urge Leaders to Heal Habitat While Healing Economy
Submitted by Ted Williams on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 03:04.Conservationists advocate plan for improving natural resources, job market via stimulus package
WASHINGTON – In a joint letter, the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership today called on Senate leaders to swiftly pass
Angling World Loses a Voice
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
A life-long outdoorsman, Range was instrumental in the conservation and continued protection of many different corners of the American landscape and was a passionate advocate for the country’s fish and wildlife and their habitat.
Colorado Energy Leases in Critical Habitat Draw Protests
Submitted by Ted Williams on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 22:29.TRCP objects to proposed oil and gas drilling in native trout, mule deer, sage grouse habitat, urges revision of federal mineral leasing process on public lands
WASHINGTON – Spurred by concerns over the effects of energy development on valuable fish and wildlife habitat, the Theodore
Back to the Past
- By: Ted Williams
NEAR MY FISHING CAMP IN NEW Hampshire’s Rockingham County, there’s this archeological site said to have been constructed by ancient druids or their precursors. Several large, flat stones have grooves—blood grooves, we are told. Now that the site has been physically restored, a volunteer 501c3 citizens’ organization is attempting to restore historical function as well, including the sacrifice of virgins (though only on summer weekends for tour groups).
