by Jenny Weis | October 9, 2019 | Conservation
A good friend of mine worked with a women’s group at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago one summer during college. The federal prison famously has these tall, 5-inch wide windows, originally made to be narrow enough that they didn’t require bars. My friend told me that when new women moved in, they complained…
October 9, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited CEO, (571) 274-0601 Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited Alaska program director, (907) 230-7121 Trout Unlimited sues EPA over removal of Bristol Bay protections Sportsmen argue EPA ignored sound science, prioritized advancement of Pebble mine over fishing industry. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Trout Unlimited, represented pro bono by Sheppard, Mullin,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited CEO, (571) 274-0601 Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited Alaska program director, (907) 230-7121 Trout Unlimited sues EPA over removal of Bristol Bay protections Sportsmen argue EPA ignored sound science, prioritized advancement of Pebble mine over fishing industry. ANCHORAGE, AK – Trout Unlimited, represented pro bono by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton…
Explorers, hunters, anglers, hikers, climbers, campers and s’mores artists alike benefit from the bounty of Alaska’s public lands for some of our best memories, the fullness of our chest freezers, or our most engaging tales of misadventure. As such, we assume the responsibility of being active stewards of the land and ethical facilitators when introducing new participants to pursuits on our national commons.
The canoe had been sitting for a while. For the better part of two decades it had served me well, dutifully getting me down Appalachian rivers on trips during which trout, bass and sometimes even ducks and geese were the quarry. But then, about two years ago, I finally made the leap into the raft…
After issuing a harsh warning to the Army Corps of Engineers at a Bristol Bay salmon event last week, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski followed up by introducing report language in to the Senate Appropriations committee yesterday morning that called on the Corps to make significant changes to Pebble’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Climate scientists have been correct so far and it is likely that we will see this un-seasonable weather pattern more frequently. The question Alaskan anglers should be wondering is, how resilient are our world class fisheries?