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Stream champion: Bernard “Bud” Nagelvoort
It was a sultry day in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the combination of heat and humidity creating a heat index that’s uncomfortable at best, dangerous at worst. Sitting in his comfortably air-conditioned home near the Shenandoah River, Bernard “Bud” Nagelvoort was glad he already got his workout in. “I already got my run in,” he said…
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A champion for one of the Lahontan cutthroat’s last native holdouts
After 5 miles of mountain biking, I rigged up my fly rod, observed my surroundings, dapped a parachute Adams onto the surface of the 2-foot-wide creek and pulled a 15-inch Lahontan cutthroat into my net. The mountain bike wasn’t mine. I borrowed it from Dave Sarazin. He also supplied the maps, the fly recommendations and numerous teaser photos in the leadup to my trip to the…
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Building resilient rivers and communities
Generally speaking, hitchhiking in remote, mountainous areas is probably not a good idea. Simply put, there are a lot more bad possibilities than good ones. It’s certainly not a situation where one might expect to find a job that would change the direction of their life. But in 2019, somewhere between Wyoming’s Wind River Range and Teton Valley, Idaho, in the passenger seat of…
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Defining moments on the Truckee
The indicator dipped below the milky green waters of Northern Nevada’s Truckee River. Riley Roberts pulled hard on his 10-foot 4-weight. He looked at the water through the green mirror of his sunglasses. “Fish? No, maybe a stick?” he wondered with a laugh. “Wait, what? What is that?” As the line slowly lifted out of…
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A little motivation goes a long way
What parent hasn’t dangled a reward in hopes of encouraging a child to accomplish something? Chris Myhrum fondly remembers such an enticement from his childhood. “Our neighbors had a pool with no shallow end,” he said. “I’d jump in and just hang on the edge. My dad said, ‘If you swim across this pool, I’ll…
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Catching salmon & restoring habitat in the Tongass
Aaron Prussian was chasing salmon 50 miles offshore in a remote part of Southeast Alaska, getting battered by intense weather. As he headed towards land, the sea suddenly calmed and the water turned glass. A fur seal broke the surface, playfully following the boat and flipping through the air. Albatross and storm petrels flew overhead.…
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TU’s resident river doctor on finding a prognosis for the Colorado
Meet, Dr. Sara Porterfield.
Meet, Dr. Sara Porterfield. With a PhD in transnational history of the Colorado River Basin and a background as a raft guide with the Colorado Outward Bound School, Porterfield brings a unique perspective to both the high-level policy discussions happening about the future of this watershed and the impacts of the historically low water levels…
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