ENVIRONMENT: Rivers in Trouble
Posted in Freshwater, Northeast, Save the World on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Sucks ass to see the river that’s a part of my family, the St. Lawrence, listed in the 10 Most Endangered in the US.
Posted in Freshwater, Northeast, Save the World on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Sucks ass to see the river that’s a part of my family, the St. Lawrence, listed in the 10 Most Endangered in the US.
Posted in Save the World, tagged invasive species on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A new technique for curtailing invasive species.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Offshore, Save the World, Travel on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Stripers Forever has a silent auction for a school bluefin tuna trip in Maine.
Posted in Freshwater, Save the World, tagged Alaska, Auction, Bristol Bay, Sportsmans Alliance on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…Only people with their money intact to bid again. The Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska has more items up for bid today, Wednesday, and Friday, rolling that way until June 18th, with your cash going towards the Fight to Save Bristol Bay.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Save the World, Travel, tagged Alaska, Bristol Bay, No Pebble Mine on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
The Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska is auctioning off a motherload of stuff, from fishing trips to rods, reels, shades, gear, art…anything related to fly fishing that you can get your mitts on.
The good thing is you can go decadent and spend way too much on fly fishing like you already do anyway, but this it’s [...]
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Save the World, Travel on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited has posted a petition calling for a multi-State management plan for tarpon. Here’s the case for better regulations for these fish:
Through a satellite tagging program run by Dr. Jerry Ault and the Rosenstiel School from the University of Miami, scientists confirmed that tarpon are highly migrational, with some swimming as far [...]
Posted in Freshwater, Save the World on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Wired Magazine has an article about the world’s impending freshwater problem.
The article spotlights three regions in the developed world: the American Southwest, southeastern England, and southeastern Australia.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Save the World, tagged bluefish, Casting For Recovery, striped bass, weakfish on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Fifth Annual Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Tournament, a charity event benefitting Casting For Recovery, will take place on May 3rd. The Tournament operates out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, where contestants can chase stipers, bluefish, and weakfish. It’s catch and release, and the proceeds go to Casting For Recovery to help women with [...]
Posted in Inshore, Northeast, Save the World, tagged Broadwater, Long Island Sound on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
From Newsday, new Governor David Paterson is expected to reject the Broadwater Liquified Natural Gas Terminal for Long Island Sound. From the article:
Paterson is also expected to say that it would not guarantee low-cost natural gas for Long Island, that it would disrupt commercial and recreational fishing and that it would, in essence, turn over [...]
Posted in Freshwater, Inshore, Northeast, Offshore, Save the World on April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Migratory fish can hopefully spawn in the Carman’s River once again.