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ALASKA: “Red Gold” Soon to be Historical Footage

Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Other Blogs, Save the World, Travel, Worthless Opinions, tagged , , , on August 30, 2008 | No Comments »

This headline says it pretty well: Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water
So, you may say to yourself, we can’t address this on a local level, we’re not even remotely close to being residents of Alaska. But could this play out differently as part of the national political platform? After taking in your daily [...]

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NEW YORK: Power Plant Fish Slaughter

Posted in Freshwater, Northeast, Save the World, tagged , , , on August 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Who would have thought that sucking billions of gallons of water a day would have a negative impact on the fish that live in that water? Great words from a spokesman from Entergy, the company that runs the Indian Point nuclear power plant, that most are eggs and fated to die anyway.

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NORTH CAROLINA: More Wanton Gill Net Savagery

Posted in Fly Fishing, Inshore, Other Blogs, Save the World, tagged , , , on August 29, 2008 | No Comments »

More from Capt. Gordon, and how to help him stop it.

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STRIPED BASS: Reference Points Explained

Posted in Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Other Blogs, Save the World, tagged , , on August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

John McMurray deciphers the new striped bass “reference points” approved by the Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board.
Here’s the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission document he explains.

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FLORIDA: Flamingo Coming Back Eco-style

Posted in Florida, Save the World, Travel, tagged , on August 15, 2008 | No Comments »

Via the Day Tripper:
After being waylaid by the last round of hurricanes in Aught Five, the Flamingo lodge has laid dormant like a ghost town at the gateway to some serious fishing. Now they’re going to rebuild it in an eco-friendly manner. Sign me up when it comes to pass.

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PETITION: No Mines in Waterton-Glacier

Posted in Save the World, tagged , , , , , , on August 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The following link is a petition targeted to the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., asking to stop any plans for mountain top coal removal and methane extraction from the pristine park region. (Of note to fly fishermen should be the threat to bull trout and westslope cutthroats.)
Here’s some of the backstory. 
Here’s an Associated Press story.

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COSTA RICA: Commercial Fishing Bombing Run

Posted in Offshore, Other Blogs, Save the World, Travel, tagged , , on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »

Imagine that while you’re fishing for yellowfin, you are bombarded by small explosives dropped from a helicopter working for a commercial purse seiner. Sounds utterly absurd, but watch this video… it happened in Costa Rica.

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CHESAPEAKE: Monitor Buoys Vandalized

Posted in Inshore, Other Blogs, Save the World, tagged , , on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »

John Page Williams is a colleague, a fine angler, and, with his work for CBF, one of the most upstanding citizens in conservation. Stop shooting up his buoys.

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The Hypocracy of PeTA

Posted in Other Blogs, Save the World, Stupid Stuff, tagged , , on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

What’s worse, an angler who releases more than 90 percent of the fish he catches, or a so-called animal rights organization that kills more than 90 percent of the animals in its care?
Link via Fly Fishing in Yellowstone.

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Gill Nets Kill Without Discrimination

Posted in Fly Fishing, Inshore, Other Blogs, Save the World, tagged , , , on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(Via FlyFishMagazine) Down in North Carolina, Capt. Gordon Churchill has developed a pretty nice niche sight fishing for redfish, only to see it threatened my indiscriminate gill netting practices. To fight back, he’s created a facebook page to rally support for changing the rules. Check it out.

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