Public lands and clean water aren’t just good for the planet — they’re good for business. For fly fishing retailers, guides, outfitters, and brands, healthy rivers and accessible wild places are the foundation of everything we sell and everything we love. But protecting them takes more than passion. It takes organized, strategic advocacy — and…
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3 Ways to Protect What You Love (and Depend On)
How Advocacy, Giving Back, & Improving Your Company’s Sustainability Performance is The Only Way for Fishing & Outdoor Brands in the 21st Century 2026 has been an absolute dumpster fire for conservation, public lands & waters, and climate action. The Trump administration is systematically dismantling the U.S. Forest Service, NOAA, and other federal agencies that…
Emerger Strategies and Douglas Strategies to Present “Selling What Matters” at Switchback Spring 2026
How Sustainability Can Elevate the Retail Customer Experience — and Drive Sales FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charleston, SC — May 2026 Emerger Strategies, a leading sustainability consulting firm for the fishing & outdoor and specialty retail industry, announces that founder Rick Crawford will co-present a featured breakout session at Switchback Spring 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana….
Washington Just Sold Out the Boundary Waters — 20% of All National Forest Freshwater — Here’s What Anglers Can Do | Land Tawney
America’s public lands and waters are under attack — here’s what you can do about it. In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, host I sit down with Land Tawney, a 25-year conservation veteran and co-leader of American Hunters and Anglers, to break down the most pressing threats facing hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts today….
10 Years of Giving Back: How Emerger Strategies Uses Business as a Force for Good
I can honestly say that Emerger Strategies would not exist if I hadn’t picked up a copy of Let My People Go Surfing. Yvon Chouinard’s memoir about building Patagonia into a company that uses business as a tool to solve environmental and social problems didn’t just inspire me — it gave me a blueprint for…
Fly Fishing, Music, Art, & Sustainability | Inside Soul Fly Lodge & Soul Fly Charleston with Alec “Griz” Griswold
What happens when a fly fishing lodge co-founder decides the community needs more than just great water and great guides? You get Soul Fly Co. — and an event that might just change how the fly fishing world thinks about gathering. In this episode, I sit down with Alec “Griz” Griswold, co-founder of Soul Fly Co. and Soul…