Craig Mathews This article was originally published on Craig’s blog, Yellowstone Conservation and Fly Fishing with Craig Mathews. I will be posting and sharing more articles from Fly Fishing Climate Alliance Members about why they are acting on climate change, so stay tuned. Special thanks to Craig for his leadership and for writing such an…
Mending the Line Blog
Protecting What We Love by Taking Action on Climate Change
Rick Crawford I was introduced to fly fishing in 2008 while working on a guest ranch in Wyoming and immediately fell in love with the sport. You could even say fly fishing healed me in some ways, but I believe that’s because fly fishing expanded my understanding, appreciation and respect for nature. Whether the fish…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: SC Aquarium Director of Conservation Albert George
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview South Carolina Aquarium Director of Conservation Albert George and we talk about everything from climate mitigation and adaptation strategies in Charleston and the Lowcountry, such as green infrastructure; the Resiliency Initiative for Coastal Education (R.I.C.E); how climate change is impacting the Gullah Geechee people…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Wil Flack of BelizeFly
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I inerview Wil Flack of BelizeFly and we talk about everything from catching the travel bug and how Wil sailed all over the world; environmental threats to our fisheries such as climate change, plastic pollution, and in Belize, gill nets; and also some success stories such…
Trout Unlimited Releases Climate Change Survey Results
Rick Crawford Trout Unlimited just released their Climate Change Survey and the results are clear. If you are in the fly fishing industry, your customers care about the climate change impact on trout. What’s also clear is that anglers want climate action. Here are the results: “More than 85 percent of TU member respondents think…
Trouble on the Firehole River
Rick Crawford As Benjy and I cracked open a couple of cold beers next to our car in Yellowstone National Park as the sun was about to disappear for the day, we realized just how lucky we were to have made it back to the car at all. It was June 2011 and my fishing…