I recently wrote an article on that was originally published by Angling Trade in their September Newsletter regarding how the fly fishing industry has an opportunity to become the first truly sustainable industry. First, the industry will need to decide what it means to be sustainable and then take action to begin minimizing its environmental impact….
Category: Conservation
Lessons Learned: A Montana Fly Fishing Adventure
By: Rick Crawford In September 2011 my fishing buddy, Benjy Duke, and I headed to Montana for a week-long fly fishing adventure. We were living in Jackson, WY at the time and had spent the summer working for the Wyoming Game & Fish Department as Aquatic Invasive Species Technician’s. We spent an entire summer parked…
Douglas Tompkins: Wild Legacy
[kad_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/172053488″ ] We are always looking for ways to stay inspired and the film ‘Wild Legacy’ on the life of Douglas Tompkins certainly does the trick.
Emerger Strategies: Why are We in Business?
After doing some research on the fly-fishing industry I observed a trend that many of the more well-known brands donate money and time to conservation groups, but aren’t necessarily doing anything to alter their own behavior to minimize risks associated with climate change and population increase. How could an industry that is so dependent on a…
Want to Change the World?
As I sit here writing this blog, the climate that affects us all is changing. Some of these changes are irreversible. However, some of the changes happening to our climate are reversible, and we can make an impact by acting now. It is a choice, but I believe most people are good, and given the…
Why We Signed the ‘Climate Change & Ocean Acidification’ Petition
We signed the ‘Climate Change & Ocean Acidification’ Petition created by Conservation Hawks because we love to fish, and selfishly, want to protect what we love. The fact of the matter is that the debate on climate change is over. And even though humans are causing climate change, at least according to 97% of climate…