Are you a fly fishing guide that’s concerned about the impact climate change is having on our rivers and oceans? Want to protect what you love by going carbon neutral? Of course you do! That’s why the Fly Fishing Climate Alliance and Fat Tire (the world’s 1st carbon neutral beer) have teamed up to inspire…
Category: Fly Fishing Climate Alliance
Video: The Business Case for Sustainability
Rick Crawford I have been in the sustainability field for more than a decade. More specifically, I have been in the renewable energy field as a solar installer, the alternative energy field manufacturing biodiesel and a green building consultant working for software start-ups. These days I am grateful to be living my dream marrying fly…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: NREL’s Sherry Stout
In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Sherry Stout. NREL “advances the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems” and Sherry is the Arctic Strategic Program Manager and Senior Research Engineer for NREL….
Guest Blog: An Angler’s Firsthand Account of the Impacts of Climate Change on Colorado Trout
The Fryingpan, Roaring Fork, and Colorado Rivers are each fly fishing destinations in their own right, with all of them supporting wild fish populations and legendary fishing. Whether you’re a 2 weight dry fly purist or an 8 weight streamer slinger, there’s a trout for you in one of these three Colorado streams. To me…
Shyanne Orvis Becomes Colorado’s 1st Carbon Neutral Fly Fishing Guide
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to fish and fisheries on the planet, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change (IPCC), the world would have to curb its carbon emissions by at least 49% of 2017 levels by the year 2030 and then achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in order to…
RepYourWater Releases 2020 Sustainability Report
Erie, Colo. July 9, 2021 – RepYourWater has released their 2020 Sustainability Report and continues to demonstrate leadership in the fly fishing industry by maintaining a zero-waste status, achieving carbon neutrality from their Scope 1 (direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from operations), Scope 2 (indirect GHG emissions from purchased electricity) & Scope 3 (indirect GHG…
