Rick Crawford If you’ve ever had the privilege of catching a wild cutthroat trout, then you know the difference between a wild trout and a hatchery fish immediately. Wild cutthroat are as fiesty as they are beautiful and the Rio Grande cutthroat is no exception and they are also responsible for saving Questa, New Mexico…
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The Sustainable Angler Podcast: April Vokey
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview angler, guide and Anchored podcast host April Vokey. We chat about fishing in British Columbia and Australia, where April spends half of her year these days; making fishing fun for kids; and discuss how it’s ok to be overwhelmed and feel helpless with the…
Sustainable Business Workshop at Tailwater Lodge
Rick Crawford THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO COVID-19. THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS WORKSHOP WILL BE RESCHEDULED, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED. I couldn’t be more thrilled to begin offering Sustainable Business Workshops at fly fishing lodges around the US and Caribbean. We have several workshops in the works, but the first…
Bonefish Before Breakfast
Rick Crawford I was swinging in a hammock listening to the vibrant green and red-throated Abaco Parrots squawking while also admiring the pink oleanders that surrounded me. I was perfectly content. Well, more than content in fact, as I had just landed the biggest bonefish of the trip and I hadn’t even had breakfast. It…
The Sustainable Angler: Aspen Skiing Company SVP Sustainability Auden Schendler
Rick Crawford Back in 2009, when I was working in a t-shirt shop in Steamboat, CO trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life in the midst of the Great Recession, I came across a book in the Bud Werner Memorial Library called Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler and…
Our NEW 2020 Sustainability Products & Services!
Rick Crawford I started my business in 2016 because I wanted to protect what I love and I am very proud of the progress Emerger Strategies has made in helping to solve the greatest threat to our fisheries and our planet, which is climate change. If you are unfamiliar, Emerger Strategies is a sustainable business…
