Everywhere on the planet, trout need cold, clean, oxygen-rich water to survive and climate change is an obvious threat to all cold-water species. In fact, according to a 2020 report by the NC Institute for Climate Science, by 2060, Western North Carolina will likely see 10-20 more days a year when temperatures are above 95…
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Fly Fishing Climate Alliance x Fat Tire Launch Fishable Future Guide Contest
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…
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….
Climate Change Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying – IPCC
GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some…
The Business Case for Measuring & Reducing your Carbon Footprint
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) we must halve global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2050 in order to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. In order to reduce our GHG emissions, it makes sense to first measure them because what gets measured, gets managed….
Kyle Schaefer of Soul Fly Outfitters Achieves Carbon Neutrality…Again!
Rick Crawford I am proud to have worked with Kyle Schaefer of Soul Fly Outfitters for the second year in a row to calculate his guiding operations carbon footprint and provide a pathway through carbon neutrality. I am also stoked to know people like Kyle, who are willing to do whatever it takes to protect…