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…
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The Sustainable Angler Podcast: John R. Childress
In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview Senior Executive Advisor on Leadership, Culture and Strategy Execution Issues, Business Author and Advisor to CEOs, John R. Childress. I have the honor of being included in his latest book, Fly Fishing for Leadership, and we take a deep dive into the “Stewardship and Sustainability” chapter, discuss systems-thinking and…

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…

Guest Blog: Taking a Closer Look: Marshland
By Aaron Wood Analyzing the habitats that are both prized as a fishery and an integral part of our broader ecosystem. By the time March 1st comes around I’m fiending in a way that has left my wife, friends, and coworkers wondering if it’s time for an intervention. While I’m not off selling plasma or…

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…