Rick Crawford We are thrilled to announce our new blog series “The Sustainable Angler!” Our intent is educate and create more awareness about the impact things like climate change, plastic pollution, over-population and policy have on our fisheries. So, we are interviewing the biggest names in fly fishing to discuss what they are seeing…
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Top 5 Blogs of 2017
Rick Crawford 2017 was a great year here at Emerger Strategies and we appreciate you taking the time to check out our site and read our blogs! Here is our Top 5 (most read) Blogs of 2017: Wyoming Cutt Slam: Wyoming has four native species of cutthroat trout and back in 2011 me and a…

Reflecting on 2017
Like many of you, I am spending the last few days of the year reflecting on 2017, and I am grateful for all that Emerger Strategies accomplished. I am also humbled to be fulfilling my dream of marrying fly fishing and sustainability and for the opportunity to work with the greatest brands in fly fishing! …

“Simply Sustainable” Holiday Tips
Rick Crawford When I was living in Jackson Hole, WY back in 2010, I started a radio show called “Simply Sustainable” which was a 5-minute guide to living simpler, more sustainable lives on the local community radio station, 89.1 KHOL. For my very first show, I did a “Holiday Tips” show about how to minimize…

A Statement Regarding the Shrinking of our National Monuments
As I am sure you already know, President Trump has taken it upon itself to shrink Bear’s Ear National Monument by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante by roughly 50% in the name of lesser restrictions and increasing development on public lands, but rest assured, the “development” that will ensue will be a land grab for oil…

The Value of Product Transparency: Food, Clothing & Shelter
By: Rick Crawford This is a revised article that was originally published in EDC Magazine in February 2014. Product transparency is certainly a building product manufacturer industry buzzword and is also a component of LEED v4 and the Living Building Challenge; however, obtaining product declarations and documents such as: environmental product declarations (EPDs), health product…