Rick Crawford In last week’s Part 2: Plastic-Free Camping in Everglades National…Groceries I provided some tips to eliminate single-use plastics while doing your grocery shopping. This week I am going to focus on how I tried to eliminate single-use plastics from my camping gear.
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Plastic-Free Camping in Everglades National Park: Part 2…Groceries
Rick Crawford As previously mentioned in Plastic-Free Camping in Everglades National Park: Part 1, a few friends I grew up with from Savannah, GA get together for an annual fishing and camping trip to Everglades National Park. It’s a great escape as there is no cell phone service, the landscape is utterly unique and the…
Plastic-Free Camping in Everglades National Park: Part 1
Rick Crawford Every year some friends and I head down to Everglades National Park for a fishing and camping trip. It’s a great escape and a highly anticipated adventure, but I started thinking about how much single-use plastic and waste is generated on these camping trips. I always practice leave no trace principles and recycle…
Best Handling Practices for Catch & Release Tarpon
Rick Crawford Like many of you this time of year I get fishing fever. But not just any fever…tarpon fever! My friends and I make our annual pilgrimage to Everglades National Park to attempt to deceive a backcountry tarpon with chicken feathers that result in newfound explosions in the ocean and bays.
RepYourWater Aims to Donate $50K to Conservation Partners in 2017!
By: Rick Crawford Did you know that RepYourWater has kicked over $70,000 to its conservation partners since its inception six years ago? And now, they are raising the bar by setting an ambitious goal to donate $50,000 in 2017 towards their nonprofit partners! If you are not familiar with RepYourWater, they are a premiere fly…
It’s Now Or Neverglades, So What Can You Do To Help?
We are very grateful and would like to thank Orvis for the opportunity to support the film “The Balance.” The Everglades are in danger and to learn more please watch this excellent short film on what is happening in Florida and the Everglades: [kad_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SRXhPbgjV0″ ]