John Gierach’s about to push his 16th book out the door, and he’s supporting it with a limited book tour.
If you’re one of the lucky few who lives near the right city (the tour touches down in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, with a trip to Orvis in Vermont), then consider making plans to see fly […]

Something Fishy is the latest book from Fly Rod & Reel’s environmental writer Ted Williams, and if it’s anything like the columns he writes for FR&R and Audubon, I’m due for a wild ride (I’m ordering a copy).
Published in October 2007, I made a note to get a copy and promptly lost the note, though […]

Regarded as an anachronism just a decade ago, Orvis is moving into the 21st century in a big way (they’re even using Live Chat features on their commerce site).
They just announced a pair of podcasts (essentially on-demand audio recordings): one aimed at fly fishermen, and one at dogs (like most people, we have […]

All too often, environmental groups and sportsmen find themselves at odds — an astonishing circumstance given that both groups are looking to enjoy the fruits of healthy environment.
The Sierra Club has decided to bridge that gap with a new site called The Sierra Sportsmen, and they’re launching it with a $500 photo contest.

They’ve also […]

PacifiCorp — the Underground’s least-favorite utility because of its bid to hold onto the Klamath’s Salmon-destroying damns — agreed to refrain from running their Link River Dam hydroelectric project during the months when the project kills endangered fish species (this project is located in Klamath Falls).
Fans of corporate spin will no doubt find the following […]

Dan Bacher does a beautiful job of summarizing a recent (and complex) legal ruling by Federal Judge Wagner denying a plan to export more water from the California Delta — even as salmon, steelhead, and other fish populations are in a state of collapse:
Federal judge Oliver Wanger today tossed out a controversial water plan that […]

The Lower Sacramento River’s been closed to boat traffic due to an ill-planned construction project at the Cypress Street bridge, so plan your lower Sacramento trips accordingly.
A citizen’s advisory group recommended boaters be prevented from floating under the bridge at 10,000 cfs flows, but the Redding City Council dropped those numbers to 7,000 cfs, and […]

As expected, the collapse of salmon stocks in the Sacramento River has resulted in the cancellation of the salmon season off the California and Oregon coasts (only limited recreational Coho salmon fishing will be allowed off central Oregon).
The news wires are crawling with stories, suppositions, animosity and outright rage, though the collapse of the final […]

What do you do when you implement special “artificials-only, one-fish limit” regulations and they produce a 135% increase in trout populations?
If you’re the moronic easily influenced folks in charge of fisheries at the Prarie River in Wisconsin, your course is clear; you lift the regulations on a critical five-mile section of river (more than 30 […]

Via the Aquafornia blog:
To help prevent the spread of invasive mussels that can impact the fishery and damage water conveyance systems, all boats entering Crowley Lake this year will be thoroughly inspected, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently announced. Boats showing signs of contamination with invasive mussels, or found to contain […]

Anonymous sources have revealed startling news to the Trout Underground New Bureau: Nestle Waters of North America and Westlands Irrigation District have agreed to merge, forming a single multinational bent on world domination of water supplies.
An anonymous Nestle source said the idea for the merger came about after a round of golf between the Westlands […]

From the formerly bikini-fishing-chick posting deviants at the Getoutdoors Blog (GoBlog) comes a Salt Lake Tribune story that suggests leaving the big, heavy firearm at home might be your best bet when it comes to bear protection:
If you’re roaming bear country, your best protection against an unpleasant encounter is a can of bear spray, not […]