Patagonia Environmental + Social Initiatives 2015

In the conventional model of philanthropy, the big funders—corporations and foundations—mainly support big professional environmental groups. The large national organizations (those with budgets over $5 million) are doing important work but they make up just 2% of all environmental groups, yet receive more than 50% of all environmental grants and donations.

Meanwhile, funding the environmental movement at a grassroots level—where change happens from the bottom up and lasts—has never been more important. But these groups continue to be woefully underfunded.

The funding paradigm is out of balance. Patagonia aims to change it.

LINK (via: The Cleanest Line)

To see the full breadth of Patagonia's environmental and social initiatives for 2015, check out their digital booklet or pick up a printed copy from a Patagonia store near you.

Friends don’t let friends fish for albies

I am planning to make an independent film, and I need financial backers. Auditions for lead roles and supporting cast members begin Sunday, the start of the 70th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. The title of the film is “Dr. Jekyll and Albie Fisherman Mr. Hyde."

LINK (via:MV Times)

FALL 2015 Collection by Howler Brothers

Italian Fishermen Caught in Mega Hailstorm

Wow

(via: Outdoorhub)

200,000 trout die at American River Hatchery

More than 200,000 rainbow trout suffocated in a matter of minutes Tuesday at the American River Hatchery near Rancho Cordova due to an unexpected release of gunk from Folsom Dam that clogged water intakes.

LINK (via:The Sacremento Bee)

A shame that high tech hatchery filtration system you see in the embedded video was not designed to deal with gunk coming into the hatchery.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article34416483.html#storylink=cp

Zhupanova - A Kamchatka River Adventure

From Matt Jones and Tailwaters Travel

The Zhupanova is perhaps the most beautiful and scenic river in Kamchatka. Its close proximity to Petropavlovsk (one hour by helicopter) and its huge Rainbows make it perhaps the most popular river on the peninsula. The average trout living in the Zhupanova is a solid twenty-five inches! Later in the season around the first week of August, huge white spotted char known as Khundza arrive which average around twenty-seven inches and some of these veracious critters easily bust thirty-five inches and are a rod breaking fight on a seven weight. Of course there is also enormous runs of all five species of salmon (particularly the silver or Coho), however most anglers soon discover that they are in search of the huge rainbows and do not pay any attention to the salmon. Also found in excessive numbers are aggressive dolly varden that are easy to catch, make for good photos, and will grab a mouse or flesh fly with abandon.

Filmed with Sony FS700 & Odyssey 7Q+, Canon 5DMKIII
Music - Serac - Luke Atencio
Down By the River - Milky Chance