Steelhead Film Shoot

The goal was simple: Travel to nearly untouched, far-northern waters to make a conservation film centered around steelhead.

LINK (via:Dylan Tomine)

Restoration Spotlight: The Little Juniata

A Pennsylvania river that once was an "open sewer" is being restored with the help of fishermen, paddlers and others who belong to the Little Juniata River Association, led by Bill Anderson of Altoona, Pa. The nonprofit has helped establish roughly five miles of public fishing easements along the river, which now offers Class A wild brown trout habitat.

TAKE ACTION: Two minutes can help protect 14,000 miles of Oregon streams.

Photo: Shane Anderson

An important call to action from TU.

The Oregon Board of Forestry (BOF) will soon decide whether to increase Oregon’s riparian buffers. These buffers supply cool water in the heat of summer, water necessary for steelhead, trout, salmon and other organisms important to Oregon rivers and streams.

Currently, Oregon requires only a 20 foot buffer -- far smaller than neighboring states, and according to the science, woefully inadequate as a means of providing the necessary cool water on which these species depend.

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The fish that's a real 'bastard'

Photo: Fish's Fly and Sportfishing

It's a variety of sweetlips but nothing sweet seems comes from the mouths of anglers trying to land this fish from tropical north Australia.

Recently identified as a new species, the elusive blue bastard gets its name due to it being so hard to catch.

LINK (via:The Sydney Morning Herald)

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.

Bahamas Announces New Marine National Parks

Some good news coming out of the Bahamas courtesy of Bonefish Tarpon Trust.

We are pleased to share good news from the Bahamas. The Minister of the Environment, Kenred Dorsett, recently announced the creation of numerous new marine parks in the Bahamas. Among the new designations are parks on Grand Bahama and Abaco that have been the focus of efforts by BTT collaborators Bahamas National Trust, Abaco Fly Fishing Guides Association, Friends of the Environment, and many guides and lodges.

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