Vermont’s First Inaugural TU Trout Camp 2011

Photo: Kurt Budlinger

Warren Coleman reports on Vermont TU's 1st Annual Trout Camp which was supported by Patagonia.

LINK (Via: The Cleanest Line)

Maybe Lady Gaga is available that day?

The National Park Service invited Jon Bon Jovi and Neil Young to perform at a September event marking the Elwha Dam removal project. No harm extending an invite right? I mean who wants listen to a bunch of politicians drone on and on about restoring the Elwah when you could be rocking out to Living on a Prayer or Cinnamon Girl.

Bon Jovi declined and Neil's people have yet to respond.

LINK (Via: The Seattle Times)

Three Days of Fish, Fun, & Music

Brought to you by the Renewable Resource Foundation, Salmonstock is a celebration of Alaskan salmon and the people who depend upon them.

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Rogue Alaska glacier getting people's attention

Photo: Chris Larsen

Income that Yakutat guides depend on from guiding for Situk River steelhead could be threatened if the Hubbard Glacier rams into Gilbert Point closing Russel Fiord. 

“It gets close many years at this time,” Larsen said. “This is closer than usual, but, on the other hand, there have been predictions made before about it closing off and it did not. When it does close, and if it stays closed, then that will be a very big deal and a real bummer for a lot of people.”

LINK (Via: SitNews)

Fly Fishing Fair and Open House at Western Rivers Flyfisher

The crew at Western Rivers in Salt Lake City will be hosting their annual Fly Fishing Fair and Open House on June 10 and 11th.

Brent Prettyman at the Salt Lake Tribune has all the details.

“The generators may be powering down, but the river is about to power up.”

                          Kevin Yancy, the power plant’s foreman

A major milestone on the Elwah.

Today federal workers will shut off the turbines on the two Elwah River dams and set in motion the largest dam removal project in U.S. history

LINK (Via: The News Tribune)