Major Environmental Victory in Chile!

Huge news from Chile!

“Chile’s Committee of Ministers – the country’s highest administrative authority – has cancelled the environmental permits for the five-dam hydropower project, HidroAysén, effectively stopping the scheme that threatened the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia.” –Emily Jovais, International Rivers

LINK (via:The Cleanest Line)

March 2014 SOTM Entry: Chilean Swamp Creature

Chummist David Burgher, with a Chilean brown he met while exploring the country after his guide season.

April SOTM Submission: S. Hemi Brown

Gerlof van den Berg hoists some kype from a Chilean lagoon.

March SOTM Entry: Sea Run Brown

Spencer Dixon ran into a whole lotta kype in the Southern Hemi.

Feb. SOTM Submission: Chilean Troot

Gabriel Undurraga getting it done in a southern hemi spring creek.

May Slab of the Month Entry: Chilean Brown Trout

Dutch Gerlof went to Chile for several months - living as a trout bum.  He returned home a happy man.