Wild Fish Don’t Ride in Trucks

In this Sacramento Bee op-ed, Yvon Chouinard and Matt Stoecker explain why a proposed trap and haul program is the wrong way to save salmon on California's Yuba River.

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Local conservationists also oppose the plan to truck salmon. 

Don of the Dirtbags: An Interview with Yvon Chouinard

Yvon Chouinard has been wearing the same flannel shirt for 20 years. The 75-year-old conservationist, out-of-the-box thinker, athlete and craftsman is also anti-consumerism, always pushing Patagonia, the company he founded, to find solutions to the global environmental crisis.

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BC Coast Steelhead: Part 2

Now with fish pix!

Part two of Dylan Tomine's story on his recent remote coastal BC steelhead trip with YC and Will.

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BC Coast Steelhead

Patagonia Fly Fishing Ambassagdor Dylan Tomine is just back from a little visit to the remote central coast of British Columbia with his good buddy, Yvon.

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DamNation - Yvon Chouinard In Conversation with Ed Douglas

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has a free-wheeling conversation with journalist, Ed Douglas on his latest film, DamNation, US politics, and his dirt bag days of climbing. Q and A with DamNation filmmakers Ben Knight, Travis Rummel, and Matt Stoecker follows.

How the founder of clothier Patagonia became an opponent of dams

The Globe and Mail profiles Yvon Chouinard and his recent dam busting efforts.

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