Category Archives: Conservation
Saturday Shoutout / Sanctuary
Rivers have saved a great many angler. Sometimes anglers must save rivers. This beautiful film tells the story of ninety-five year old World War II veteran Frank Moore and how he was born again on the North Umpqua. Now it’s Franks mission to see the North...
Saturday Shoutout / Thanks Perk
Here is a digital copy of a full page ad in the Miami Herald, an open letter to Governor Rick Scott and the FL legislature from Orvis CEO Perk Perkins. It’s refreshing, in these days of corporate excess, to see a company and it’s leaders put...
A Resource Worth Fighting For
On April 12th, the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee approved Bill 10 to build a reservoir to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges. Finally we are close to some meaningful action, which could help restore the premier U.S. fishery. Clean waters and natural flows are one of the most...
Peanut bonefish, shifting baselines and Florida’s water crisis
By Sandy Moret The flats of Islamorada and Florida Bay once boasted some of the finest bonefishing on our watery planet, due to the lush seagrass that held tons of delicious bonefish cuisine like shrimp, crabs and toadfish galore. Toadfish were a major part of the...
Saturday Shoutout / 4 Is Enough
Brian O’Keefe has something on his mind and it isn’t how many steelhead he can catch. This article from Wild Steelheaders United might just be the birth of a movement. At a meeting of folks interested in steelhead conservation, Brian stood up and declared, “Four is...