Frackalypse

Gas fracking companies revealed in a private PR conference that they're using military psychological warfare tactics (Psyops) on U.S. soil, and described citizens concerned about fracking's threat to health, water and the climate as "an insurgency."

Robert Redford: Save Bristol Bay

Bobby Redford makes the case for Bristol Bay in this LA Times op-ed.

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Tarpon Teaser

T-shirt of the Week

via: Just a girl from Georgia

Ask Mr Cullen about gillnetters killing steelhead and he goes very quiet

The North Coast Steelhead Alliance highlights opposition to new reporting regulations for commercial fisherman in Northern BC.

The new regulations were put in place by the Department of Fisheries and Ocean in response to Marine Stewardship Council certification of the fishery. One of the conditions for certification set by the MSC was that all bycatch, especially steelhead, need to be properly accounted for.

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Maybe I’ve watched A River Runs Through It a few too many times

I know that the term for a skier who doesn’t have a clue what he is doing is a gaper, but what is the term for someone who doesn’t have a clue about fly fishing? 

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