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  • Enviros protest House appropriations bill that contains major cuts to environmental programs
    The Colorado Independent
    By Scot Kersgaard
    July 25, 2011
    The U.S. House is expected to vote this week, perhaps today, on a package of cuts to environmental programs that some Coloradans find simply unacceptable. Among the cuts, spending on climate change programs would be cut by more than $80 million or...
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  • Inaugural Coon Creek Trout Festival hopes to boost tourism
    WXOW
    July 23, 2011
    The first annual Coon Creek Trout Festival kicked off Saturday morning in Coon Valley.
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  • Bill Takes Aim at Sporting Heritage
    Fly Fisherman Magazine
    By Ross Purnell, Editor
    July 21, 2011
    The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) yesterday joined Trout Unlimited and a host of other sporting and conservation organizations in opposing the so-called Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act, which would remove all protections...
  • Another twist in the roadless saga
    Summit County Citizens Voice
    By Bob Berwyn
    July 20, 2011
    In another twist to the seemingly endless saga of roadless land management, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy has introduced legislation that would lift what he calls restrictive management practices on inventoried roadless areas and terminate...
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  • The lifeblood of water
    Cortez Journal
    By Kimberly Benedict
    July 16, 2011
    If the wilderness is the heart of a people, the river is their lifeblood. In the river and its tributaries is the force that gives energy to the land and binds itself to the lives of those who visit.
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  • Secret Lake in Michigan Yields Great Bluegills
    Tri-City Herald
    By Eric Sharp
    July 14, 2011
    We all do our share of dumb things during our lives. One of mine was not coming back for 15 years to this tiny northern Michigan pond where I used to enjoy some of the best bluegill fishing I've known.  Dave Smethurst, a founder of the...
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  • Sportsmen Support Common-Sense Energy Planning to Conserve Fish and Wildlife Habitat
    AmmoLand
    July 13, 2011
    In response to criticism by some Western lawmakers of a new federal energy-planning protocol, a coalition of prominent sportsman-conservation groups today reasserted the need for balanced public-lands energy leasing that enables responsible...
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  • Kids Learn the Arts and Fun of Fly Fishing with Trout Unlimited
    Summit Daily
    By Janice Kurbjun
    July 12, 2011
    Six students, ages 10 to 14, from Snowsports Outreach Society were fitted with waders and boots at Breckenridge Outfitters several weeks ago before heading to the Upper Blue River to learn to fly fish with Trout Unlimited (TU) Gore Range Chapter...
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  • Roadless Areas Are Essential to Fly Fishing
    Field & Stream Fly Talk
    By Kirk Deeter
    July 12, 2011
    It's an old axiom that the farther "off the beaten path" an angler goes, the better fishing that angler will find. Being willing to use your feet to put the crowds behind you is the real key to finding trout that eagerly eat dry flies.
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  • Fish & Boat Commission to sell gas leases
    Wall Street Journal
    July 11, 2011
    State officials are opening thousands of acres of public land around streams and lakes to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, partly to provide revenue for crucial repairs to dams. Water from state-owned lakes will also be sold to drilling...
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  • Fly Fishing Event Takes Youth from ‘Street to Stream’
    The Carlisle Sentinel
    By Erica Dolson
    June 30, 2011
    Last summer, after two days on the water, Chet Hagenbarth noticed a change in the young man he was mentoring. His demeanor shifted - he became more enthusiastic and began asking questions about Hagenbarth's career as an engineer, Hagenbarth,...
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  • Conservation Group Seeks Freeze
    Centre Daily Times
    By Anne Danahy
    June 30, 2011
    Three local conservation groups are calling on state legislators from central Pennsylvania to back a moratorium on new gas drilling and to take more steps to protect the environment as the industry grows in the Marcellus Shale region.
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  • Peaceful Waters Soothe War Wounds
    The Durango Herald
    By Dale Rodebaugh
    June 30, 2011
    The mission of Project Healing Waters is to give back to those who gave.  It’s done through fly-fishing, as was evident Tuesday, when 15 active-duty or discharged members of the armed forces – all with disabilities – tried their luck on Hermosa...
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  • Alaskans Want Salmon Habitat Protected, Survey Says
    Alaska Dispatch
    June 29, 2011
    A new poll by the Alaska chapter of The Nature Conservancy of some 500 registered voters shows overwhelming statewide support for policies protecting salmon habitat across the state. Ninety-six percent of Alaskans surveyed said salmon are essential...
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  • Alaskan Voice Strong Support for Salmon Habitat
    Bristol Bay Times
    June 28, 2011
    A new poll by the Alaska chapter of The Nature Conservancy of some 500 registered voters shows overwhelming statewide support for policies protecting salmon habitat across the state.
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  • Effort to Form Task Force for Wyoming Lake Under Fire
    The Durango Herald
    By Catherine Tsai
    June 27, 2011
    Officials representing Colorado river basins will meet Wednesday to consider forming a task force that would study proposals to build a water pipeline from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir to serve Colorado cities. Some conservationists say it’s a...
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  • Outdoor Experience for Veterans
    Your News Now Rochester
    By Mike Hedeen
    June 26, 2011
    About 20 patients from the Veterans Administration Medical Center are giving fly fishing a try. For most, this is a new experience.  “You get out here and you're in nature you're not thinking about it all the time, you know?" said Jason Hunt....
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  • One year late, $46 Million Fairbanks Fish Hatchery Remains Sidelined by Water Quality Problems
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    By Tim Mowry
    June 26, 2011
    As manager of the new, and as yet unopened, $46 million Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery, Gary George has heard plenty of alternative uses for the cavernous 56,300-square-foot building on Wilbur Street. Two of the most common are a waterslide park...
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  • Sportsmen Concerned About Gas Development
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    By Shannon M. Nass
    June 26, 2011
    The natural gas drilling industry has arrived full force into the Marcellus Shale region, sparking debate among environmentalists and economists. Recently, a growing number of sportsmen and women have joined the conversation, raising concerns about...
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  • Critics of Crawford County Well Still Wary
    LaCrosse Tribune
    By Chris Hubbuch
    June 25, 2011
    A Crawford County landowner’s proposal to drill a high-capacity well for “emergency water bottling purposes” still worries some neighbors, despite proposed government restrictions designed to mitigate the well’s environmental impacts.
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