Pebble Mine Permit Denied, Conservationists Seek to Bury it Forever

The fiercely contested Pebble Mine will not receive a critical federal permit, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Wednesday. This action likely strikes a death blow to the contentious copper and gold project proposed for the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, but conservationists have vowed to make sure it never rises again. “USACE determined that the applicant’s plan for the discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean...

Should Wolves be Reintroduced to Colorado?

My home state of Colorado is ground zero for the latest battle over wolves. A proposal to reintroduce wolves here has garnered enough signatures to make the ballot this fall. Voters will be asked to approve a measure to bring wolves back to the state. Now there’s a wildlife management storm brewing that has divided the state into passionate but predictable factions. But first, a little history lesson. Will History Repeat Itself? Two decades have...

Why You Should Be Spey Casting

There are a lot of reasons that people take up fly fishing. It’s an art with its own graceful casting methods and elegant techniques that take a seemingly limitless amount of challenge and advancement in skill in order to master. There’s dry fly fishing where you learn about matching the hatch and how to drift a floating fly serenely as possible on the surface of the river. There’s nymphing where you learn how to capitalize on a fish's natural...