I have. I didn’t mean to. It’s a cute little hamlet of 400 tucked up among thousands of acres of Forest Service and BLM lands along the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, which is why I was actually there. I hate burning spots- not everywhere needs the attention of the South Platte or the… Read More Have you ever been to Lake City?
I don’t know if I’ve ever written just about crayfish- odd, given the outsize role they’ve played in my life. One of my earliest outdoor memories is standing ankle deep in a gravel bottomed Ozark stream with my grandmother, bent over, with an aquarium net, catching crawdads as they scooted along the bottom. She showed… Read More On Crayfish.
I needed a social media cleanse after an online argument with a kid convinced everyone between the east coast and the Rockies resents biodiversity and wild places. It wasn’t true, I said, listing off initiatives to remove dams, restore habitat, protect and restore endangered species, manage invasives, provide outreach and education opportunities, and advocate for… Read More Last Best Streams- #322
That time when rivers and streams are at their lowest, when fish- for the most part- are done spawning and growing for the year. When the leaves start falling in temperate climates, kicking off the base of the food chain in headwater streams. When we can look forward to spring rains. I took a break… Read More It’s a new water year
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