Tag: Recreation
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Action Alert to Preserve Turneffe Atoll, Belize, from Development — Flylords Mag
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is spreading the word about a potential development project in Belize that would be build on Turneffe Atoll’s largest backreef flat. Turneffe is world renowned for its flats fishing, particularly for those targeting permit. The Deadman Caye Group Resort is seeking to build over-water structures off several of the flat’s small […]…
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US Fish & Wildlife Service seeks input to make public lands more accessible.
Access to public lands is a cornerstone of America’s outdoor heritage- but in many places those properties are surrounded by private ownership, complicating access. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, as part of the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, is assembling a list of parcels, greater than 640 acres, needing adequate…
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The Great American Outdoors Act Set to Receive Vote in the US Senate this Week — Flylords Mag
The Great American Outdoors Act contains important provisions that would permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address a debilitating maintenance backlog at public lands. The Senate bill, S. 3422, was introduced by Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) and now has 58 cosponsors; this bill is expected to be voted on this week. On […]…
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Deconstructing mortality.
New research out of Alberta puts numbers on something I addressed in a previous post- big, rare, charismatic predators like bull trout generate lots of likes and clicks- and that may have consequences for trophy fisheries. Even with C&R. The study compared two groups of fish: A control group, where adult bull trout were immediately…
The outside bend. 