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In the Heart of the Rockies to debut on Sportsmans Channel

New film explores how human-caused climate change is impacting hunting and angling throughout the West

by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Feb 26th, 2019

A scene from the film (credit: Jeremy Roberts).

The new film In the Heart of the Rockies debuts tonight on the Sportsmans Channel. The film is the latest from the duo Conservation Hawks and Conservation Media, who brought us the films Convergence, Chrome and, most recently, Cold Waters—all films which explore the impacts that climate change is having on watersheds, fish and anglers around the globe.

The dumbest mine on earth is one step closer to reality

Greed won't let Pebble Mine die

by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, Feb 21st, 2019

A scene from the Bristol Bay region of Alaska (photo: Pat Clayton).

What do you get when you mix an estimated $300 billion worth of recoverable gold, copper and molybdenum together with a governmental system of application and permitting that is unreasonably influenced and corrupted by powerful special interests?

How to drink your way through the fishing day: South Padre Island, Texas

Your guide to the best beer, spirits and food in Texas' flats-fishing paradise

by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Feb 20th, 2019

A flight at Padre Island Brewing Company (photo: Chris Hunt).

The grass and sand flats of the Lower Laguna Madre might be the most productive flats system, outside of the Florida Keys, in the contiguous U.S. But that doesn't mean the fishing is easy, especially in the winter, when finicky weather and colder water temperatures make redfish and speckled trout much more wary.

Caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies amongst most threatened in worldwide insect decline

The decline and possible extinction of countless insect species puts fish and other animals in grave danger

by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Feb 19th, 2019

Photo: G. Bohne / cc2.0

According to a new study published in the journal Biological Conservation, 40 percent of global insect species are threatened with extinction. The four most affected aquatic insect populations, which the study describes as "imperiled," are caddisflies, mayflies, stoneflies and dragon and damselflies.

Parts of the southeastern US are naturally resilient to climate change—but not for long

The hidden threats to climate change strongholds

by Matthew Reilly - Friday, Feb 15th, 2019

Photo: Matt Reilly

Regardless of the current weather transpiring outside of your window in your corner of the world, global climate change has occurred. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2016 set a record as the warmest year on record and 16 of the 17 warmest years since 1880 have occurred since 2001.