Conservation

The Future of Oregon’s Wild and Scenic River System

This Boy Wants to Save the World from Plastic

An All-Women Voyage to End Ocean Pollution

River Dams Have Decimated the Chinook Salmon Population

Threats to Fisheries Are Pushing Fishermen to Advocate

A New 261-Mile Bikepacking Route Through Colombia

What Dam Removals Can Do for a River

A Letter to Humanity from Mother Earth

Why Paradise Valley Shouldn’t Be Mined

The Fight to Save Louisiana’s Coastline

Meet California’s Best Big-Tree Hunter

Saving the Last Great Super Tuskers

Three Waterwomen on Conserving the Ocean

A Search for Vanishing Dark Skies

A Rare Trout Is Revitalizing New Mexico

California’s Redwoods Are for Everyone

One Man’s Dedication to Running Rivers

You Should Care About Roadless Areas

Paddling the Olympic Peninsula

Fishing with Steven Rinella in the South
A Lesson in Salmon Conservation
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It’s all too common to hear anglers lament that the fishing is not, and never will be, “the way it used to be”—a phrase often used to describe struggling fisheries. It’s not unfounded, though: the Rogue River and others in the Northwest have struggled with declining steelhead populations each year. The Ghost of Steelhead Future, from Sage and Tributaries Digital Cinema, extrapolates what could happen to this prized Oregon river if they follow in the path that Maine has seen in its Atlantic salmon fisheries.