SCORP is guiding the future of public lands, parks and beaches but probably could use some GORP
What if the State held a meeting about the future of our outdoor recreation and no one went? How would we know how our parks, beaches, woods and trails were being managed, purchased or changed? Public participation in public policy is tricky since couches are more...
Nature’s Amazing Cinder Worm
Nature’s amazing cinder worms are twirling, dancing and shimmying little mud creatures and striped bass wait all year to eat hundreds of them. Now you can learn all about them and how to be on the water at the right time to catch bass which, because Nature is always in charge, may not actually be the right time. It’s a tough way to catch bass but so fun…
Up from the ashes, Big Bear is a local sportsman hot spot
Fire can destroy everything as it tears through roofs, walls and hearts. What fire doesn’t always do is destroy the human spirit and the shared passions to rebuild. When Big Bear Hunting and Firearms in Harmony burned in January of 2018, the building was left in tough...
We walked The Capital for fish, conservationists and for generations of abundance
The Ocean Conservancy invited a flotilla of fishermen from all over the country to Washington D.C. to discuss long-range protection of fish stocks and the path to abundance. Our mission was to meet with our congressional representatives to ensure a strong...It was raining fish on opening day and Peter Jenkins is building fish abundance
Spring’s greatest day, the opening of trout season in Rhode Island was a soggy success. Steady rains came early and often, winds pushed everyone around and skies were zebra striped with sheets of clouds racing south to north. Two days later, under far more obliging...
4 Anglers See A River’s Future
When four anglers talk water and see a river’s future, it’s to protect what we have neglected; their timing could not be better for trout. Meet Trout Unlimited, RIDEM, Protect RI Brook Trout and the Flat River.



