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$100 million for Canada’s Atlantic salmon: What does it mean for recovery? | Hatch Magazine

April 9, 2026 Comments Off on $100 million for Canada’s Atlantic salmon: What does it mean for recovery? | Hatch Magazine

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last week “the largest investment in wild Atlantic salmon conservation in Canadian history” by funding the country’s National Strategy to Ensure the Future of Atlantic Salmon to the tune of $81.7 million over five years. The government money will be matched by $25 million raised by the Atlantic Salmon Read more
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Imagination is more important than knowledge | Hatch Magazine

April 4, 2026 Comments Off on Imagination is more important than knowledge | Hatch Magazine

My good friend and mentor, Professor Earl, straightens me out more often than a spring creek angler uncurls their tippet. Professor Earl, for example, taught me that bananas, tomatoes, and eggplants are berries, but strawberries and raspberries aren’t. He also showed me how the Bluetooth logo is made up of two Nordic runes, ᚼ and […] Read more
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service | Hatch Magazine

April 2, 2026 Comments Off on Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service | Hatch Magazine

Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution. They’re ripping the headquarters out Read more
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The West’s alarmingly low snowpack—and what it could mean for summer trout fishing | Hatch Magazine

April 2, 2026 Comments Off on The West’s alarmingly low snowpack—and what it could mean for summer trout fishing | Hatch Magazine

It’s been a tough winter in the Rockies. Just ask around. Ski areas are closing early — or they closed weeks ago. High-elevation peaks are already shedding what little snow they received. Here in eastern Idaho, I cleared snow off my walks once all winter. With a push broom. It’s been horrifically dry at lower […] Read more
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State of Georgia to acquire land once slated for mining near the iconic Okefenokee swamp | Hatch Magazine

March 29, 2026 Comments Off on State of Georgia to acquire land once slated for mining near the iconic Okefenokee swamp | Hatch Magazine

Nine months after The Conservation Fund purchased the site of a proposed heavy sands mine on the southeastern fringes of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Twin Pines Minerals for a whopping $60 million, the state of Georgia will now acquire the land for “conservation and public enjoyment,” according to the state’s department of Read more
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Pile of fish | Hatch Magazine

March 24, 2026 Comments Off on Pile of fish | Hatch Magazine

Wow, did Big Joe love to fish! And was he good at it! Really good! He would beat you to the cast like a gunslinger outdrawing you with his six-shooter. While you were midway through a double haul, Big Joe would fire out a lure with his spinning rod that would land inches from a […] Read more
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