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Keep the Grand Canyon grand
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.29.3" fb_built="1" _i="0" _address="0"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.29.3" _i="0" _address="0.0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.29.3" _i="0" _address="0.0.0"][et_pb_image src="https://www.tu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/D65RRD-1_cropped.jpg" align="center" _builder_version="3.29.3" _i="0" _address="0.0.0.0"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.29.3" fb_built="1" _i="1" _address="1"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.29.3" custom_margin="-63px|auto||auto||" _i="0" _address="1.0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.29.3" _i="0" _address="1.0.0"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.29.3" custom_padding="||0px|||" _i="0" _address="1.0.0.0"]Stewart Udall said, “There’s not a single person in Arizona who can say the Grand Canyon was a mistake,” and that is still…
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Hard work has payoffs
Hermosa Creek surrounded by gorgeous San Juan mountains I recently went out with the Five Rivers TU chapter in Durango, Colo., to help plant willows along the banks of the Hermosa Creek. (Full disclosure: I’m on the board of the chapter). Closing in on the final steps, I couldn’t wait to get out there to see all the work completed…
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Fly fishing contortionist
It’s impressive to think about what our bodies do for us while on the hunt for trout. Clawing our way through thick brush, scooting down steep slopes or lunging to jump from boulder to boulder touches on only some of the contortions we make while fishing. Watching Toner Mitchell, New Mexico’s water and habitat program…
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Our duty to comment on public lands plans
Fishing in the Valle Vidal north of Questa in the Carson National Forest. American's have a birthright to federal public lands throughout the nation. Forests, rivers, grasslands and more offer exceptional recreational opportunities for each one of us, and we have a duty to speak up on how they are managed. In New Mexico, two…
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Fishing and aging
Aging. We all do it — every minute and second of every day. Why is wisdom gained only with age? Hitting a rather large, round number earlier this year, I’ve been reflecting on life — how to spend more time living my life, how to spend more time with the people I love, and how to make the most of those minutes and seconds, every day. Of course, one answer…
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National Park Service strives to create home for native cutthroat
Sand Creek Lakes What a thrilling prospect to catch native fish in a spectacular wilderness setting like in the picture above. That is what anglers’ dreams are made of. Years of hard work, planning and enduring partnerships strove towards this goal, but it’s still not quite a realized dream. In 2005, Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park and…
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Coaching an elder to success
“One more cast,” I say to my brother from the bank above the Frying Pan River. A monster trout is rising with regularity and taunting my brother’s last nerve. I’ve been coaching him to place his fly in the exact spot from his perch on the opposite side of the run for what seems like forever. …
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