Jon Bash, Author at Orvis News

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy: Celebrating World Elephant Day

August 13, 2015

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Supports more than 6,500 elephants
Photo via Lewa

The iconic animals of the African plains have been a highly discussed topic in recent weeks. And with yesterday being World Elephant Day, we wanted to take the time to recognize the great work Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has done with their protection of none other than…

American Rivers: Progress on the Iconic Columbia

July 27, 2015

Dams throughout the Columbia watershed continue to cut off salmon from their spawning grounds.

The Columbia River may very well top the list in a conversation about iconic western river systems. Deemed the second most endangered river by American Rivers, the flows and eddies of the Columbia are far different than the ones paddled by Lewis and Clark in this nations first great western adventure…

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy: Saving Stripes

July 20, 2015

Photo by Frank AF Petersens via Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

This sub-population of Grevy’s has become a focal point in Lewa’s research which has contributed to improving the long term national strategy plan. Earlier this spring a monumental field mission took place, Marwell Wildlife conservation biologist Dr. Zeke Davidson set out with a team from Lewa and KWS staff in an effort to…

TU 1,000 Miles: New York’s Dry Brook Flows Again

July 08, 2015

The replacement of the Dry Brook culvert opened up 1.8 miles of high quality trout habitat in the Beaverkill watershed.
Photo by TU September 2014

Nestled in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains near Roscoe, NY, the Dry Brook can now flow freely once again thanks to another successful culvert replacement by our friends at Trout Unlimited and their 1,000 Miles Campaign.

Rare Fish Forever: Computer Hacking to Aid Fisheries?

July 01, 2015

“With small-scale fisheries restoration in mind, Rare challenged teams to develop a measuring board or other system to automatically measure and record fish length.”
via Rare

It isn’t often that the worlds of competitive computer hacking and the improvement of our fisheries collide, but that is precisely what occurred at this year’s Fishackathon.