On Tuesday, April 18, Orvis will team-up with the Everglades Foundation, Captains for Clean Water, and Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation to urge policymakers in Washington DC to fund Everglades Restoration. Laura Schaffer, Orvis . . .
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The Orvis Conservation Blog speaks to our impassioned belief that if we are to benefit from the use of our natural resources, we must be willing to act to preserved them, an ethos we practice by committing 5% of pre-tax profits to conservation.
Wednesday Wake-Up Call 04.12.23
Last week, President Biden today vetoed a Congressional resolution to block a revised, clearer definition of the “Waters of the United States” that would restore federal Clean Water Act protections for millions of miles of small streams and wetlands that . . .
Read MorePodcast: The Science behind the Everglades Storage Reservoir, with Dr. Steve Davis
This week begins a month of habitat/conservation podcasts as a celebration of Earth Month. We start the series off with Dr. Steve Davis, Chief Science Officer for the Everglades Foundation, and instead of talking about the boring aspects of Everglades . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 04.05.23
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 03.29.23
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 03.22.23
Although red tide is naturally occurring and has bloomed frequently in the past, this year’s massive blooms seem to be partially a result of nutrient-rich water flowing from the land into the estuaries along the coast. This story and more in our weekly roundup of important conservation news. . .
Read MorePodcast: Conservation Education, with Al Stewart
Al Stewart joins Reid to discuss his work with The Nimrod Education Center at Hillsdale College. Al, who retired from 50 years with Michigan DNR, is a game-bird specialist who has studied and hunted internationally. In retirement, he has taken a post . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 03.01.23
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 2.22.23
Back in July 2016, Orvis executives were among the first to sign the “Now or Neverglades Declaration,” which among other things called for the creation of the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir (EAA) to help restore the flow of clean water southward . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 2.15.23
The recent final determination under the Clean Water Act 404(c) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) effectively ended the long battle to stop Pebble Mine, and many on the winning side have taken the opportunity to thank . . .
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