The Orvis Lifestyle Blog takes you around the world with informative and colorful posts that celebrate the lifestyle we love. We hope to inspire you with narratives on wide-ranging topics about beautiful living at home and adventures in the great outdoors.
Here at Orvis we take this Earth Day thing pretty seriously! When you belong to a company that gives 5% of its pre-tax profits to protecting nature, you pay attention to this stuff. When we starting looking for some simple things to do to show Mother Nature a little love, we began right here in our own backyard. Here are ten great, easy-to-do conservation tricks from Orvis Associates…
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I ’m not a creature of habit, but I have a few rituals. One of them is to officially start my fishing season each spring with trip to Grand Lake Stream in Maine. It’s a long way from. . .
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In 2016, Orvis is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to complete a network of self-sustaining oyster reefs in the Lafayette River. The money raised through customer donations. . .
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Bay-dwellers know the joys of exploring tidal pools and salt marshes, uncovering century-old pottery fragments, glass Rumford Baking Powder bottles, and arrowheads. We inhale the. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Michael Gardner, Fifth Generation Vermonter First Generation Sugar maker
With Vermont’s Maple Open House Weekend approaching on April 2 and 3, it seems prudent to offer our non-native visitor and sheltered locals a brief guide to maple syrup. . . .
Read MoreStory and photos by Bob Dagley
Unlike, Kathmandu, where we watched people bathe, do laundry, and wash vegetables in the same body of water, the glacier-fed streams and rivers in Bhutan were crystal clear. And virtually. . .
Read MoreStory and photos by Bob Dagley
The year was 2001 and a trip to Bhutan, in a virtually untouched corner of the Himalayas, was an enviable assignment. It was also a rare opportunity. The mysterious, high-altitude mountain. . .
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We’re partnering with our friends at Sea Bags to help you freshen up your look with our Spring Refresh Giveaway. . .
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The mission of Casting for Recovery is to enhance the quality of life for women with breast cancer through a unique program that combines breast cancer education and peer support with the therapeutic sport of fly fishing. Orvis is proud to be a founding sponsor.
No one can explain the therapeutic value of a Casting for Recovery retreat better than the women who have participated. Last summer Connie Burke was one of those participants….
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Located in Pawlet, Vermont—in the picturesque Mettawee River valley, not far from Orvis headquarters—Woodlawn Farm is a dairy operation run by the Leach family for eight. . .
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