Don Thomas (the guy DU fired) is presenting at the Westslope Chapter meeting tonight!

Today, Wednesday, December 9th, 2015, Don Thomas will be giving a presentation about fly fishing in Alaska at the monthly Westslope TU meeting in Missoula, MT.  This is the same Don Thomas who was fired from DU for writing an article critical of James Cox who is leading the fight against Montana's Stream Access Law in the Ruby Valley.

While the focus of Don's presentation will be on his many years of fishing SE Alaska, he is also planning to discuss the Ducks Unlimited fiasco.  Click here for more information on the meeting.

Thanks O-bama! No really, thanks

Photo courtesy of The White House

Yesterday, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska from all future oil and gas drilling.

"These waters are too special and too valuable to auction off to the highest bidder" -President Obama

While this is obviously a great thing and something to be celebrated, the movement to conserve Bristol Bay and the rivers that feed it is far from over.  The Pebble Mine, potentially the worlds largest open pit copper, gold, and molybdenum mine still looms on the horizon.

You want to see how fun it is to have a huge open pit mine in your watershed?  Come visit me in Butte, America and you can see how awesome it really is.

Photo courtesy of The White House