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Tag Archives: global warming
Trout Lives Matter
So the carp, posed briefly by the riverside before its release, said to me, and I quote: “So trout lives matter to you, as lives of all scales and colors matter to you, and that’s why you chose to fish … Continue reading
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Tagged American rivers, carp, drought, environment, fishing, global warming, matter, nature, photography, place, poetry, politics, survival, trout
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Waterdog (1)
[“Waterdog” is a three-part narrative about a stream remediation project I initiated several years ago as a volunteer, along with the help of land owners, Trout Unlimited (TU) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Now, at … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, Genesee River headwaters, global warming, headwaters, hemlock, locust wood, nature, NYS DEC, small streams, stream remediation, TU, waterdog, watershed
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The Cedar Run Experience, Part 10
I ate a bunch of Chinese fortune cookies, looking for a bit of wisdom I could use on my next fishing jaunt. The slip of paper with six “lucky numbers” might be useful– if I was a gamer who played … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, Audubon, brown trout, Cedar Run, demons, fly-fishing, fortune cookies, global warming, happiness, Higgs boson, non-activity, waterfalls
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Views From Dryden Hill Revisited
I was splitting wood early in the morning when the crows got rowdy. I put down the maul and glanced at Dryden Hill. The crow commotion was directed at a soaring eagle, species unknown at this point, but I took … Continue reading
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Tagged farm ruins, fisher tracks, global warming, graveyards, Greenwood, Kind of Blue, raccoon tracks
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