Tippets: Prescription Nature, Being a Good Client, Yukon Delta Fishing Ban

July 7, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • Spending a day on the water might put you in a good mood for a reason. New research out of Stanford, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, finds nature may be an important part of our mental health and well-being. Read more via Stanford News.
  • Before hiring a guide, don’t miss Phil Monahan’s tips for being a “good client” and learn the most you can from the experience. Via Orvis.
  • To protect king salmon runs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has banned non-local residents from fishing in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. “The goal is to ensure that kings reach spawning grounds and that if there are enough, people who rely on salmon for subsistence get them,” writes Lisa Demer in The Alaska Dispatch News.