Tippets: FishBrain App, Impacts on the Animas, Voice of TU, Undamming of America

August 19, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the software company FishBrain, have partnered on a GPS-enabled app that enables anglers to identify and log encounters with 50 at-risk fish species. Via United Press International.
  • John Flick, owner of Duranglers Fly Shop in Durango, Colo., discusses the recent Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River, and how the event has impacted river-dependent businesses. Via NPR.
  • Chris Hunt, the “Voice of Trout Unlimited” sits down for an interview on the Orvis blog. Read more here about his start in fly fishing, his job, and outlook on conservation issues of the day.
  • Anna Lieb of NOVA Next, examines “The Undamming of America.” From the long history of building dams “behind which were big dreams,” to the recent movement to remove them, read more via PBS.