Love my montecs. As simple as it gets, and I can always trust them to do what I ask. Can't imagine paying 30 dollars more a pack for the cutt 3 blades but that's just me.
Those are big hurdles to get past though. The issue of gating vs. more intensive decommissioning to me ultimately revolves around sediment - what are the odds that this specific road will noticeably increase the sediment load in the watershed if we leave it? What are the odds of a landslide...
Good article. I haven't spent any time in those forests in Idaho, but it tracks with my experiences roaming the decommissioned roads on the Oregon coast. It's a fascinating topic in my opinion, and one that doesn't get enough interest. The amount of decommissioned roads in some places is...
Or talked to a walleye fisherman on the Columbia? Or a catfish fisherman on the Colorado? Northern pike on the Yampa? Or a striped bass fisherman in California? Maybe it's cheating to use fish, but there are quite a few examples of people idolizing invasives. Most aren't even aware that they are...
That has been a pretty important point in the recent climate literature that I have read - the transitions between extremes on both ends are expected to speed up, and as a result, we'll be spending more time at the extremes overall. Like for example, the midwest is predicted to get 10-30% more...
If you think this is as simple as game and fish waving a magic wand, setting population objectives, tag numbers, and nonresident funding you need to reread Oak's posts. Nonresident license allocation and input doesn't even crack the top 10 list of things we should be worried about for the future
I've browsed quite a few different state/region focused outdoors forums, and I've always been impressed by ifish. Lots of good discussion over there. Always interesting to get their perspective.
Along with this point - something to consider. SST = sea surface temperature. Figure from Sabal et al. 2023
Warm oceans exacerbate Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery driven by thermal and diel depth-use behaviours
Ha yup, the "Big Two Hearted" is not really all that big when you're digging through the alders trying to wrestle a brookie out of that jungle. Spent a lot of time up there too. Miss that area a lot. The actual Two Hearted is a pretty great place in its own right, even if it isn't what he wrote...
Enjoying all of the Hemingway discussion here. Over the fall I read Green Hills of Africa and some of his short stories. The more Hemingway I read, the more I appreciate his work as a whole. I keep rereading his stuff at different points in my life. I still remember I read The Sun Also Rises in...
Just my opinion, but I wouldn't get a new buckmark. I bought a urx contour with a 7.25 inch barrel 7-8 years ago, and I have never been happy with it. Least accurate pistol I have ever shot. I can shoot subcompact carry guns better than that thing even. I tried every type of 22 ammo I could...