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Saving Salmon And The Flathead

Saving Salmon And The Flathead

"Everything... in the photograph -- trees, bushes, all the animals and plants in the forest and the water -- contains ocean nutrients from salmon." -- Carl Safina in the LA Times. © Save Our Wild Salmon We live in an amazing place and nothing quite drives that point home like working with people who are passionate about their causes — be they businesses, advocates or adventurers. So,...

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Friday Faves: Protecting Wild Places and Helping Haiti

Friday Faves: Protecting Wild Places and Helping Haiti

James Balog of the Extreme Ice Survey will speak next Friday at The Conservation Alliance's breakfast in Salt Lake City. The Extreme Ice Survey is the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based, real-time photography. This week at Under Solen, we’ve been gearing up for next week’s Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. While all of our heads will be...

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Epicocity Project's New Film — Flathead WILD — Premiering At Wild & Scenic

Epicocity Project's New Film — Flathead WILD — Premiering At Wild & Scenic

[video]3378[/video] The Epicocity Project’s awesome new film — Flathead Wild — will premiere at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Nevada Theater in Nevada City, Calif. Saturday, Jan. 16. Proposed mountaintop removal mining in southeastern British Columbia, Canada is threatening one of America’s most endangered rivers and one of North America’s wildest remaining valley —...

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Looking Forward To More Conservation Wins In 2010

Looking Forward To More Conservation Wins In 2010

Oregon's Mount Hood Photo © John McAnulty As we launch into 2010, many of us are planning new adventures in wild places across America. Before we get too far into the new year, here at Under Solen, we are taking a quick moment to be thankful for last year’s conservation victories that protected these places. In 2009, Congress passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. In total,...

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Snake River Salmon Do It At Altitude!

Snake River Salmon Do It At Altitude!

There are not many issues that people can agree on. But for 20 years, a diverse coalition of commercial, sport and recreational fishing groups, outdoor industry businesses, conservation organizations, and clean energy and taxpayer advocates have joined forces to save a icon of the American West — Snake River salmon. Osprey Packs and Save Our Wild Salmon have been best friends from the very...

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Wild + Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Portland

Wild + Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Portland

Tonight, Portland is lucky enough to get a screening of the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival. Sponsored by local group Willamette Riverkeeper, the film festival will feature two excellent environmental films: Red Gold and Crossroads on the Columbia. A must see if you’re in town! Show starts at 7pm. Tickets: $8 available through Willamette Riverkeeper, 21 & over,...

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