Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer. I’m sitting here writing this during some light rains in the Bay Area, enjoying a brief respite from one of the driest California winters on record....
As a member of the POW community, you know better than anyone that climate change is threatening the viability of the places we live and love. Last August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first part of the Sixth Assessment...
Twenty years ago, professional fly fishing guide and POW Alliance Member Hilary Hutcheson was told that her whole world was about to change, thanks to a rapidly warming climate. Over two decades on the rivers in Glacier National Park, Montana, she’s seen that...
WORDS: DONNY O’NEILL There are quite a few parallels that exist between climate action and diversity, equity and inclusion work, especially when it comes to the ski and greater outdoor industries. On March 10, President of the National Brotherhood of Skiers,...
WORDS: DONNY O’NEILL | HEADER IMAGE: CAM MCLEOD Teresa Baker is the founder of the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge and, as she puts it, “an all-around troublemaker.” Teresa grew up on a horse ranch where her love for the outdoors first started. She spent her...
WORDS: DONNY O’NEILL The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday that it will permit logging and allow roads to be constructed on 9.3 million acres of Alaska’s Tongass national forest, lifting regulations that protected the world’s...
