In the Heart of the Rockies – New film melds hunting and angling with consequences of climate on outdoor recreation

“A lot of sportsmen tend to be pretty conservative politically, but these outdoor resources that we’re going to lose aren’t about politics.”

The sporting pursuits of hunting and angling might not conjure visions of green-eyed enviro-nuts and kale-munching hippies, but those worn-out clichés are often more accurate than the stereotypes foisted on hunters and fishers by the non-hunting and non-fishing public.

That’s because hunting and fishing pays for conservation and, because the North American Wildlife Conservation Model dictates that wildlife is held in the public trust, everyone who likes to recreate in the outdoors benefits from those activities.

By Tristan Scott