Latest Blog Posts for Guides and Outfitters

• Bill May Eliminate Transportation Worker Identification Card for Fishing Guides
  on Oct 6, 2010 in Affecting Outfitters Fishing States Coast Guard Regulation
  The law considers fishing guides with a U.S. Coast Guard certification to be transporting passengers, but a bill waiting for President Obama’s signature would exempt inland guides from this requirement. duluthnewstribune.com...
• Naughty Guide: Illegal Baiting in Colorado
  on Sep 5, 2010 in Hunting States
  Outfitter Dennis Rodebaugh, 69, of Meeker, Colo., and guide Brian Kunz, 54, of Augusta, Wis., have been indicted by a Denver federal grand jury of illegally baiting on the White River National Forest.  They allegedly dumped hundreds of pounds of sal...
• Rafting Guide Presumed Dead, Arkansas River to be Lowered
  on Aug 1, 2010 in Affecting Outfitters River Running States
  Off-duty rafting guide Kimberly Appelson was ejected from a boat on Colorado’s Arkansas River on July 11, and is presumed dead.  In an effort the find the body, the river level will be lowered next week to permit better access to a hazard wher...
• Ata Guide, Naughty Guide? Rafting Guide Rescues Girl, Gets Arrested
  on Jun 23, 2010 in River Running States Ata Guide violations
  Ryan Snodgrass of Arkansas Valley Adventures Rafting Company saved a 13-year-old girl who had fallen out of his raft, and was charged with “obstructing government operations” because he did not heed a directive by government officials to stay out...
• Colorado Rafting Compromise
  on Jun 23, 2010 in Affecting Outfitters River Running States Company News
  Two rafting outfitters have agreed to certain limits to their activities on the stretch of the Taylor River owned by Jackson-Shaw of Texas.  This includes reducing rafting activities when rafting could damage the bottom of the river. denverpost.com...
• Hunting Client Guidelines
  on May 28, 2010 in Fishing General Advice Hunting
  There is plenty of advice out there on what to look for in a hunting (or fishing) guide, but not much advice on the expected behavior of the client.  American Hunter is helping to fill this gap.  Clients should help at camp, if  help is needed. ...
• Naughty Guides: Privileges Revoked and $50,000 in Fines
  on May 24, 2010 in Hunting States violations
  Guilty pleas have relieved a Minnesota family of $50,000 and their hunting and outfitting privileges.  Albert “Will” Carlson owns the Blue Ridge Ranch in the Larb Hills.  He and his family became licensed guides under the auspices of another h...
• Colorado Rafting Access Bill Dies; Landowner Gives In
  on May 18, 2010 in Affecting Outfitters River Running States Land Use Policy
  Attempts to guarantee rafting outfitters access to navigable rivers have died in state government.  The bill was HB 10-1188 (Clarify River Outfitter Navigation Right).   Twenty ballot initiatives were ready to launch, presaging an election day sho...
• Montana Bighorn Bust Results in Not Guilty
  on Mar 29, 2010 in Hunting States violations
  John Lewton gratefully received verdicts of “Not Guilty” after a five-day trial resulting from a 2008 sting by Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks.  During the sting, Lewton accompanied undercover game warden agent Justin Gibson on a big...
• Polar Bears, Bluefin Tuna, Spared from CITES Trade Ban
  on Mar 21, 2010 in Affecting Outfitters Canada Fishing Hunting States Fish Management Game Management
  Polar bear parts and Atlantic bluefin tuna may still be traded internationally, as a result of a recent Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar.  A U.S representative says that first attempts to list species ar...

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