New Season for Union-Backed Outdoors Show
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The popular outdoors show, “TRCP’s Life in the Open,” sponsored by unions in the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), begins its fifth season on VERSUS Country Sunday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. EDT.
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s (TRCP’s) flagship show’s premier takes us on a Sitka black-tailed deer hunt and salmon fishing trip in the heart of Alaska’s publicly accessible, 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest.
The show explores outdoor adventures and also highlights pressing fish and wildlife conservation issues while venturing to some of the best hunting and fishing destinations that are both accessible and affordable to hardworking American sportsmen.
This season, viewers will learn about stalking Montana’s big bull elk, braving Alaska’s elements and monster salmon and calling in javelina in New Mexico. Other adventures will feature pheasants and bruiser bucks in western Kansas, kudu and hartebeest in Africa, striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay and ducks in California’s famed rice fields.
Visit www.TRCP.tv for a complete schedule, photos and more.
The USA unions providing support for the show are Machinists (IAM), Boilermakers (IBB), Electrical Workers (IBEW), Bricklayers (BAC), Sheet Metal Workers (SMWIA), Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) and Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (UA).
Union Sportsmen: Dedicated Funding Needed to Safeguard Fish and Wildlife
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Union sportsmen see firsthand how climate change has harmed the woods, streams and lakes, even as the rest of us are aware of the planet heating up from reports of shrinking ice shelves to holes in the Earth’s ozone layer.
In a letter to congressional leaders from 20 of the unions in the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) and the Union Sportsmen Alliance (USA), the unions write:
Union sportsmen do not need to read reports in the press to know climate change is already affecting the ways they pursue game and fish, the success of their days afield and the timing of their hunting and fishing trips.
The 20 unions urge the leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to include dedicated funding to safeguard fish, wildlife and ecosystems important to sportsmen be in Senate climate change legislation.
Here’s Your Chance to Win a Chevy Truck
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If you are a member of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), you may be able to head off to your favorite hunting land or fishing spot this summer in a brand-new 2009 Chevy Silverado. The Chevy truck will go to the winner of a drawing on or about July 2. All USA members will automatically be entered in the drawing. (For contest details, click here.)
General Motors and its Chevrolet division are partners with the USA, the hunting, fishing and conservation club for union members, retirees and their families, and the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP).
Says Fred Myers, USA executive director:
In these tough economic times, we are honored that Chevrolet recognizes the importance of preserving our national resources and has stepped up to support the TRCP conservation mission and its union-dedicated hunting and fishing club. Through this partnership, we can educate sportsmen about access opportunities around the country, while enhancing the value of USA membership.
Firefighter’s Hobby Turns Into a Reel Book: Fly Fishing in Virginia
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Beau Beasley spends his work days in his Fairfax County, Va., firehouse, where he and his fellow Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2068 members spring into action at the sound of the alarm to douse a blazing home or tend to injured accident victims.
It’s no wonder that after a 0-60 mph, start-and-stop workweek, Beasley might be looking for a change of pace. He finds that alternative universe in a stream or river with a fly rod in his hand.
The 25-year fire-fighting veteran says he began fly fishing after a patient he was transporting to the hospital offered to teach him how.
It has brought thousands of hours of enjoyment to my life.
In the years since, Beasley has become so adept at the art of fly fishing—far more complicated than throwing a worm, a hook and a line into the water—he is now a respected author and expert on fly fishing.
