The Pros of Fly Fishing in Felt Boots For decades, felt-soled wading boots were considered the best—and usually the only—choice for fishermen. Comfortable enough to wear all day, felt soles can grip ...

Once, while walking in a small stream in regular hiking shoes, I slipped so fast and violently that I fell and fractured my finger. The soles of those shoes weren’t meant for traversing slimy rocks, ...

Didymosphenia geminata, a freshwater diatom, is growing in significance as a nuisance algal species in lotic systems of North America, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. D. geminata is capable of fully ...

Yellowstone National Park is introducing a felt sole ban this year, as well as a new boating season. The ban is due to aquatic invasive species, which can cause ecological, economic and recreational ...