National Staff Tour of Arlington-Fairfax Chapter Includes an Afternoon of Trap Shooting
Author: Michael Reinemer, Editor Outdoor America 2026, Issue 3 In August, the League’ national headquarters staff toured Virginia’s Arlington-Fairfax Chapter, founded in 1936. It is the Izaak Walton League’s largest chapter…
Rollback of Conservation Laws Calls for Restoration of Protections and Reimaging How We Steward Outdoor America
Author: Michael Reinemer, Editor Outdoor America 2026, Issue 3 All of us who care about clean drinking water, thriving wild landscapes and a healthy planet have our hands full. The…
First Annual Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week Reaches a Broad Audience
Author: Sam Puckett, Clean Water Program Director Outdoor America 2026, Issue 3 Between July 26 and August 1, 2026, thousands of community members, clean water advocates and public health supporters…
Red Rose Chapter Works on Setting Things Right for the American Chestnut
Author: Derek Pritts Outdoor America 2026, Issue 3 Twenty years ago, it started with a few American chestnut seedlings and more than a few dreams of what the American chestnut…
Squirrel Hunters, Clear-Cuts and Sweeping Transformation of U.S. Forest Policies
Why the Izaak Walton League v. Butz Matters Outdoor America 2026, Issue 3 Author: Char Miller The banner headline on the front page of the Elkins, West Virginia, newspaper for…
Forever Chemicals: How PFAS Are Poisoning Waterfowl as Well as Humans (and What We Can Do about It)
Outdoor America, Issue 2, 2026 By: Lisa Ballard Forever chemicals are a category of over 15,000 manmade compounds, primarily per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or simply PFAS. They are “forever” because…
A Variety of Programs Attract Kids to Outdoor Traditions
By: Bruce Ingram, Field Editor – Outdoor America magazine, Issue 2 2026 Virginia’s Scott Barrier, who has been a member of the League’s Roanoke Valley Chapter for some 15 years,…
Double Trouble: Coupling Climate Change and Nitrate Pollution
By Heather Wilson, Save Our Streams Coordinator and Kate Hansen, Agriculture Programs Director One of the biggest environmental stories to affect Iowans in 2025 was the first-if-its-kind lawn-watering ban issued…
A Shared Conservation Legacy: Izaak Walton League and Outdoor Writers Association of America
By Phil Bloom What do Arthur Carhart, “Ding” Darling, Nash Buckingham, Olaus Murie, Sigurd Olson and Anne LaBastille have in common? They were conservation giants. They also were members of…
Your kit will include a bottle containing 25 nitrate test strips which you can use to test your water source(s) throughout the year. You’ll also receive postcards explaining how to use your nitrate test strips and how to share your Nitrate Watch results on the Clean Water Hub.
Your kit will include four test strips so you can test your waterway throughout the season. You’ll also receive a chart to help you interpret your results and a postcard with instructions for completing a Salt Watch test and reporting your findings.