Colorado tagged posts

First and foremost happy 4th of July!!

We hope you find some quiet this weekend and get outside… in the meantime here’s what’s in the news…

Recently, Scott Willoughby of the Denver Post wrote about ‘Why fishing is making a comeback in Colorado.’ The number of anglers in the state has dramatically increased from 630,000 in 2000 to 765,000 last year – that’s an additional 10,000 plus anglers per year! According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report, this increase in angling is a trend across the U.S. with a total increase of 11 percent from 2006-2011. There are many factors that drive people to fish which makes it impossible to pinpoint why the sport is gaining popularity but we here at Camo is the New Black are excited about it!

Why do you fish? Where your favorite place to fish?  Ple...

Just a few weeks ago, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers hosted their annual Rendezvous in Denver, Colorado.  Unlike other years, BHA included a women and hunting panel.  The panel was a big success with good attendance featuring Prois Hunting marketing rep Paige Hill Murphy, Extreme Huntress Amanda Lowrey, Seek Outside owner and founder Angie Timm and Camo is The New Black co-founder Whitney.  Check out this video featuring the panel:

We were proud to be a part of a panel of such high caliber women and encouraged to have a hunting and fishing organization feature women so prominently.  This is only the beginning…

A Life Among the Silver Backed Males

I work in a pretty male-dominated field. I remember 20 years ago when I was interning for a wildlife conservation organization, my supervisor described our colleagues as “silver backed males,” a fairly apt description for the typically gray-haired men leading most of the conservation movement at the time. At the first conferences I attended, I was often struck by how skewed the gender demographics were in traditional wildlife management.

Jodi Stemler

I felt I had another strike against me as I was trying to shoulder my way in to the profession, because I grew up in the most densely populated state in the country. New Jersey – little bitty state, lots and lots (and lots) of people...

Whitney on the Chesapeake Bay with a Rockfish

We are excited to announce Whitney will be participating in Backcountry Hunters and Anglers 2014 North American Rendezvous on the “Women and Hunting Panel” in Denver, Colorado, on March 22.  For more information about the weekend, check out the schedule here. Hope to see you there!

We are already starting to have a community and we want to show you our love!  We have great products from Colorado company RepYourWater to giveaway.  The winner will get what is listed and pictured below:

• One Trout Camo Hat
• Two Trout Camo Sun Shield Gators
• RepYourWater stickers

All you have to do to enter is Subscribe to our blog! Just enter your email address in the box to the right and you’re done! We’ll announce the random winner on Monday, February 10, so be checking back!

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RepYourWater was born out of their desire to represent their love of fishing throughout Colorado with the creation of the original Colorado Flag Trout logo...