Shawn Pittard is a writer and fly-fisher and works as an environmental planner at the California Energy Commission in Sacramento. He is the author of two volumes of poetry: Standing in the River, which was the winner of Tebot Bach’s 2010 Clockwise Chapbook Competition, and These Rivers from Rattlesnake Press. You can reach him at shawnpittard@yahoo.com https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/shawn-pittard/rss en Environment & Wildlife Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Shawn Pittard https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/09/11/an-anglers-lament-the-rivers-we-love-shriveled-into-memories https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/09/11/an-anglers-lament-the-rivers-we-love-shriveled-into-memories Fishing, and fly-fishing in particular, creates an intimacy with a stream and its life forms. What happens when the stream disappears?