The Emerald Lens newsletter is a monthly dispatch from Emerald LaFortune, an outdoor writer and former whitewater and fly fishing guide. Emerald has written for Patagonia, The FlyFish Journal, Orvis, NRS, and more. She explores outdoor topics through the lens of whitewater and flyfish guiding, gender equity, community building, and bisexual identity.

In 2023, Emerald explores: what happens when a dream job is no longer your dream?

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