By Evan Griggs

The author fishing Lake Harriet in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Griggs founded the Southwest High School Fly Fishing Club to get his fellow students involved in the outdoors and conservation.

Whether you know it or not, the future of fishing, hunting and the conservation of our natural world isn’t in the hands of any politician, scientist or activist. It’s in ours. Kids hold all the cards for the future!

Many people think it’s a waste of time to try and get young adults and kids involved with the outdoors. Many believe that most of us don’t like to venture into the wilderness and would rather spend time in the video game store or the gas station. But, that’s a misconception.

Sure, we love our video games and cell phones and the candy and pop we can get from the gas station, but some of us love the outdoors too. There’s a huge majority of kids that want to go hunting and fishing, but because their parents never really do either of those activities, they can’t. Plus, there are probably more kids at your schools and in your neighborhoods that fish and hunt than you even more…