OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Welcome to OWAA
Carmen M. Alex is a scientist, writer and photographer. She is especially concerned with the sustainability of our natural resources and the preservation of wilderness areas in the U.S. and abroad. Alex received a bachelor’s of science in geophysics from UC Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in earth science from UC Santa Cruz. After 20…
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Trekking through the pale mounts
I slipped out of our room at Rifugio Carestiato hours before breakfast was served. I didn’t want to miss it. The lightning close enough to touch, sonorous thunder and toad choking rain enveloped the rifugio.
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It’s time to take action against CWD
A television commercial in frequent rotation these days shows masked robbers smashing into a bank lobby.
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Matt Miller, science storyteller
Matt Miller has this memory: he’s sitting on the floor of his grandfather’s home, waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
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Pitch perfect: how to sell more stories
John Gierach is likely the only person who can send just about anything in and have it published.
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Fellowships fund continuing education
Kelsey Roseth and Calvin Vick received this year’s Madson Fellowships. The fellowship is an annual grant program through OWAA that funds continuing education for outdoor communicators, both members and nonmembers.
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Three new board members elected
Members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America elected Ruth Hoyt, Shawn Perich and Ken Keffer to serve on the organization’s board of directors.
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Standing tall for storytellers
As I wrote this in April, The Denver Post had just published an editorial taking its hedge fund owner, Alden Global Capital, to task for attempting to squeeze every dime from the publication.
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OWAA response to Huffington Post letter
The Huffington Post recently published a letter advocating “simple, responsible reforms” in firearms policy that was authored by Dan Ashe and signed by 11 others.
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National Forest Foundation launches ambitious effort to plant 50 million trees
On Earth Day, April 22nd, the National Forest Foundation (NFF) launched an ambitious campaign to plant 50 million trees on America’s National Forests. The NFF initiated this effort to address the increasing reforestation needs on our National Forests.
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Remembering Circle of Chiefs recipient Robert (Bob) Lindholm
OWAA’s Circle of Chiefs lost a member April 16, 2018, with the death of Robert (Bob) Lindholm, 82, of Lindsborg Kansas.
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OWAA past president Sheila Link died March 30, 2018
Sheila Link, OWAA’s first woman president, died March 30, just a few months short of her 95th birthday.