OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Hiking the high country: Bring your boots (and bear spray) to Billings
The Billings, Montana, area is rich with hiking opportunities, from trails along the Yellowstone River, to paths taking you above the city on the weather-sculpted cliffs known as the Rimrocks.
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Renewable energy working in Iowa
The windmill graphic on my Iowa driver’s license is a fitting symbol for the energy revolution sweeping the state.
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Just add water: Photographing below the surface
My fascination with marine life started when I was 6 years old on my first fishing trip. I spent hours watching fish in home aquariums, trying to glean the secrets that would allow me to outsmart them with my rod.
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Pitch perfect: Getting in at new publications
In the world of publishing, editors and writers have a symbiotic relationship.
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Bob Smith, OWAA’s former legal counsel died, March 8
Aframed map of the world, crisscrossed with lines of varying colors showing his travels hung in his study at home.
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Looking back while moving forward
OWAA celebrates its 90th birthday next year. With such a big birthday looming (celebration preparations are in the works now), and as my year serving as your president winds down, it’s only natural to look back not only over the last year, but also over OWAA’s history.
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Writing a success story for OWAA
It seems every week there is another story about how media and communication is changing. Some of these are depressing, another article on layoffs at another esteemed newspaper.
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Chimani and Subaru Launch Free Mobile App Travel Guides For National Parks
Chimani, Inc., in partnership with Subaru of America, has announced the launch of 59 mobile app travel guides – one for each of the 59 iconic national parks – in celebration of the 2016 National Park Service Centennial.
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Kids Fishing Weekend, Wellesley Island State Park, June 11-12, 2016
The Friends of the Nature Center and local author Spider Rybaak will host a kids fishing weekend on June 11-12, 2016 at the park’s Minna Anthony Common Nature Center.
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Feed Your Gold Fever in Wyoming’s Historic South Pass City
South Pass City Historic Site is open to visitors all summer long, so you can finally start feeding your gold rush fever in Wyoming’s Wind River Country/Fremont County.
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SportDOG® Brand Announces Third Annual Companions for Conservation Contest
SportDOG® Brand, the industry-leading manufacturer of electronic dog training products and accessories, has announced the continuation of its Conservation Fund initiative.
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Remembering Former RMEF Chairman Jack Ward Thomas
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is mourning the passing of Jack Ward Thomas, a long-time friend who was instrumental in assisting RMEF in its early days. Thomas passed away after a battle with cancer.