OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Big Sky Country, big-time controversies
Montana is officially called “The Treasure State,” but the advertising slogan “Big Sky Country” is equally, if not more, well-known.
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Bookshelf
The Field to Table Cookbook: Gardening, Foraging, Fishing, & Hunting By Susan L. Ebert
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Wind River Visitors Council: Story ideas abound at climbers’ fest
Wyoming’s Wind River Country is a place of legends, of strong and diverse culture, and of untamed terrain. Rock climbing is a realm of heroes, with its own unique subculture with those that perform the endless dance between rock and human.
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The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment: Head to Texas for a paddle fest
The first-ever Texas Water Safari Paddle Fest & Show will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11 at the headwaters of the San Marcos River on Spring Lake in San Marcos, Texas.
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Welcome to OWAA
Lisa Baril is a writer and wildlife biologist living and working in Yellowstone National Park. She earned a degree in biology from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2000, then spent the next five years traveling throughout the United States and Central America to see what biologists really did for a living.
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Find stories in park service’s centennial celebration
The National Park Service’s 100th anniversary this year is the biggest event in a century for America’s public lands, and although the actual date won’t roll around until Aug. 25, the park service has planned a yearlong celebration to mark this milestone.
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Board service benefits: Reasons to get involved in OWAA
I hear ocean. I smell salt, but I’m camped out in a conference room and what I see around the table has most of my attention.
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Science writing simplified
It’s one thing to understand the science in a story, it’s another to convey that to readers with varying levels of understanding of the topic.
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Back to basics: Advice for writers and editors
Being a good writer or editor requires at least one thing: You must learn from your mistakes and never make the same error twice.
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Crossover appeal: Finding stories in unexpected places
I’ve been a freelance outdoor writer specializing in paddle sports, camping and other adventuring for more than 30 years.
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Capturing a sense of place
It was an opportunity for the shot of a lifetime: a polar bear swimming the Churchill River in northern Manitoba.
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Magazines with a mission: Freelancing for NGO and agency publications
Although every magazine has a mission — for most it is making a profit — there is a segment of the market that puts purpose ahead of profit.