OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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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.
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OWAA board member Sam Caldwell named as one of two inductees to the Perry Bass Wall of Fame
Monday, March 21, 2015 at Noon in the Maritime Collections and Education Center of the Texas Maritime Museum, two individuals will be inducted into the Texas Maritime Museum’s Perry R. Bass Memorial Sports Fishing Wall of Fame.
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It's Official – Ike Likes Hobie
Mike Iaconelli is the only angler to have won the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Angler of the Year and B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. And now he has teamed up with Hobie, the worldwide leader in kayak fishing, to spread the word that kayak fishing in a Hobie is to be reckoned with.
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CSF, RMEF Join Forces to Advocate for Sportsmen and Women
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) signed a partnership that fosters greater cooperation to jointly advance the outdoor traditions of hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping at the state and national levels of government, where many of the decisions impacting such activities are made.
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Montana is magical in the summer
As much as I love winter, it often feels like I tolerate nine or 10 months of it, just to enjoy two to three months of incredible summers.
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SportDOG Brand® Updates Popular WetlandHunter® Line of E-Collars with Realtree Max-5® Camo
SportDOG Brand®, an industry-leading brand of electronic dog tracking and training products, has updated their WetlandHunter® 425 and 1825 units to feature the Realtree Max-5® camo pattern.
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Welcome to OWAA
Dr. Peter Brookes escapes his Washington, D.C. “think tank” job in foreign policy to America’s woods and waters as often as possible to partake of Mother Nature’s bounty and write about it.
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It’s time to license ATVs
I was hunting chukars east of Juntura, Oregon, when I heard the unmistakable growl of an all-terrain vehicle.
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Diversifying demographics: How outdoor sports and industry can reach more people
Sitting on a diversity panel at the Outdoor Writer’s Association’s conference in McAllen, Texas, in 2014, I was prepared to talk about engaging Hispanics in the outdoors.
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Conference keynote speaker: Outside magazine founder Tim Cahill
Tim Cahill is often identified as an outdoor adventure writer, but it’s not the identity he prefers.
