OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Making peace with the serial comma: Why one editor changed her style
By Danielle Taylor — A bout a year and a half ago, I went through an editor’s version of an identity crisis…
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Nature centers a great resource for outdoor communicators
By Rich Patterson — When Lisa Ballard asked me to lead an early morning urban nature walk at OWAA’s McAllen, Texas, conference, I readily agreed…
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See you in Knoxville in 2015
By Tom Sadler — When I ask members what the single best thing about OWAA is, they usually answer “conference…”
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The outdoor communicator life
By Mark Freeman — A recent morning rowing my driftboat while fishing for spring chinook salmon on Oregon’s Rogue River…
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Letters to the Editor
Remembering William Barbee…
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Pattersons form new company
A new business has formed to encourage people to transform their yard and home into wondrous places that enhance natural beauty, stimulate curiosity, and provide economic benefit while yielding solitude, peace, exercise, and satisfaction.
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Traditional Ammunition Ban to Cause Shortages, Price Spikes
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) today released a new report demonstrating the negative effects that the State of California’s ban on the use of traditional lead ammunition in hunting will have on hunters, the state’s economy and wildlife conservation.
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FREE fishing classes offered at Wellesley Island State Park, September 20, 2014
Local author/photographer Spider Rybaak will conduct his popular children’s fishing clinics at the park’s Minna Anthony Common Nature Center, September 20, 2014.
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NSSF Offers Firearm Safety Resources to Educators Nationwide, Encourages Dialogue with Law Enforcement on Firearm Safety
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is reminding educators and school administrators of the resources available to talk with students and parents about firearm safety and proper storage.
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Wilkins Joins TRCP as Chief Conservation Officer
Lifelong hunter and angler, policy expert and former chief of staff for Sen. Max Baucus will lead conservation policy initiatives for sportsmen’s group.
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Gold Coast Armory Partners with NSSF as Ammo Distributor for Rimfire Challenge
The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, is pleased to announce that Gold Coast Armory has agreed to serve as the administrator and distribution center for all Rimfire Challenge ammunition.
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Public Comment Opportunity Available for National Elk Refuge Draft Management Plan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today a Notice of Availability (NOA) for a draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the National Elk Refuge, located in Teton County in northwest Wyoming. These draft documents describe how the Service intends to manage the refuge for the next 15 years.