OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Welcome to OWAA
Say hello to Christine Carbo, Sam Finden, Joe Lunkas, Linda Water Nelson, David Sikes and Jeff Woleslagle.
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Next up: Knoxville – Music, history and the outdoors meet at America’s crossroads
In 1982 the World’s Fair brought 11 million people from across the globe to Knoxville, Tennessee…
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Back to McAllen: Mike Cox attended the 1964 and 2014 Texas conferences
By Mike Cox — Earlier this year, in one of the seemingly endless meetings apparently no bureaucracy can function without…
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My first conference: And why I’m already planning my second
By Linda Water Nelson — For months I’d tried to track down a new Winnebago…
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Getting the lead out
By Rich Patterson — The big doe dropped in its tracks a split second after I’d tried something new…
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80 years of the duck stamp
By Paul Baicich — The 20th century began with a phenomenal increase in U.S. agricultural productivity…
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The Wilderness Act turns 50: Your guide to covering the anniversary
By Brian Geiger — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act…
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Ask an Expert: Jeremy Lurgio on freelancing a big project
By Kelsey Dayton — The pictures were striking, the stories fascinating…
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Don’t get conned by your contract
By Bill Powell — You probably became a freelancer because you like to write or shoot photographs…
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Covering science like an expert
By Mary Nickum — Outdoor writers are often perceived by the public as authorities on fish, wildlife and environmental issues…
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So you want to be a freelancer? Tips for surviving the first years
By William Funk — A year ago last January I was determined to become a full-time freelancer…
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Landing long-term assignments
By PJ DelHomme — I need to make a confession; I live a double-life…



