

Bass, bluegill, and surface poppers – now is the time
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I took all my fly rods and reels out of their cases this week and cleaned them up and put on...


DFW reduces deer tag numbers in popular Eastern Sierra zones
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Department of Fish and Wildlife has dramatically reduced deer tag numbers in X9a, X9b,...


Trump executive order allows public review of large monument designations
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Since the passage of the Antiquities Act in 1906, Presidents have set aside federal lands as...


Maintenance work to close Mojave hatchery, but local waters are getting extra plants of rainbow trou
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Mojave River Hatchery, a trout-rearing facility run by the Department of Fish and...


Public is increasingly being excluded from public lands
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com In the run up to Earth Day on Saturday, I have watched a video on how much trash is left...


Federal legislation would make firearm sound suppressors legal
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com A few years ago after noticing that my own hearing was in a terrible state of decline and...


DFW heading down the road to squishy science
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I was forwarded the most recent “podcast” from Chuck Bonham, the director of the California...


Nearly 100 feral hogs killed at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has killed nearly 100 wild hogs on the Havasu National...


Needles BLM office reverses ban on guzzler maintenance
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Needles office of the Bureau of Land Management has reversed its decision to ban repair...


Wildflower photography is easy if you follow a few simple rules
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It’s wildflower season across Southern California. You know what that means? Social media and...














