At look back at 40-plus years of hunting and fishing reporting
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com With this being the last outdoor column I will write for 2018, there is a long tradition of...
A Christmas wish list: For the DFW to simply do its job
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com All we want for Christmas…. For outdoor enthusiasts, especially hunters and fishermen, this...
Farm Bill passes Congress, provides $5 billion for wildlife conservation
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com When the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act (called simply the Farm Bill by most) passed through...
Volunteers needed for bighorn sheep drinker installation on marine base
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep (SCBS) needs volunteers to help with the...
Bothering to learn the names of the birds in your outdoor world -- home and away
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com In college, I had an ornithology professor come into the first day of class lugging an armload...
The tradition of BB guns for Christmas
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I don’t remember exactly how old I was when I got the BB gun for Christmas, but it started me...