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...
Elk, bighorn sheep environmental documents up for review, revision
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The hunting of elk and bighorn sheep in California is authorized by the legislature and the...
Sportsmen are the geese who continue to lay the golden eggs for wildlife
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com September 22 was National Hunting and Fishing Day. I can hear the large, collective yawn that...
Pronghorn, bowhunters, and decoys
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com A friend stopped by this week with some packages of pronghorn ground meat and some loin chops...
Mojave Preserve staff seems determined to remove man-made wildlife water from all wilderness
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Mojave National Preserve’s final water management plan and environmental assessment is...
San Bernardino National Forest closes forest to recreational target shooting because of fire danger
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The San Bernardino National Forest staff invoked its annual “fire season” shooting closure on...
