

High Desert Quail Forever keeping guzzlers filled for all desert wildlife
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The High Desert Chapter of Quail Forever members have been busy. As of this week, its...


Breeding waterfowl numbers are up 39 percent in California
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The number of breeding waterfowl in California is more than one-third higher than last year...


Crossroads gun shows to continue through rest of 2018 at the OC Fairgrounds
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Crossroads of the West gun shows at the Orange County fairgrounds will continue through...


First hunting season of fall kicks off July 1 with cottontail opener
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Out on the Matthews Ranch I’ve been seeing a familiar pair of red-tailed hawks on a big nest...


20th Youth Safari Day to be held July 21 at Mike Raahauge Shooting Enterprises
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Last summer, I wrote a story about my experiences with kids while running a quail call making...


The latest chapter in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's battles over water in East
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has announced that water historically...


Mojave Preserve extends comment period on plan to remove guzzlers
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Yet again, the Mojave National Preserve has extended the comment period on its disastrous...


Raahauge’s Shooting Sports Fair is back after not being held last year
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com CORONA -- The Raahauge’s Shooting Sports Fair is like Lazarus. It just keeps coming back....


Mojave Preserve water management plan is called ‘affront,’ ‘erroneous and incomplete’ in public comm
The Wild Sheep Foundation called the Mojave Preserve water management plan "insufficient to ensure persistence of bighorn sheep within...


The dying art of fishing natural bait for stream trout (and a primer on the same)
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com When I was a kid, back before every urban lake in Southern California was planted with rainbow...