Outdoors Articles

Getting Kids Hooked
Backcountry Travels
by Phil "Flip" Akers, MAY 12, 2017

Now, more than ever, we need to get our kids involved in the outdoors. Many kids are becoming softer and lazier with each generation, losing touch with nature, depending on technology to instantly learn everything, presumably, and get them where they need to go. We are also losing many of our precious natural resources. Kids should understand – and more...
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Pit River Campground Remains Closed Due to Flood Damage
by BLM, MAY 12, 2017
Pit River

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Pit River Campground, along the banks of the Pit River, remains closed to the public until the extensive flood damage to the recreational area can be fixed. The raft and kayak launch and the lagoon are still flooded; damage to these areas will be assessed once the flood waters recede. BLM crews are using heavy...
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Fish Carcasses for Bait?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MAY 11, 2017

Question: I recently went deep sea fishing and was wondering if the carcass and/or leftovers of fish caught could be used as bait? I cleaned the fillets today and thought that the skin left attached for identification purposes could be frozen and taken back on a future trip to use as an additional attraction attached to my jigs. The head...
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Tonight is Ladies Night
by Gary Heffley, MAY 11, 2017

Tonight is Ladies Night at Sportsman's Warehouse in Redding. This special event benefiting the Good News Rescue Mission will feature informational booths, games, prize drawings, raffles and seminars all geared to women in the outdoors or for women interested in becoming involved in outdoor activities. Festivities begin at 4:00 pm and is free to all to attend. Sportsman's Warehouse is...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist featured at Ladd Marsh Bird Festival
by ODFW, MAY 10, 2017

An action packed weekend is coming up in LaGrande at the 12th annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival, May 19-21. Friday night opens with the Odd Strings band playing original songs about birds, birding and Ladd Marsh at 7 p.m. Following the short concert is Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Mark Obmascik who’s book, The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession...
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Work on the Water
by Sharon Waranius, MAY 8, 2017

Work on the water is sweet when you're sailing while you work. Sailing while you work on Whiskeytown Lake is as close to heaven's shores as you could want. I visited there just the other day with my brother. He's an old Salt, Ken, better known as KW around the docks. Logging endless nautical miles through years of sailing experience, he is...
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