River Tails

October 29th, 2009 by camping_chief

Padlocked toilets are coming soon to California’s once-fabled state parks.

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October 29th, 2009 by fishing_expert

Greensboro, N.C. (Oct. 29, 2009) – Jeff Turner, a Virginia outdoor writer, won the Wrangler Rugged Wear® Adventures Essay Contest in September for his account of surviving a near drowning experience in a frigid river thanks to the Wrangler brand’s strong belt loops.

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October 19th, 2009 by fishing_expert

For the thousands of anglers who get the weekly Recycled Fish Stewardship Tip email, questions arise. For example, one recent Stewardship Tip explains that high “dog days of summer” water temperatures lead to stressed fish, which have a lower survival rate when released.

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October 19th, 2009 by fishing_expert

Action: Keeps Swift Reservoir open to fishing for the public.
Effective date: Nov. 1 through Nov. 30, 2009
Species affected: All game fish and salmon
Location: Swift Reservoir (Skamania County)

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October 15th, 2009 by rafter

Weighing as little as three pounds, pack rafts are seeing a resurgence with outdoors fanatics.

October 15th, 2009 by fishing_expert

The days are getting colder and the rainclouds are blowing in, but Washingtonians have a lot of good reasons to head outdoors in the coming weeks. The first razor-clam dig of the season starts Oct. 16, followed by the start of popular hunting seasons for deer and waterfowl Oct. 17. Plenty of other hunting, fishing and wildlife-viewing opportunities are also now under way or coming up soon.

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October 15th, 2009 by fishing_expert

WHO: Frostburg Professor Dr. Richard Raesly
DNR Biologists

WHAT: Search for the Maryland Darter

WHERE: Susquehanna State Park
Picnic Area below Stafford Road Bridge

WHEN: Friday, October 16, 2009

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October 15th, 2009 by fishing_expert

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA–Trout Unlimited (TU) commends Colorado Sen. Mark Udall for his bill introduced today, The Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009.

If enacted, the legislation would make it easier for groups like TU to clean up abandoned hard rock mines in the western United States.

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October 15th, 2009 by fishing_expert

WATERBURY, VT – Federal grant funds are available for projects that will help improve boating sewage pump-out facilities in Vermont according to an announcement from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

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October 15th, 2009 by fishing_expert

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La.. – Due to recent unsafe conditions and high water on the Red River, BASS relocated the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Women’s Tour Championship, set for Oct. 16-18, to Cypress Black Bayou Lake, located in Benton, La.

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