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Outdoor kids were the topics of several conversations this week. Most of those confabs revolved around the value of our children learning to integrate earth and nature and life through outdoor connections. On Monday, our 13th Legislative District Delegation was in...

The topic on the floor of our off-Reecer Creek meeting of the Reecer Creek Rod, Gun, Working Dog & Outdoor Think Tank Benevolent Association (RCRGWD&OTTBA) was winter – and preparing for its vagaries – as we noted the icy parking lot beyond the window. “I...

I know you’ve been holding your horses, resisting Black Friday and Cyber Monday, awaiting my list of hot locally available gifts for the outdoor nuts in your life. As chair of the Gifting in Support of Homey Businesses Subcommittee (under Reecer Creek Rod, Gun,...

You’ve been hearing it, too. The La Niña watch has been re-issued for our 2016-17 Pacific Northwest winter, and we are being told to prepare for higher than normal precipitation and normal to colder temperatures – depending on location in the state. At this point, the...

Homey’s question was simple. “What’s your best-ever Thanksgiving?” I've long loved Thanksgiving. I like being thankful for the living beings which continue to sustain us. It's pretty easy to honor the trees which provide some of our heat and furniture, and the plants...

In our last episode, I mentioned that valley native Dale Swedburg spent much of his land and habitat management career with DFW studying fire. He speaks of how regular, naturally-occurring forest fires benefit the lands and the plant communities which evolved with...