It’s Mountain Goat Time
You have heard, no doubt, about the plans for the mountain goats in the Olympic National Park and on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Mountain goats are, arguably, our most unique large mammal. I’m always surprised when people who love our back country know...Making A Bat-Watching Evening
ABOUT BAT EVENINGS A decade or so ago, I spent a night along the Klickitat River, in south-central Washington. At some point during during the last couple hours of evening – lost in the roar and peace of the upper Klickitat, and thinking spring Chinook salmon...Kids and That First Hunt – Carrying on the Tradition
Late last fall, we talked about the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and its Youth Outdoors Initiative – a part of DFW’s R3 (recruitment, retention and reactivation) Initiative. This is all a response to slumping numbers of hunters nationwide and here...Calling All Outdoor Women of Paradise
The Kittitas County Field & Stream Club (KCFSC) was organized in March of 1919, making it the oldest such family hunting/fishing/outdoor club in Washington State. At that time, women and kids were generally as deeply involved in making and processing the family’s...Of Humans, Animals, Ethics and “Humane”
You just never know where a conversation is headed. Homey asked for my thoughts on recent stories about PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – arguably the largest “animal rights” group in the world). In truth, while I’ve written a few essays involving...
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