The following is courtesy of Ducks Unlimited: MEMPHIS, Tennessee – June 22, 2020 – The new 2020-2021 federal duck stamp goes on sale Friday, June 26. The stamps, which cost $25, are valid from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021....
The following appears in the June issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: Two of Conrad Jungmann’s passions have been fishing and storytelling. A journalism major with a master’s degree from the University of Missouri’s famed School of Journalism, Jungmann has been in...
I first saw Into The Wild when I was living in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and I felt so captivated by Emile Hirsch’s performance as doomed nomad Christopher McCandless (one of my good friends in Arkansas went to the same college, Atlanta’s Emory...
The Homer Halibut Tournament, which was to be reduced to a two-day event after years of a much longer tournament format, has been canceled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s the release from the Homer Chamber of Commerce: HOMER,...
There are a reported 115 wildfires around Alaska, some worse than others. One fire burned down the Aniak River Lodge in Western Alaska. Here’s more from KTVA: Firefighters are working to contain a 5-acre fire that burned down the Aniak River...
The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 20, the annual limit of king salmon for the Upper Copper River drainage is reduced from 4 to 1 fish. Any king salmon harvested...
As the above tweets suggest, both sides of the political aisle are – in a rare moment of bipartisan unity – celebrating the passing of the Great American Outdoors Act. Here’s more from The Associated Press: The 73-25 vote on Wednesday...
The term “Florida man” has become a bit of a punch line in social media circles. So here’s an other Florida man headline: a bear was killed illegally on the Kenai Peninsula and a – you guessed it – Florida man...