Author: Steve

Setting out on our Safari West adventure, we left civilization behind. Photo by Alex Coburn.
September 7, 2018

With camera in hand, Kathy and I have spent much of the last thirty years enjoying nature and searching for wildlife wherever we could find…

During the winter months, Kathy and I can count on seeing magnificent bald eagles at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex. This mature female was about to swoop down on a flock of unsuspecting coots. Photo by Steven T. Callan.
March 8, 2018

Late in November 1959, I was an eleven-year-old boy riding in the back seat of our family car as my father drove us north of…

In six months, our tiny spotted fawn grew into a magnificent pre-adult buck, almost as large as his mother.
December 1, 2017

During the thirty-plus years Kathy and I have lived in the foothills east of Redding, we’ve been treated to occasional visits from black-tailed deer. They…

Author Steven T. Callan and his wife, Kathy
October 27, 2017

Hi, Everyone, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for supporting my writing adventure. Kathy and I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting…

September 8, 2017

It was early September when Kathy and I arrived in Pacific Grove to find the whole town buzzing with excitement. Something strange was going on,…

July 7, 2017

My first opportunity to visit California’s magnificent Eastern Sierra came in late April 1975, while I was a young Fish and Game warden stationed on…

Upper Yosemite Fall at Yosemite National Park, one of the crown jewels of America’s national park system. Photo by Steven T. Callan.
May 19, 2017

I’ve always believed that our national parks and our national monuments were as secure as Yosemite’s Half Dome: solid as a rock, inviolate, and well-protected…

Author Steven T. Callan receives the "Best Outdoor Book of 2016" award, from the Outdoor Writers Association of California, for his sequel, The Game Warden's Son.
May 5, 2017

Last week, the Outdoor Writers Association of California presented me with the “Best Outdoor Book of 2016” award for my sequel, The Game Warden’s Son….

Author Steven T. Callan and friend at a book signing for his new book, The Game Warden's Son, at the Redding Sportsman's Expo, April 1, 2017
April 4, 2017

Last Saturday’s book signing at the Redding Sportsman’s Expo was a fun-filled day for Kathy and me. We made a lot of new friends and…

Author Steven T. Callan and friends at the book signing for THE GAME WARDEN'S SON at the Chico Costco
February 15, 2017

It was a day Kathy and I will not soon forget. Last Saturday’s Chico Costco book signing began with a friendly greeting from Jani, one…