Category: Conservation
Golden Trout and Golden Trees
The first time I experienced the awesome grandeur of California’s Eastern Sierra was in 1975, when, as a rookie Fish and Game warden, I drove…
Golden Trout and Golden Trees
The first time I experienced the awesome grandeur of California’s Eastern Sierra was in 1975, when, as a rookie Fish and Game warden, I drove…
Saving a Place for Wildlife
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…
America’s National Parks Need Our Help Now More Than Ever
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…
America Needs Parks Now More Than Ever
Recently, my wife, Kathy, and I arrived in Sonora for our first Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) conference. We were a little apprehensive, being…
Saving Yelloweyes
Imagine you’re fishing somewhere off the California coast and you hook into a big one. You finally hoist the monster to the deck and discover…
Tasty Morsels of Mollusk Goodness
Saving California’s remaining abalone fishery from money-hungry poachers is a daunting task. By telling the stories of dedicated wildlife officers in my upcoming sequel to…
A Whale of a Tale
Out of Ventura Harbor we sailed this past November, in pursuit of a long-held dream. My wife Kathy and I had been waiting for years…
The Fish Rescue Crew
Driving south on Interstate 5 a few weeks ago, I crossed the Stony Creek Bridge, just north of Orland, California. The experience brought back vivid…
SOS: Saving Our Streams
I was recently invited to do a presentation for the Bear Creek Watershed Group, in eastern Shasta County, California. The group is made up of…