2008 Award Winners

 

Writer of the Year

• David Page

 

Best Freelance Journalism

• Zack Thomas

 

Newspaper Feature

• 1st: Zack Thomas for "Exceptionally Good Trout Fishing Is Right in Your Backyard" from the Reno Gazette-Journal

• 2nd: Keith Lair for "Rhode Blazing New Trail" from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune

 

Newspaper Column/Essay

• 1st: Tom Stienstra for "A Pal's Ashes, Dazzling Trout on a Secret Lake" from the San Francisco Chronicle

• 2nd: David Page for "The Last Run" from the New York Times

• 3rd: Bill Ryan for "Grandfather Randall: A Sinner or a Saint?" from the St. Helena Star

 

Magazine Feature

• 1st: Mike McKenna for "The Horse Whisperer of the High Sierra" from Eastside Magazine

• 2nd: Terry Hodges for "An Extra Set of Eyes" from Outdoor California

• 3rd: Greg Yarris for "Hunting — The Ultimate Organic Experience" from California Waterfowl

 

Magazine Column/Essay

• 1st: Gary Graham for "Jerry Garrett: Angling Super Hero" from Western Outdoors

 

News Report

• 1st: Tom Martens for "2008 Is the Year of the California Delta" from California Fly Fisher

• 2nd: Keith Lair for "Blasting Her Way to History" from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune

 

Newsletter

• 1st: Jerry Springer for California Deer, the newsletter of the California Deer Association

 

Guidebook

 

• 1st: David Page for Yosemite and the Southern Sierra (Countryman) -- more excerpts here

• 2nd: Zack Thomas for The Angler's Guide to Trailer-Boating Baja (Transpeninsular)

• 3rd: Allen Reidel for 100 Classic Hikes in Southern California (The Mountaineers)

 

Book Other than Guidebook

• 1st: Ken Hanley for Tying Furled Flies (Headwater)

 

Feature Photo

• 1st: Zack Thomas for "Moored Panga, Playa Concepción, Baja California Sur" from The Angler's Guide to Trailer-Boating Baja

• 2nd: Rick E. Martin for "Guide Doug Rodricks on the Wild Trout Section of the Lower Owens" from Fly Fishing the Sierra Nevada

 

Action Photo

• 1st: Guy Carl for "An Otter World"

• 2nd: John Loo for "San Clemente Island"

• 3rd: Zack Thomas for "Angler Fighting Fish at Lake Tahoe" from the Reno Gazette-Journal

 

Series of Photos

• 1st: Rick E. Martin for photos from Fly Fishing the Sierra Nevada by Bill Sunderland

• 2nd: Zack Thomas for "Like Mars with Flowers" from Eastside Magazine

 

Radio Show

• 1st: Ed Zieralski for All Outdoors Radio

• 2nd: John Henigin for Fish Talk Radio

 

TV Show or Video

• 1st: Ed Zieralski for Dove Hunt in the Imperial Valley

 

Website

• 1st: John Loo for Beyond the Breakwater

 

Web-only Article

• 1st: John Loo for "Offshore Trolling" from Beyond the Breakwater

 

John Reginato Conservation Award

• 1st: Jim Jones for "California's Salmon Collapse" from Salmon and Steelhead Journal

• 2nd: Tom Martens for "California Delta County Seeks to Expand Pioneering Abandoned Boat Program" from Western Boating Safety Group News

 

Phil Ford Humor Award

• 1st: Mike McKenna for "In Search of Golden Trout" from Eastside Magazine

• 2nd: Ernie Cowan for "Rookie with a Camera Hunting for a Sure Shot" from the North County Times