Alpen Optics

Award-winning sporting optics manufacturer Alpen Outdoor's objective is to provide superior quality binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes, and accessories at affordable prices. All Alpen products are backed by the company's limited lifetime warranty. Alpen offers a full-range media program.
location: Rancho Cucamonga
contact: Vickie Gardner, VP of Stuff and Marketing
tel: (909) 987-8370 or (877) 987-8370
E-mail:vickie@alpenoutdoor.com
Web Site:www.alpenoutdoor.com

 

American Sportfishing Association

 The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) is the sportfishing industry's trade association, committed to looking out for the interests of the entire sportfishing community. We give the industry a unified voice, speaking out on behalf of sportfishing and boating industries, state and federal natural resource agencies, conservation organizations, angler advocacy groups and outdoor journalists when emerging laws and policies could significantly affect sportfishing business or sportfishing itself.
location: Alexandria, VA (Eastern time)
tel: (703) 519-9691
email:communications@asafishing.org
web:www.asafishing.org

 

B.A.S.S./ESPN Outdoors
BASS is the worldwide authority on bass fishing, sanctioning more than 20,000 events through the BASS Federation Nation annually. Guided by its mission to serve all fishing fans, BASS sets the standard for credibility, professionalism, sportsmanship and conservation, as it has for nearly 40 years. Through its clubs, youth programs, aquatic resource advocacy, magazine publishing and multimedia platforms, BASS offers the industry's widest array of services and support to its nearly 530,000 members.
location: Lake Buena Vista, FL (Eastern Time)
contact: George McNeilly, Sr. Dir. of Communications
email:george.mcneilly@espn.com
second contact: Jamie Wilkinson, Dir. of Communications
email:william.j.wilkinson@espn.com
tel: (407) 566-2208
info email:newsmedia@bassmaster.com
web:www.bassmaster.com/www.espnoutdoors.com

 

 

Bass Pro Shops
Bass Pro Shops, an international catalog and Internet retailer, is also America's most popular outdoor store. Bass Pro Shops retail stores are rated high as tourist-destination picks with 100+ million visitors annually. Bass Pro Shops stores also offer Outdoor Skills Workshops for adults, kids and families. Headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, Bass Pro Shops currently has 49 retail locations in 27 states and Canada.
location: Springfield, MO (central time)
contact: Katie Mitchell
tel: (417) 873-5618
email:kamitchell@basspro.com
web:www.basspro.com

 

Baja on the Fly
Gary and Yvonne Graham's Baja on the Fly has provided literally thousands of guests quality saltwater fly-fishing 365 days a year in Baja, Zihuatanejo and Guatemala since 1991. Our guides are experienced, FFF-certified and English-speaking. Baja on the Fly is your best bet to put you on marlin, sailfish, dorado, roosterfish, tuna, snook and jacks on a fly. Our Baja destination list continues to grow. It now includes Cabo San Lucas, East Cape, La Paz, Magdalena Bay (both offshore and in the mangroves) and Loreto. Baja on the Fly offers special consideration for writers with assignments below the border.
location: Escondido (San Diego County)
contact: Gary Graham (OWAC president)bajafly@bajafly.com
second contact: Yvonne Graham (OWAC individual member)yvonne@bajafly.com
tel: (800) 919-2252
email:bajafly@bajafly.com
web:www.bajafly.com

 

Big Bear Lake Resort Association
Big Bear Lake is Southern California's only four-season alpine resort. At an altitude of 7,000' and boasting more than 300 days of sunshine each year, Big Bear's superb climate, scenic beauty and wide range of recreational choices make it a preferred location for outdoor enthusiasts and weekend warriors. Big Bear Lake Resort Association is the marketing organization for Big Bear Lake and the surrounding valley. BBLRA hosted OWAC's 2005 Fall Conference.
location: Big Bear Lake
contact: Dan McKernan, Manager of Marketing and Public Relations
tel: (909) 866-6190 x235
email:dmckernan@bigbearinfo.com
web:www.bigbear.com

 

Binational Emergency Medical Center
BEMCC is a non-profit organization that gets travelers out of Mexico in case of medical or life-threatening emergencies. A dedicated bilingual staff does what is necessary — including contacting first responders such as ambulance personnel, consular officials, police and Coast Guard — to arrange safe transport back into the United States via air or ground ambulance. The committee is comprised of representatives from the medical field, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, social workers, consular officials and hospital personnel.
location: Chula Vista
contact: Celia Diaz
tel: (619) 425-5080
email:bemcc1@pacbell.net(media only please)
web:www.binationaemergency.org

Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau

The Bishop Area Chamber and Visitors Bureau, host of OWAC's 2007 Spring Conference, promotes tourism and business in the greater Bishop area. Billing itself as "The Other Side of California," Bishop, located in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierras, offers an incredible variety of outdoor recreational opportunities, from world-class trout fishing, to climbingand hiking, to OHV exploration.
location: Bishop
contact: Tawni Thomson, Executive Director
tel: (760) 873-8405 x5
email:execdir@bishopvisitor.com
web:www.bishopvisitor.com

 

Calaveras County Visitor's Bureau
Made famous by Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Calaveras County, in the Gold Country region of the Sierra foothills, offers year-round outdoor recreation, including hiking, biking, OHV activities, whitewater rafting, fishing, boating, skiing, and caving. The Calaveras Visitors Bureau hosted OWAC's 2002 Spring Conference and will again host the conference in fall 2007.
location: Angels Camp
contact: Lisa Mayo
tel: (209) 736-0049
email:lisa@gocalaveras.com
web:www.gocalaveras.com

 

Calaveras Winegrape Alliance
The Calaveras Winegrape Alliance is the PR, marketing and educational voice for the Calaveras viticulture industry. The quality of Calaveras wines is being recognized in national publications and receiving high awards at regional, national and international competitions. The Calaveras winemaking and viticulture community is unified, self-sustaining, innovative and builds on cooperative progressive ideas. CWA strives to develop Calaveras County as the premier "destination wine region" in the foothills by honoring its unique heritage, encouraging a healthy lifestyle and presenting a relaxed and casual atmosphere. 25 tasting rooms, 3 traffic lights ... what’s stopping you?
location: Murphys
contact: Anna Davies, Executive Director
tel: (209) 728-9467
email:cwa@goldrush.com
web:www.calaveraswines.org

 

California Association of Professional Scientists
CAPS is the exclusive representative of nearly 3,000 scientists working for the State of California.
location: Sacramento
contact: Chris Voight
tel: (916) 441 2629
email:caps@capsscientists.org
                                                      web:www.capsscientists.org

 

California Parks Companies (Urban Park Concessionaires)
UPC provides a full range of marina and resort services to customers, guests and agency partners, operating facilities at Diamond Valley Lake, Laughlin Bay Marina in southern Nevada, Lake Camanche in central California and Lake Chabot, Los Vaqueros and San Pablo Reservoir in the San Francisco Bay Area. UPC also operates concessions at California State Parks such as Angel Island State Park and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. OWAC members are welcome and encouraged to visit any and all UPC facilities.
location: Pleasanton
contact: Sean Senti
tel: (925) 426-3071 x103
email:ssenti@calparksco.com
web:www.calparksco.com/www.norcalfishing.com

 

California Waterfowl
California Waterfowl is an award winningnonprofit, hunter-supported conservationorganization with a mission to conserve the state’swaterfowl, wetlands, and hunting heritage. In thelast 20 years they’ve restored, protected orenhanced more than 360,000 acres, providinghabitat for millions birds and animals, andintroduced more than 250,000 children to thewonders of the great outdoors.
location: Statewide
contact: Erik Begren, Public Relations
email: Ebergren@calwaterfowl.org
tel: (916) 648-1406 ext 139
general email:cwa@calwaterfowl.org
web:www.calwaterfowl.org

 

Catherine Boire Public Relations
Founded in 1995, Catherine Boire Public Relations offers strategic marketing and communications services, specializing in destination marketing for the hospitality, outdoor recreation, travel and tourism industries.
location: Napa Valley
contact: Catherine Boire
office: (707) 255-5997
email:cboirepr@aol.com
web: www.cbpublicrelations.com

 

California Outdoor Heritage Alliance
COHA is a partnership of wildlife conservation organizations, outdoor industry, other related interests, and individuals who support science-based wildlife management and the promotion of hunting rights in California. COHA serves to effectively counter the growing threats and challenges to our outdoor traditions by working all levels of government.
location: Sacramento
contact: Bill Gaines
tel: (916) 643-4607
email:bill@outdoorheritage.org
web:www.outdoorheritage.org

Cave and Mine Adventures
Cave and Mine Adventures operates guided underground tours and challenging expeditions at Moaning Cavern, California Cavern and Gold Cliff Mine in Calaveras County, and Black Chasm Cavern and Sutter Gold Mine in Amador County. All but one location has gold panning and gemstone mining flumes, a visitor center and picnic tables. In addition, Moaning Cavern Adventure Park offers 165-foot rope rappels into the cave, above-ground zip lines, horseback riding on trails with spectacular views and a custom climbing tower. Open daily, year round.
location: Vallecito
contact: Lisa Boulton
tel: (209) 481-5824 or (209) 736-2708
email: lisa@caverntours.com
web: www.caveandmineadventures.com

 

Chester-Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce
Fall 2009 Conference Host
The Lake Almanor Basin, gateway community to Lassen Volcanic National Park, is just a cast away from the Bay Area, Sacramento, Redding and Reno. Lake Almanor offers an abundance of water sports and boating activities, world-class fishing, and miles of bike. Visitors also enjoy hiking, biking, nature walks, bird watching, kayaking, golf and horseback riding. And that is just during summer and fall. Winter sports enthusiasts enjoy cross-country skiing, snow shoeing and snowmobiling at the many parks in the area.
location: Chester
contact: Susan Bryner, Executive Director
tel: (530) 258-2426
email: susanbryner@lakealmanorarea.com
web: www.lakealmanorarea.com

 

The Coleman Company
Coleman is the world’s leading manufacturer of camping and outdoor recreation equipment, including legendary Coleman® lanterns and camp stoves, plus grills, coolers, tents, sleeping bags, cookware, electric lights, backpacking gear and a wide array of accessories. Coleman’s portfolio of brands and products include: Stearns®, Hodgman®, SOSpenders®, Mad Dog Gear®, Sevylor®, CampingGaz® and Exponent®.Consumer hotline: 1-800-835-3278. Website: www.coleman.com.
location: Wichita, KS (Central time)
contact: Jim Reid, Senior Manager of Public Relations
email:jreid@coleman.com
tel: (316) 219-7537
web:www.coleman.com

 

Ducks Unlimited
The world’s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization, DU conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people.
location: Rancho Cordova (Sacramento area)
contact: Rudy Rosen, Director, Western Office
tel: (916) 852-2000
email:rrosen@ducks.org
web:www.ducks.org

 

Emeryville Sportfishing
Emeryville Sportfishing offers charter and open-party fishing trips aboard a fleet of eight vessels ranging from 38 to 56 feet in length. Target fish include salmon, albacore, halibut, striped bass, sturgeon, sharks, rockfish and lingcod.
location: Emeryville (near Oakland)
contact: Craig Stone
tel: (510) 654-6040
email:emvlsport@aol.com
web:www.emeryvillesportfishing.com

 

Emmrod
Emmrod makes super-compact stainless spring steel fishing rods less than 24 inches long. The innovative design offers all the casting ability of a traditional six-foot stick. Emmrod offers spinning, casting, offshore, and even fly models in a range of actions.
location: Spokane Valley, WA
contact: Duane Markley
tel: (888) 924-6227
email:emmrod@comcast.net
web:www.emmrod.com

 

Fairfield Tourism Association
Spring 2009 conference host
Fairfield neighbors the world famous Napa Valley and is convenient to the five largest metropolitan areas in Northern California. The harvest trails, produce markets and wine tasting rooms are minutes away in nearby Suisun Valley and are among the area's many undiscovered pleasures. The Suisun Marshes are the largest in the Western United States. Wildlife viewing is seasonal and extremely popular.
location: Fairfield
contact: Beth Javens
tel: (707) 399-2445
email: beth@fairfield4fun.com
web: www.visitfairfieldca.com

 

The Fontayne Group
The Fontayne Group, Inc. is a marketing communications firm headquartered in northern California, with representatives in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Florida.Founded in 1982, the firm specializes in the tourism, leisure and cultural fields.
location: Marysville, California
contact: Cynthia Fontayne
tel:(530) 743-4488 or (800) 841-0850
email:cynthia@fontayne.com
web:www.fontayne.com

 

FLW Outdoors
FLW is a fishing tournament organization that conducts bass and walleye events in seven trails across the country.
location: Benton, KY (Central time)
contact: Jeff McCoy, Director of Public Relations
tel:(612) 337-1945
email:jeff.mccoy@jacobs-mgmt.com
second contact: Chad Gay, Public Relations Manager
tel: (270) 703-3346
email: cgay@flwoutdoors.com
                                                      web:www.flwoutdoors.com

 

Forever Resorts
Forever Resorts operates destinations across the U.S. including lodging in national and state parks, recreation areas, river rafting excursions and luxury houseboat rentals. California Forever Resorts destinations include Trinity Lake Resorts & Marina, Lime Saddle at Lake Oroville, Pleasure Cove Marina at Lake Berryessa, Moccasin Point and Don Pedro Marina at Don Pedro Recreation Area and the City Hotel & Fallon Hotel in Columbia State Historic Park. The company is known for its environmental efforts, and representatives are available as a resource for journalists interested in learning more about environmental challenges and businesses operating "Green."
location: Scottsdale, AZ (Mountain time)
contact: Darla Cook, Vice President PR
tel: (480) 998-7199
email:dcook@foreverresorts.com
web:www.foreverresorts.com

 

Freedom Group
Freedom Group is the world’s premier family of firearms, ammunition and related products. Our companies are dedicated to providing innovative products to the hunting, shooting sports, law enforcement and military global markets with some of the most recognized brands globally. Our PR department represents the Remington, Marlin, Harrington & Richardson, New England Firearms, LC Smith, Parker and Bushmaster brands.
phone: (800) 243-9700 ext. 8578(Press Only)
contacts: Linda Powell, Sr. Manager, Press Relations
Jason Spradling,PR Specialist
Jessica Kallam, Administrative Assistant
email: linda.powell@freedom-group.com,
jason.spradling@freedom-group.com,jessica.kallam@freedom-group.com,
web:www.remington.com,www.marlinfirearms.com,www.hr1817.com,www.parkergunmakers.com,www.bushmaster.com

 

Fred Sater Communications
Fred Sater Communications is a public relations and marketing consultancy specializing in travel and outdoor recreation. Clients include the Fairfield Tourism Association, Point Reyes Lodging Association and Wild Horse Sanctuary in northern California.
location:Carmichael (Sacramento area)
contact:Fred Sater
tel:(916) 972-1650
email:fred@fredsatercommunications.com
web:www.fredsatercommunications.com

 

Gauge Wines
"This isn't wine for aristocrats. This isn't wine to swish and spit. This is wine for drinking. This is wine for celebrating. This is a wine for the senses. Gauge Wine isn't inspired by the meals you cook. It's inspired by the meals you catch. It's inspired by the thrill of the hunt. The thrill that remains long after another successful haul."
location: Napa
contact: John Putnam
tel: (707) 312-0554
email:info@gaugewines.com
web:www.gaugewines.com

 

Hobie Cat
Since 1950, Hobie has been in the business of shaping a unique lifestyle based around fun, water, and quality products. From their headquarters in Oceanside, California, Hobie Cat Company manufactures, distributes, and markets an impressive collection of watercraft worldwide. This includes an ever-expanding line of pedal-driven and paddle sit-on-top fishing kayaks and related parts and accessories. The Hobie line-up also features recreational and racing sailboats and recreational kayaks.
location: Oceanside
contact: Ingrid Niehaus
tel: (949) 499-2225
email:ingridn2@mindspring.com
                                         web:www.hobiecat.com

 

Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort
Located just south of Los Barriles on Baja California Sur's East Cape, Hotel Buena Vista offers charming accommodations; lush, manicured grounds; excellent beachfront dining and an on-site spa. Activities include world-class conventional and fly fishing aboard the hotel's own fleet and from shore, snorkeling, diving, kayaking, tennis and ATV and horseback riding.
location: Los Barriles, BCS, Mexico
contact: Axel Valdez
tel: (619) 632-4106
email:axel@hotelbuenavista.com
                                                      web:www.hotelbuenavista.com

International Sportsmen's Expositions
International Sportsmen's Expositions (ISE), founded in 1975, produces California's two largest fishing, hunting and travel consumer shows, in San Mateo and Sacramento. Each ISE spotlights the products and services of between 350 and more than 500 exhibiting companies from California and the western U.S., Canada, Alaska, South Africa, and Central and South America. In addition to factories, guides and outfitters, lodges and resorts, boat/ATV/RV dealers, and specialty and national retailers, each ISE features media entities (Web, print, radio, television), and local, regional and national clubs, groups and associations that represent and promote a wide variety of outdoor-industry segments.
location: Vancouver, WA
contact: John Kirk
tel: (360) 397-0209
email:info@sportsexpos.com
web:www.sportsexpos.com

Intimidator Sportfishing
Intimidator Sportfishing provides guided fishing expeditions Inland and near coastal waters of Northern California. Captain Mike Gravert has over 20 years experience of fishing California water ways.
location: Elk Grove Ca.
contact: Capt. Mike Gravert
tel: 916-806-3030
email:captainmike@intimidatorsportfishing.com
web: Intimidatorsportfishing.com

 

Janis Flippen Public Relations
Specializing in destination marketing, Janis Flippen Public Relations represents clients in the hospitality and tourism industries since 1995.
location: Camarillo
contact: Janis Flippen
tel: (805) 389-9495
email:jflippenpr@roadrunner.com

 

 

 

Lake County Marketing Program
The Lake County Marketing Program promotes Lake County, home to California's cleanest air basin and Clear Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake within California. Clear Lake is famous among anglers for its bass fishing and birdwatchers for Rodman Slough, the largest heron rookery in the West. With numerous lakes and public lands, other popular outdoor activities include hiking, cycling, kayaking, boating, watersports, hunting, and even soaring. Lake County co-hosted OWAC's 2003 Spring Conference; the 1996 Spring Conference was also held in Lake County.
location: Lakeport
contact: Debra Sommerfield
tel: (707) 263-2580
email:debras@co.lake.ca.us
web:www.lakecounty.com

 

Laramore Communications
A boutique marketing and public relations agency with offices in the Sonoma Napa Wine Country and on Orcas Island, Laramore Communications clients include destination clients who specialize in outdoors and recreation adventures. Fishing, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Canoeing and Kayaking packages are available at some of the most interesting accommodations in Sonoma County.
location: Santa Rosa
contact: Nina Laramore
tel: (707) 546-7525
email:Nina@LaramoreCommunications.com
web:www.LaramoreCommunications.com

 

Lake Resources Group, Inc. (IronClad Technologies)
Lake Resources Group is a new company manufacturing soft and hybrid lures utilizing a newly released, patent-pending polymer technology co-developed with the University of Wisconsin Polymer Engineering Center. Brands include IronClad, LockOn and ChamberLock. The new polymer technology renders soft baits nearly permanent, or "IronClad," but still highly flexible and lifelike. These lures "LockOn" to hooks and don't budge. ''Designed for Fishermen; Designed for the Environment.''location: Waunakee, WI (Central time)
contact: Ben Hobbins, President and CEO
tel: (608) 513-3535
email:lakeresourcesgroup@yahoo.com
web:www.lakeresourcesgroup.com

 

Liberty Press
A Utah-based printer of hunting and fishing regulations booklets for several states, Liberty Press also sells advertising in the booklets to help offset printing costs for states.
location: Orem, UT (Mountain time)
contact: Guy VanDyke
tel: (801) 434-7661
email:guyvandyke@libertypress.org
web:www.huntandfishregs.com.com

 

Mammoth Lakes Tourism
Mammoth Lakes Tourism is the official sales, marketing and public relations organization for the Town of Mammoth Lakes. Mammoth Lakes co-hosted OWAC's 2004 Fall Conference.
location: Mammoth Lakes
contact: Jimmy Kellett, Tourism Marketing Manager
tel: (760) 934-2712
email:jkellett@visitmammoth.com
web:www.visitmammoth.com/media

 

MacDaddy's Fishing Lures
MacDaddy's Fishing Lures, Inc. is dedicated to manufacturing and distributing the finest line of precious metal and diamond fishing lures in the world. Ranging in price from $10 to $1 million, MacDaddy's line of lures and jeweled flies make great gifts. New in their line is a shadow box, holding the memories of your favorite fishing trip. Logo lures are MacDaddy's newest specialty. Send your logo by e-mail and they will make you a complimentary sample.
location: Shell Beach, California (Pismo Beach area)
contact: Teri Conrad
tel: (805) 473-9282
cel: (805) 441-2012
email:teri@macdaddysfishinglures.com
web:www.macdaddysfishinglures.co

 

Mono County Tourism and Film Commission
Mono County is a favorite of outdoorsmen and women for its trophy trout fishing on Crowley Lake, Convict Lake, the Owens River, the June Lakes, Twin Lakes, Bridgeport Reservoir, the Walker River and Topaz Lake, and hiking, backpacking, camping, hunting, off-roading, and horse trips across the High Plains and into the High Sierra. Famous sites include Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, the east entrance to Yosemite National Park, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, June Mountain and entry to Devil’s Postpile National Monument. Mono County co-hosted OWAC's 2004 Fall Conference.
location: Mammoth Lakes
contact: Dan Lyster
tel: (760) 924-1700
email:dlyster@mono.ca.gov
web:www.monocounty.org

 

 

Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Monterey County CVB promotes the full range of destination assets for recreational, cultural, environmental, business and visitor travel available in Monterey County. Monterey County boasts 99 miles of prime Pacific coastline, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, three historic missions, 40,000 acres of premium vineyards, 25 golf courses and 250+ accommodations. The region includes breathtaking Big Sur, the Monterey Peninsula communities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Sand City and Seaside, as well as the North County region and the Salinas Valley communities of Salinas and Soledad. location:
Monterey contact: Shannon Marshall, Director of Communications
tel: (831) 657-6409 (direct) or (831) 657-6400 (main)
email:shannon@mccvb.org
web:www.montereyinfo.org

 

National Shooting Sports Foundation
NSSF is a non-profit trade association supporting the shooting, hunting, and firearms industry. NSSF’s mission statement reads in part: “We will concentrate our efforts on measurably advancing participation in and understanding of hunting and the shooting sports; reaffirming and strengthening our members' commitment to the safe and responsible use of their products, and promoting a political climate supportive of America's traditional firearms rights.”
location: Newtown, CT (Eastern time)
contact: Bill Brassard, Jr, PR Director
tel: (203) 426-1320
email:bbrassard@nssf.org
web:www.nssf.org

 

Nature Media Network
Nature Media Network creates marketing and communication strategies for conservation, arts, cultural and other non-profit organizations, land trusts, nature and agritourism businesses and communities.
location: Applegate (near Auburn)
contact: Karen Killebrew
tel: (530) 878-1330
email:karen@naturemedia.net
                                                      web:www.naturemedia.net

 

Ono's Trading Company
Ono's manufactures a line of top-quality polarized sunglasses in nine frame styles with built-in readers ranging from 1.50 to 2.50 magnification power.
location: Mobile, AL (central time)
contact: Chris Nelson
tel: (251) 338-0351
email:chris@onostradingcompany.com
                                                      web:www.onostradingcompany.com

 

Placer County Visitors Council
Located on 1,400 square miles of the most beautiful and diverse geography in Northern California, Placer County stretches for a hundred miles from urban South Placer, through Western Placer, to the High Country of North Lake Tahoe and the Nevada state line. Within its borders picturesque farm land and Gold Rush-era towns dot the oak-covered foothills, and craggy peaks, forests, tumbling rivers and clear alpine lakes create the natural beauty of the High Country.
location: Auburn
contact: Mr. Jan C. Decker, Executive Director
tel: (530) 887-2111
email:jancdecker@visitplacer.com
web:www.visitplacer.com

 

Plumas County Visitors Bureau
A world of outdoor adventure awaits in Plumas County, where the Sierra meets the Cascade. Among the headline attractions are Lake Almanor, Bucks Lake, Lake Davis, Lassen Volcanic National Park, the spectacular canyons of the Feather River, and the Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe National Forests, which collectively cover more than three-fourths of the county's 2,618 square miles.
location: Quincy
contact: Suzi Braaken
tel: (530) 283-6345
email:info@plumascounty.org
web:www.plumascounty.org

 

Poimiroo + Partners
Poimiroo & Partners is a marketing communications firm that specializes in travel and tourism. Headed by John Poimiroo, APR, the firm represents: The California Parks Companies with operations at Angel Island State Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Shasta Lake, Lake Camanche, Los Vaqueros, and Diamond Valley, as well as the Mono County Tourism/Film Commission, the City of Redding, Yosemite Resorts, and Yosemite/Mariposa County Tourism Bureau. P&P provides consulting services to the California Parks and Recreation Society, Folsom Tourism Bureau, California Lodging Industry Association, and California Cultural Heritage Tourism Council, among others.
location: El Dorado Hills (Sacramento area)
contact: John Poimiroo
tel: (916) 933-8860
email:john@poimiroo.com
web:www.poimiroo.com

 

Pure Fishing
Committed to innovation and to the science of catching more fish. Pure Fishing brands include Berkley, Shakespeare, Abu Garcia, Penn, Fenwick, Mitchell, Pflueger, Spiderwire, Stren, Ugly Stik and All Star.
location: Columbia, SC  )
contact:  Kevin Jarnagin, c/o Blue Heron Communications
tel: (800)654-3766
email: kevin@blueheroncomm.com
web:www.purefishing.com

 

 

San Diego Sportfishing Council
The San Diego Sportfishing Council is a non-profit organization representing the San Diego sportfishing fleet, the largest, most modern in the world. The Council's mission is the promotion of sportfishing through expanding availability of information on sportfishing opportunities and production of public special events, such as the annual Port of San Diego Day At The Docks.
location: San Diego
contact: Catherine Miller
tel: (619) 234-8791
email:catherine@catherinemiller.com
web:www.sportfishing.org

 

Seven Crown Resorts
Seven Crown Resorts is the largest houseboat vacation rental company in the US., with locations at Lake Shasta, the Sacramento Delta, Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. Seven Crown also offers lakeside lodging and dining, as well as RV sites, small boat rentals, slips and dry storage.
location: Irvine (corporate office)
contact: Karen Lippe-Ferrell
email:klippe@sevencrown.com
second contact: Karen Kaufman
email:kkaufman@sevencrown.com
tel: (949) 588-7100
                               web:www.sevencrown.com

 

Solano Land Trust
Solano Land Trust is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is the preservation of agricultural lands, open space, and resources through the acquisition of land and conservation easements, education, and land management. Since its founding in 1986, Solano Land Trust has permanently protected 19,403 acres of land for the current and future residents of Solano County.
location: Fairfield
contact: Nicole Byrd, Executive Director
tel: (707) 432-0150 x210
email: nicole@solanolandtrust.org
second contact: Anne DeLozier, Administrative Assistant
tel: (707) 432-0150 x209
email: anne@solanolandtrust.org
web: www.solanolandtrust.org

 

Sonoma County Tourism Bureau
Sonoma County boasts over 250 of the world's most award-winning wineries, 76 miles of scenic coastline, pristine beaches, the mystical Russian River, majestic redwoods, 21 challenging golf courses, a thrilling road course and drag strip, more than 40spas, outstanding theaters, fascinating museums, shopping, botanical gardens, galleries, diverse festivals, farm markets and incredible eateries. Sonoma County hosted OWAC's 2005 spring conference.
location: Santa Rosa
contact: Tim Zahner
tel: (707) 522-5810
email:tzahner@sonomacounty.com
web:www.sonomacounty.com

 

The Sportfishing Conservancy 
Under the leadership of OWAC member Tom Raftican, SportCon aims to celebrate the role of sportsmen and women in the conservation of America's natural resources and to benefit both fish and fishermen.
location: Long Beach
contact: Tom Raftican
tel: (805) 895-3000
email: info@sportcon.org
web: www.sportcon.org

The Sportsman Channel
Launched in 2003, The Sportsman Channel is the only network fully devoted to the more than 50 million sportsmen in the United States, delivering 100 percent hunting, fishing and shooting programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Acquired by InterMedia Outdoors Holdings in 2006, TSC is now a part of the nation's largest multimedia company targeted exclusively to serving the information and entertainment needs of outdoors enthusiasts.
location: New Berlin, WI (central time)
contact: Michelle Scheuermann
tel: (262) 432-9100
email:mscheuermann@thesportsmanchannel.com
web:www.thesportsmanchannel.com

 

Sunbelt Publications
Founded by OWAC members Diana and Lowell Lindsay, Sunbelt publishes and distributes books and maps, specializing in California and Baja California. Billing itself as "THE Source for Book on the Californias," the company distributes some 2,500 titles to more than 1,000 customers and publishes five to ten titles a year. Sunbelt offers OWAC members a 20% discount on all purchases; on-line orders use discount code “OWAC”.
location: El Cajon (San Diego area)
contact: Diana Lindsay, President
tel: (619) 258-4911
email:info@sunbeltbooks.com
web:www.sunbeltbooks.com

 

 

Swarovski Optik
Swarovski Optik, an Austrian, family-owned company with a long tradition, has been producing high-quality binoculars and telescopes for over 50 years. Swarovski Optik sells products, which are a synthesis of superior quality in terms of functionality and optical performance, coupled with an emphasis on aesthetic design.
location: Cranston, RI (Eastern time)
contact: Clay Taylor
tel: (800) 426-3089 x2959
email:ctaylor@att.net
web:www.swarovskioptik.us

 

 

 

Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau
Tuolumne County includes the northern half of Yosemite National Park, most of Stanislaus National Forest, the mountain resorts along Hwy.120 to Yosemite and Hwy. 108 the Sonora Pass High Country, and is the central region of California's Gold Country. Visitors can enjoy year-round recreation with hiking, biking, fishing, horseback riding, gold-panning and touring historic gold rush towns. Seasonal activities include skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, river rafting, fishing and boating. Enjoy superb live theatre, art galleries, restaurants, museums, casinos, and local festivals and events any time of year.
location: Sonora
contact: Sandy Gordon, Marketing Manager
tel: (209) 533-4420
email:tcvbmarketing@mlode.com
web: www.tcvb.com

 

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc.
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) manufactures, markets and distributes cars and trucks in the U.S. TMS has 10 manufacturing plants and 1,350 dealers nationwide selling Toyota, Scion and Lexus vehicles. The full-size Tundra pickup truck was introduced in Spring of 2007. Toyota trucks and 4WD vehicles can be made available to OWAC members with appropriate assignments
location: Alameda
contact: Michael Dobrin, MDPR/Field Public Relations Agency/Toyota
tel: (510) 865-8005
email:mdobrin@mdpr.com
web:www.toyota.com

 

United Anglers of Southern California
United Anglers of Southern California, led by OWAC individual member Tom Raftican, is a not-for-profit organization made up of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of the marine environment. As a potent lobbying organization, UASC represents sport fishermen from all parts of California who would like to pass on the sport they love to future generations. UASC recognizes the need for commercial fisheries but opposes the indiscriminate depletion of the resource for short-term profit.
location: Irvine
contact: Ron Ballanti
tel:(818) 349-3608
email:strikezone@earthlink.net
web:www.unitedanglers.com

Vagabundos del Mar Boat & Travel Club
Vagabundos del Mar was founded in 1966 as a non-profit corporation specializing in Mexico travel. It serves as a one-stop source for members for Mexican vehicle and boat insurance, fishing and boat permits, books on Mexico, and current information on Mexico travel. Vagabundos organizes caravans, fishing tournaments, small boat cruises, and weekend get-togethers in Mexico and the western U.S. and Canada and publishes a monthly newsletter, Chubasco.
location: Rio Vista (the delta)
contact: Fred Jones, Vice President (OWAC individual member)
tel: (800) 474-2252
email:fredjones1@comcast.net
second contact: Gloria Jones, Director (OWAC individual member)
tel: (530) 823-7228
email:coolglo@vagabundos.com
web:www.vagabundos.com

Wilderness Unlimited
Wilderness Unlimited, founded in 1987, is committed to preserving quality sporting opportunities on America's shrinking private lands. The leader in accessing the West's "private wilderness" areas, WU dedicates itself to maintaining a haven for responsible outdoorsmen. The aim is to provide safe, quality experiences and create unforgettable memories for all concerned.
location: Hayward
contact: Rick Copeland (OWAC individual member)
tel: (510) 785-4868
email:rc@wildernessunlimited.com
web:www.wildernessunlimited.com

 

 

WindWhacker Decoys
WindWhacker Decoys is a family-owned business that manufactures innovative and highly effective wind-powered motion waterfowl decoys. WindWhackers are inexpensive, easy to transport, maintenance free and spin even in the lightest breezes.
location: San Diego
contact: Rob Rohrke
tel: (619) 993-7020
email:windwhacker@yahoo.com
web:www.windwhacker.com

 

Y explore Yosemite Adventures
Y explore Yosemite Adventures is a socially responsible company offering professionally guided hiking tours and photography workshops in Yosemite National Park. The mission of Y explore Yosemite Adventures is to encourage park visitors to connect with Yosemite through outdoor experiences that deliver unique photographic opportunities and lasting memories.
location: Sonora
contact: John DeGrazio, CEO
tel: (209) 532-7014
email:john@yexplore.com
web:http://yexplore.com