The John E. Nagel Award was established in 2000 and named in honor of the IWJV’s first management board chairman. As prestigious as the award is, it is more than a professional honor for Biddlecomb.

Spruce up, Morro Bay! Guests are coming May 7-8 to stay, play and promote Morro Bay to adventure-seeking visitors.

The Outdoor Writers Association of California selected the newly remodeled Inn at Morro Bay for its spring conference.

This promises to be one of the most enlightening and adventurous conferences in OWAC history – you will not want to miss this event! 

• Full Registration Packet (pdf) – includes all forms, schedule and activities descriptions
• Conference schedule (May 7 & 8)
• Conference activities (for Tuesday, May 8, plus pre- and post-conference and self-guided)
• Registration forms only (pdf) – to print and mail (separate form per participant)

This is the way mountain lions should be hunted in California. With a camera, dogs of course, but no mechanized assistance including horseback. The trophy is your photo.

Yvonne: These photos were taken during the DFG's mountain lion study
in 1975. The capture took place on property west of the Hunter-Liggett
Military Reservation in Monterey County. Participating were a couple
of DFG biologists and wardens, along with the tracker and houndsman. I
participated in the capture. The photos and story appeared in the

For more information, contact John Brasier at (803) 637-7667.

There is a great opportunity to connect your local community to “The Hunger Games,” the blockbuster movie that had the third-largest box office opening in history over the weekend.

The NWTF, a national non-profit conservation organization that teaches archery classes for youth and women in your area, has information and sources that can generate stories that tie in with the movie.

Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of The Hunger Games, survives in the post-apocalyptic movie thanks in part to her archery training. Fortunately, learning to shoot a bow like Katniss is well within the reach of most people.

The NWTF introduces youth and women to archery and the outdoors through its JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) and Women in the Outdoors outreach programs. Archery training is one of the most popular activities at JAKES and Women in the Outdoors events nationwide.

Here are a few facts about archery at NWTF outreach programs:

• The NWTF hosts about 1,000 JAKES events annually, the vast majority including archery training, throughout the United States and Canada.
• Girls make up roughly 50 percent of all JAKES events participants.
• More than 4,000 Women in the Outdoors events, the vast majority including archery training, have been held by the NWTF.
• Professional archery instructors and quality equipment are provided at all JAKES and Women in the Outdoors events.

For local contact information about these programs and instructors in your area, contact John Brasier at jbrasier@nwtf.net or (800) THE-NWTF.

For information on the NWTF, the North American leader in upland wildlife conservation, visitwww.nwtf.org.

Lund Alaskan is as comfortable towing and hauling as it is fighting fish  

New York Mills, Minn. - One can only imagine what the Canadian fur trade of the 1600’s could have been if Gussy were there moving pelts and making money in a Lund Alaskan. Hudson’s Bay Fur Company would have been named “Gussy’s Goods” and his likeness still minted on the Canadian one dollar bill.

 In reality, Lund Pro Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson is a frontiersman guide who tasks his Alaskan with everything from ferrying trophy bucks upstream to deer camp to holding steady over a school of walleyes in rough waters. The Alaskan, and Gussy, are simply that multitalented. (PS. Gussy’s versatility also has him flinging Rapalas for bass from a Lund Predator on the FLW Tour.)

 So sit back and let the trapper and Lund rapper tell you the tale of the Lund Alaskan. 

More family-friendly features. Lund quality and craftsmanship. More fish in the livewell. All for a lot less money than you’d expect. Lund boats, built by fisherman for fisherman…and their families too.