Jim Matthews outdoor column | outdoor-news-service 12/13

Public is increasingly being excluded from public lands

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com In the run up to Earth Day on Saturday, I have watched a video on how much trash is left...

Federal legislation would make firearm sound suppressors legal

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com A few years ago after noticing that my own hearing was in a terrible state of decline and...

DFW heading down the road to squishy science

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I was forwarded the most recent “podcast” from Chuck Bonham, the director of the California...

Nearly 100 feral hogs killed at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has killed nearly 100 wild hogs on the Havasu National...

Needles BLM office reverses ban on guzzler maintenance

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Needles office of the Bureau of Land Management has reversed its decision to ban repair...

Wildflower photography is easy if you follow a few simple rules

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It’s wildflower season across Southern California. You know what that means? Social media and...

The ‘gun group’ decides what constitutes the ideal SoCal deer rifle for an older hunter

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com For the past few years, I have been an irregular participant in group of older men who meet...

Needles office of BLM stops Water for Wildlife efforts to restore desert water sources

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Water for Wildlife, a desert conservation organization that restores water sources in the...

New Bakersfield show part of Fred Hall’s 2017 lineup

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Fred Hall Shows are the largest fishing, boating, and outdoor shows in the country. For...

Will ammunition registration bill create plethora of new ammunition reloaders?

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I have been reloading my own centerfire ammunition since I was 16 years old (that is over 45...

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Catalina Island Conservancy moving forward with deer eradication plan without permits

Doves or Dinosaurs?

Do you remember when grayling were caught in Lobdell Lake near Bridgeport?

How the government tried to prevent bighorns from being killed on desert road

Is the Second Amendment now just a ‘loophole’ that needs to be closed?

Spotted bass at Lake Perris once broke all the records, but now they are gone

Deer hunting in Sierra Nevada is a boost to local economies

Ridgecrest Quail Forever chapter providing wildlife water over 30 years

There was a time when trophy browns prowled the waters of Lake Silverwood

Salton Sea: A journey from the best fishery in California to a dead sea