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Thanks to everyone who entered the Daisy Nationals Communications Contest! Below are Leityn Bolinder, Camryn Nail, and Jayden Grider; recipients of first, second, and third place, respectively. Click the link for the full report and to read their stories. https://ojefa.org/daisy-nationals-communications-contest-winners-announced/

POMA is giving away FIVE Annual Meeting registrations!

To enter: Like this post, leave a comment stating why you want to attend and share this post to your stories.

Winners will be randomly selected on April 12.

Each winner will receive a free registration to the 2024 POMA Annual Meeting in Pinewood, South Carolina, on May 6-8 - a $250 value. If a winner has already purchased their registration, they'll receive a free POMA membership for 1 year instead.

More event info is available at the link in our bio.

No purchase necessary.
This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

Opportunity is knocking!

We are proud to support educational pursuits with scholarships and fellowships for outdoor communicators. The Bodie McDowell Scholarship is still accepting applications for 2024. Deadline is March 30th!

Named in honor of late former OWAA President Bodie McDowell, these scholarships are awarded annually to three or more students. Each year is different, but individual awards range from $1,000 to $5,000.

🌿Candidates should have clear, significant goals in outdoor communications, examples of work and letters of recommendation. Academic achievement is considered but is not among the top three selection criteria.
🌿Recipients must be students of outdoor communications fields including print, photography, film, art, poetry or broadcasting.
🌿Open to eligible undergraduate and graduate students.

Learn more here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mvrlui0smo7mn1ytot2cu/Bodie-McDowell-Scholarship.docx?dl=0&rlkey=igicjtdxsc55kh4fsh6e7cg21
Apply today here: https://owaa.submittable.com/submit

Celebrating the life of legendary outdoors communicator, Bodie McDowell.

Walter Ray "Bodie" McDowell Obituary 2024 - Lowe Funeral Home View Walter Ray "Bodie" McDowell's obituary, send flowers and find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

We are so honored to have been awarded a 2023 Top-Rated Award from Great Nonprofits! Read inspiring stories about us and add your own at https://greatnonprofits.org/org/outdoors-tomorrow-foundation ⭐

Somewhere out there is a life-saving match for Linda Powell. Please share this post with everyone you know in hopes that we can give back to this extraordinary lady who has been a beloved and dedicated member of the outdoors industry for decades. https://kidneyforlinda.com/

Out Of State Destinations: Glade Springs, West Virginia The New River Gorge area and Southern West Virginia are like a slice of heaven for smallmouth bass fishermen.

Every young person should learn about the outdoors!

What is Outdoor Adventures? (Oct 2023)

A chance meeting on the banks of the Broad River near downtown Columbia, SC, between PJ Perea (not pictured) and Kevin King (right) led to KK joining us at the SCOPe conference where he met fellow snake charmer and communicator Whit Gibbons. Kevin and Whit will soon take to the fields and waterways to explore South Carolina's reptiles and amphibians together. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, check out Kevin's fishing adventures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kk_fishing/?igshid=MWZjMTM2ODFkZg%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR1exPliBV5Mxvk_qG9AcLqxSkzGzh31LpE9DuEkV4I6l5YUbOvHFD_28ZY

Yes, fishing can save your life!

Fishing can save you - Bassmaster When I was 18 and still in high school, we had a holiday that fell on a Monday and everyone saw it as an excuse to throw a big party...

Opening Day is just weeks away. Are you ready?

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Wow! I'm going to set aside some time to listen to this podcast. I hope you will, too!

New Podcast:
Ep. 193: One Woman, Three Rivers Part 2

Listen on all podcasting platforms including Spotify, iTunes, and Google podcasts.

Brandon Butler and Nathan “Shags” McLeod interview Janet Moreland for a second time, who kayaked the three largest rivers in America from source to finish, and still has a lot of story to tell.

Topics Discussed: Prepping for the Yukon trip, the deafening silence on the water, whispering to a grizzly bear, being terrorized by vicious seagulls, encounters with Eskimo villagers, the homestead she was welcomed into, the kinds of guns Lewis & Clark used, mystery bait bucket, and more.

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Bodie McDowell Scholarship paves the way for one outdoor communicator - Outdoor Writers Association of America Miller applied for the Bodie McDowell Scholarship as she was graduating from the University of Florida and about to enter grad school at ...

Conveniently located near Tulsa, OK, this year. Check it out:

Have you registered for this year's POMA Business Conference in Broken Arrow Oklahoma?

Register now, and book your hotel room at Stoney Creek Hotel by May 1st to get our reduced room rates!

We can't wait to see you there!

Click here to register: https://pomahq.memberclicks.net/-poma2023-conference-registration

The Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation's curriculum is available in more than a thousand schools. Shouldn't it be a part of every school in the nation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJdSdmReB_Y&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1iPquxD4FPdr4B2BW221DE92ttgORoZMcGLDie5IqEbXtCrL7PXJ5MBrw

2023 OTF Educator of the Year: Mary Driemeyer Coach Mary Driemeyer of Sappington Elementary in St. Louis is Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation's first-ever elementary-level Educator of the Year.

Opportunity knocks!

Employment Opportunities | National Deer Association Employment Opportunities There are currently three openings at the National Deer Association. Click on each job to expand the details and contact information. Regional Director - Midwest Position Title: Regional Director - Midwest Reports To: Director of Grassroots Support Position Location: Remote,...

Females on the Fly: Pamela Dunlap | Women Wine & Waders For many of us, we would like to consider fly fishing as a way of life—that one activity that defines who we are, and what we aspire to spend much of our time doing.

MIKE GILES: Otha Barham’s final turkey season Award-winning author and turkey master Otha Barham has spent a lifetime calling to wary gobblers around the country, and his Mississippi turkey education prepared him well. The wise old birds

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a professional wildlife photographer? Check out this podcast to hear Tes Randle Jolly's story.

Life as a Professional Wildlife Photographer With Tes Jolly On this week's episode of the Deer Season 365 podcast, we're talking with professional wildlife photographer Tes Jolly of Alabama. Tes discusses how she developed her passion for hunting and wildlife photography, what being a professional wildlife photographer entails, as well as some equipment and....

One of the best outdoor writers of our time is the new editor of Catfishnow! Congratulations, Keith Sutton!

They don’t call him “Catfish” for nothing! Keith Sutton of Alexander, Arkansas is known to some as the “dean of catfishing.” Keith’s special insights about catching these whiskered warriors were garnered through more than 50 years of on-the-water research and countless hours of discussions with biologists, researchers and expert anglers.

Of his groundbreaking book “Fishing for Catfish,” which was chosen Best Outdoor Book of 2000 by the Outdoor Writers Association of America, Doug Stange, executive editor of In-Fisherman magazine wrote, “While other books about catfishing have been written, none are so comprehensive in their coverage and so impressive in their illustration of this topic of concern to 10 million catfish anglers. This marks history...”

We are happy to have Keith as our new editor, and we can’t wait to see how he uses his extensive knowledge and experience to help CatfishNOW continue to grow! Please join us in congratulating him on his new role.

Two great communicators doing what they do best.

Awesome podcast in the works with my buddy Trent Marsh from SPYPOINT Trail Cameras. He’s one of the true good guys of the hunting community!

Check out this quote from Earl C. Kelley in a 1962 Report of the National Conference on Outdoor Education: “Some good comes from exposure to the out-of-doors because I am convinced that there is some sort of bond between the human organism and the earth from which he sprang. We do not have scientific proof of this as yet, but we see innumerable examples of it. We feel it ourselves. There is a feeling of peace, a disappearance of life's urban problems when one stands and contemplates a great forest or a sunset."