VETERANS DAY IN AMERICA

Happy Veterans Day, you old (and young) warriors!

We're still here, still standing, and still proud to have served. To my fellow veterans, especially my Vietnam-era brothers and sisters, WELCOME HOME!

Veterans Day is a time to remember the friendships, the sacrifices, the adventures, and the privilege of having served our country. Some memories make us smile. Others never quite leave us.

Stacie and I are headed to the dunes for the annual Glamis Veterans Gathering and Flag Pole Ceremony, where we'll join fellow veterans, families, and friends to celebrate service, patriotism, and the bonds that never seem to fade.

Whether you served yesterday or more than half a century ago, we're all part of the same remarkable brotherhood and sisterhood.

Happy Veterans Day. Welcome home. And thank you for standing the watch. Salute!

PENELOPE RIDES AGAIN: TWO BUCKS AND A LIFETIME OF HUNTING MEMORIES

 

Del and Stacie Albright with Penelope, the .243 

This isn't just another "she got her first buck" hunting story. 

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate.

It's about two first bucks, 53 years apart, taken with the same rifle.

You see, my wife, Stacie, just harvested her first buck using "Penelope," my trusty Remington Model 700 in .243 caliber. I bought that rifle 53 years ago and harvested my first buck with it shortly after I returned home from Vietnam and left the Army.

THE LUMBERJACKS OF THE HIGH SIERRA: BEAVERS AND GOLDEN ASPENS

Beavers, Golden Aspens, and Nature's Balancing Act -- Are They Helping or Hurting the Forest?

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate.

There's more to this story than meets the eye. And nature, as usual, has a few surprises in store.

NEW TO LAND USE? START HERE

 

By the time the gate goes up, it's too late!

Simple Steps to Get Involved and Keep Trails Open.

By Del Albright, Sustainable Motorized Recreation Advocate.

Welcome to landuse, access, conservation, stewardship, and getting involved.  This is your first stop in learning what to do, how to do it, and where to start.

We can't afford to sit back and wait for someone else to do it.  Here are simple starting steps. 

ABALONE DIVING CLOSURE N. CA

 

California’s Red Abalone Closure

What Led to It, What It Means, and How the Future Looks

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

For decades, red abalone diving along California’s North Coast was part sport, part heritage, and part coastal economy. That is now all changed. 

HOOKAH COWBOYS - URCHIN AND AB DIVING IN THE PAST

 

Urchin harvesting by hookah

 Inside California’s Wild Era of Commercial   Urchin & Abalone Divers

 By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

Before the abalone closure, before kelp collapse, before purple urchin barrens — California’s coast saw a different kind of tide. It belonged to the commercial abalone and urchin divers of the 1970s and 1980s.

THE MOUNTAINS DON'T CARE HOW OLD YOU ARE

Enjoy the perspective of a mountain view

And neither should your sense of adventure. 

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

There is something downright magical about climbing a mountain in a 4WD, especially as the road narrows, the air thins, the trees shorten, and the world you left behind shrinks.