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or other outdoor media outlet? Look no further than the VOWA! Below
you'll find samples of our members' work - all available for purchase
via the contact information listed. And please feel free to contact
Marika Byrd with
any specific needs.
Watersports
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"The
Smartest Fish in America" - Bill Rooney
It's disheartening to face up to the realization that you're dumber
than a perch. But there it was: We were in a fishing camp in Ontario,
had exhausted our coolers, and the 'gamefish glamorpusses' had gone
on a hunger strike. But no problem, the lake was loaded with yellow-perch.
Perch are piscatorial 'nuckledraggers' that'll take a live worm
anytime. Later, as my cronies and I ate our dinner of peanut butter,
hot peppers, and beer, we had time to reflect on the intellectual
prowess of human's water bound legions.
"Possessing
the Helm" - Jim Crosby
We were motoring up the Chesapeake Bay. I had the helm of the 42-foot,
sport fisherman. The water was lumpy and required a great effort
at the wheel.
"Boat
For Good Health" - Jim Crosby
Most
people really get excited when you tell them that just being aboard
a boat will tone their muscles and burn excess calories. Being on
a boat is like walking or sitting on a balance beam. It requires
constant muscle movement to counter the motion of the boat and maintain
your equilibrium. It can also be compared to sitting in a rocking
chair with the major difference being the changing scenery as you
move around on the water. Everyone knows the health benefits of
the old rocking chair.
Wildlife
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"Harbingers
of Spring" - Spike Knuth
According to the calendar, spring begins around March 21 each year,
the time of the vernal equinox. Usually we equate spring to warming
weather. However, in the world of birds, the movements and actions
of a number of species tips us off to the fact that spring is coming
no matter what the weather looks like.
"Mountain
Feists" - Dean Fosdick
For well over a decade, John Berry has been silent partner to ``Katie"
and ``Midge''_ two Mountain Feists trained to run circles around
him while he moves slowly through the woods, stalking squirrels.
Berry is a game warden in northern Virginia and a die-hard squirrel
hunter. More than that, he's passionate about working with treeing
dogs while hunting squirrels.
The diminutive Mountain Feists certainly qualify.
Cycling
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"Trees
Come Up Faster At Night" - Nancy Sorrells
The trees come up mighty fast when the only means
of seeing them is a 10-watt light mounted on your handlebars. They
seem to come up even faster when your first-ever look at the trail
(and I use that word lightly) is from the glow of that lamp.
