COLUMN: Remember Aug. 4, 2020
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” Aldo Leopold The U.S. Forest Service was founded...
COLUMN: Is it waterfowl season yet?
One of my favorite things to do towards the end of summer is sit on my balcony and glass for...
COLUMN: Hunting deaths are minimal but preventable
COMMENTARY When it comes to outdoor recreation, hunting is very safe. If you compare outdoor-related sports injuries, hunting ranks below...
A new voice in the grouse woods: Linda Ordiway joins WVDNR as small game biologist
It’s been a while since the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has had a specific biologist whose main focus...
The National Wildlife Federation and its fight against zoonotic diseases
As the United States is still reeling from the first wave of COVID-19, the U.S. Congress and wildlife groups are...
COLUMN: The science behind deer vision and camouflage
COMMENTARY In a short two months, the deer bow season will open in West Virginia. Time to evaluate your equipment,...
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers opens new chapter in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has a brand new chapter, and it’s right here in West Virginia. BHA,...
U.S. House passes Great American Outdoors Act 310-107; ushers in a new age of conservation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act Wednesday, 310-107, ushering in a new era...
Summer Getaway
Newsroom@DominionPost.com West Virginia’s largest lake remains a go-to summer getaway for the state’s residents. The reservoir was formed by a...
Restorations to begin on Deckers Creek Trail
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Major restoration work on sections of the Deckers Creek Trail outside Morgantown city limits will start Thursday. The first...
COLUMN: COVID-19 hurting the nurturing of ferrets in North America
COMMENTARY By Dave Samuel For the most part, this outdoor column is about wildlife, conservation and game species. Readers include...
COLUMN: Now is the time to be finalizing your deer season preparations
COMMENTARY Deer season is the time of year a lot of us look forward to. It’s like a holiday for...
OUTDOORS ROUNDUP: American Wildlife Conservation Partners release ‘Wildlife for the 21st Century’ plan, sets top priorities for next 4 years
WASHINGTON – The American Wildlife Conservation Partners, comprised of the nation's top 50 sporting-conservation organizations, including founding member, the Congressional Sportsmen's...
Is CWD close to us?
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL It seems diseases are all we read about in the past year. Obviously the COVID-19...
Healing those who serve: Project Healing Waters brings peace to wounded combat veterans with fly fishing
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — What can we give to someone who’s risked it all overseas? The answer is simple for Parkersburg...
Division of Natural Resources releases 2020-21 regulations and changes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has released the 2020-21 hunting, fishing and trapping regulations and...
Preston County Parks and Recreation offers outdoor exercise programs
KINGWOOD — Exercising in an outdoor location where everyone can space out is an nice alternative to exercising at home...
COLUMN: The wolf and moose conundrum of Isle Royale
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL On the surface, it seems rather simple: Wolves eat moose and the more moose, the...
US House of Representatives passes Recovering America’s Wildlife Act as part of larger infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON – It’s been a huge month for American outdoorsmen and women in terms of Congressional action. Following a win...
The problems with feeding elk in the West
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL | For The Dominion Post In 1987, I left my wildlife professor job at WVU...
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation pushes #ResponsibleRecreation campaign amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and other conservation partners have recently kicked off the #ResponsibleRecreation campaign aimed at getting people outdoors...
COLUMN: It’s time to call your representatives and get the Great American Outdoors Act over the finish line
At the chance of sacrificing my objectivity on this topic for one column, I’m going to be very frank with...
Postcast 24 – June 19, 2020
Welcome to another...
West Virginia Botanic Garden workshops return this weekend
The West Virginia Botanic Garden starts back up with public programming this weekend.Learn how to take photos of people like...
Outdoor Roundup: Natural Resources Commission postpones annual buck limit vote once more, will revisit in August
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia Natural Resources Commission amended its May 31 meeting agenda and once again moved back...
The new age of federal conservation: Led by Joe Manchin, US Senate prepares to vote on historic LWCF, public lands funding bill
WASHINGTON – Historic times call for historic action. Much like when Teddy Roosevelt set aside those first 230 million acres...
P. Pendleton Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited to stock Deckers Creek with brown trout
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The P. Pendleton Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be stocking Deckers Creek with brown trout fingerlings...
Rough waters: In the midst of COVID-19, food acquisition still stable on the Eastern Shore
STEVENSVILLE, Md. – As fog hung to the water’s surface in the Chesapeake Bay, Capt. Brandon Moore and first mate...
COLUMN: The woods bring us balance
I can’t remember a time when our lives have been so uncertain. We really don’t know what the future holds....
COLUMN: Campgrounds in West Virginia are opening this week, but it should have happened sooner
It’s official: Week 4 of Gov. Jim Justice’s reopening plan will see campgrounds renting out spots. That’s great, but it...
