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I’ll miss Charlie Campbell
By Brent Frazee When I heard that bass-fishing legend Charlie Campbell passed away on April 19, my mind raced back to a spring day in 2008. I was in the boat with Charlie as he worked a bank on Table Rock Lake, and I saw how his eyes lit up every time he caught a...
Stuck home during the coronavirus? You can still enjoy the outdoors
By Brent Frazee Even when you’re playing it safe and staying home during this coronavirus outbreak, you can bring the outdoors indoors. Educators, conservation groups and businesses are coming up with some innovative ideas to share nature at a time when stay-at-home...
Even the outdoors isn’t immune from the coronavirus
I’ve always believed that the outdoors lifestyle is an insurance policy in times of emergency. Hop into a fishing boat, hike far from the crowds, hunt in remote areas—that’s always been my plan for dealing with bad times. Government can’t shut down the outdoors, I...
Solitude of the outdoors is an antidote to the coronavirus
By Brent Frazee The government’s advice to avoid crowds and even go as far as self-quarantining during the coronavirus scare came as a huge inconvenience to many. Not me. I have been training for this most of my adult life. When you love to fish, hike and camp, you...
Outdoors was a refuge from the terror of 9/11
I’ll never forget the day when my worlds collided in an instant. Sept. 11, 2001. One moment, I was basking in the peace and solitude of the outdoors, with not a care in the world. The next moment, I was jolted into the reality that no American ever thought possible –...