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Is Bass Pro’s monopoly a good thing?
Don’t count me as one of the many who were excited by the news Monday that Bass Pro Shops has reached an agreement to purchase Cabela’s. I don’t like monopolies. And that is where Bass Pro Shops is headed. You might recall the events of 2014, when Bass Pro purchased...
Pauley selected to lead Conservation Department
When I got word Wednesday that Sara Parker Pauley has been named the new director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, it brought back memories of a wonderful spring day in 2013. It was opening day of the turkey season, and I tagged along with Pauley, then...
A Rough Summer on the Yellowstone
The recent news of the temporary closure of the Yellowstone River to all water-based recreation hit close to home. On July 19, my friend Bruce Cochran and I were floating the Yellowstone in a drift boat with guide Chris Fleck, fly-fishing for trout. Exactly a month...
Fall: In Full Color
My favorite time of the year is upon us. October is the most colorful month of the season. Literally. In Missouri and Kansas, that’s when the forests are splashed with orange, red and yellow as the leaves turn colors. I remember many impressive displays of Mother...
Mourning the loss of old fishing buddies
Spence Turner and Chester Pew didn’t have much in common. Spence was in the public eye, a well-known fisheries biologist who was a pioneer in building Missouri’s trout program to what it is today. He was known nationally for his work that resulted in good fishing for...
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