The NYSOWA Winter Newsletter is now available. Here is the link: NYSOWA Winter 2026 Newsletter Please note future newsletter deadlines: Spring – April 17 Summer – July 17 Fall – Oct. 16 Send submissions to buck@adkhunter.com
Continue reading →NYSOWA is currently accepting nominations for two of its most prominent awards for 2026. M. Paul Keesler Award The 2026 NYSOWA M. Paul Keesler New York Outdoor Citizen Award will be presented to an individual or organization that has effectively … Continue reading →
NYSOWA Excellence in Craft Writing, Janice M. Keesler Memorial Photo Award Guidelines & Rules Note: Submission deadline is Feb. 15 (this is not reflected in the submission form, or previous newsletters). Contest is open for all NYSOWA members with a … Continue reading →
NYSOWA Fall 2025 Newsletter (please click on the above link, rather than the photo to the left).
Continue reading →I own a tech company and earn most of my living as a CMOS image sensor layout engineer and PCB design engineer. After eleven years of publishing the newsletters for the NY NWTF State Chapter and the local Syracuse chapter, … Continue reading →
JOE CRANCE Joseph Gary Crance is the son of a retired New York State Forest Ranger. He grew up chasing behind coonhounds with his father in the forests of his hometown of Painted Post, New York, spending thousands of hours … Continue reading →
My writing crosses disciplinary boundaries and genres—poetry, outdoor writing, creative nonfiction, scholarship, and science writing; however, at the core of my work always is a concern for environmental conservation, sustainability and community. I am the author and editor of eight … Continue reading →
Register Now (click here) – NYSOWA Fall Safari 2025 Or here: https://app.joinit.com/o/nysowa/ (scroll down) The 2025 NYSOWA Fall Safari will be a very special event. The Rap-Shaw Club sits on a pair of islands just a quarter-mile from a NYS … Continue reading →
My wife Karen and I live in Niverville, which is in Columbia County, NY. I recently learned about NYSOWA when I donated a turkey call for the organization’s annual conference. After hearing about the organization and its membership, I knew … Continue reading →
