Rick Fuchs Whiteoak Creek Ranch is a sleeper when it comes to hunting ducks, but this East Texas Ranch has to be one of our favorite places to hunt.

Officials looking for cost-effective ways to stimulate the economy should look no further than out their own windows: That's where the authors of a new economic study demonstrate that the great outdoors and historic preservation generate a conservative estimate of more than $1 trillion in total economic activity and support 9.4 million jobs each year.

Wild Communications, LLC/Portsmouth, NH - Popular outdoor personalities Mike and Bonnie McFerrin, Eric Hale and Chris Ward, co-hosts of the hit show Legends of the Fall (LOF), will be chasing trophy whitetails in Illinois, Texas and Virginia throughout October.

More Americans are planning vacations this summer, approximately 86 percent (three percent higher than 2010) according to a recent TripAdvisory survey, with the nation's waterways serving as prime destinations.

Cabela's, in partnership with Outdoor Channel and "Wanna' Go Fishing?" TV, released today the list of participating waters in its "Wanna' Go Fishing for Millions?" promotion, an event the company hopes will encourage even more people to enjoy great outdoors.

Outdoor Channel, America's Leader in Outdoor TV, today announced the launch of the network on Charter systems in Texas, effective immediately. Outdoor Channel will be available in the Fort Worth, Park Cities, Denton, Duncanville, Rockwall and Spring, Texas systems, giving Charter subscribers access to the sights, sounds and thrills of the network's genre leading programming.

On the strength of a record-setting convention footprint, attendance and fundraising total, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) last weekend positioned itself for new benchmarks in support of conservation, education and hunter advocacy programs in 2011.

The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies has released a white paper Benefits of Outdoor Skills to Health, Learning and Lifestyle: A Literature Review documenting the contributions of outdoor skills and wildlife-related outdoor education to health, learning and lifestyle in general and fishing and hunting participation in particular.

Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Moving Outdoors in Nature Act (MONA) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill supports federal, state and local strategies that connect children with the natural world.

FISH ON KIDS BOOKS™, a new series of chapter books targeted to second through sixth grade readers, makes a big entrance in the outdoor scene this month. Just published, book number one in the series, A Whirlwind Opener by K.J. Houtman, scores on a variety of fronts. The books target fun adventures around fishing, camping and hunting.