PENELOPE RIDES AGAIN: TWO BUCKS AND A LIFETIME OF HUNTING MEMORIES

 

Del and Stacie Albright with Penelope, the .243 

This isn't just another "she got her first buck" hunting story. 

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate.

It's about two first bucks, 53 years apart, taken with the same rifle.

You see, my wife, Stacie, just harvested her first buck using "Penelope," my trusty Remington Model 700 in .243 caliber. I bought that rifle 53 years ago and harvested my first buck with it shortly after I returned home from Vietnam and left the Army.

THE LUMBERJACKS OF THE HIGH SIERRA: BEAVERS AND GOLDEN ASPENS

Beavers, Golden Aspens, and Nature's Balancing Act -- Are They Helping or Hurting the Forest?

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate.

There's more to this story than meets the eye. And nature, as usual, has a few surprises in store.

NEW TO LAND USE? START HERE

 

By the time the gate goes up, it's too late!

Simple Steps to Get Involved and Keep Trails Open.


By Del Albright, Sustainable Motorized Recreation Advocate.

Welcome to landuse, access, conservation, stewardship, and getting involved.  This is your first stop in learning what to do, how to do it, and where to start.

We can't afford to sit back and wait for someone else to do it.  Here are simple starting steps. 

ABALONE DIVING CLOSURE N. CA

 

California’s Red Abalone Closure

What Led to It, What It Means, and How the Future Looks

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

For decades, red abalone diving along California’s North Coast was part sport, part heritage, and part coastal economy. That is now all changed. 

HOOKAH COWBOYS - URCHIN AND AB DIVING IN THE PAST

 

Urchin harvesting by hookah

 Inside California’s Wild Era of Commercial   Urchin & Abalone Divers

 By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

Before the abalone closure, before kelp collapse, before purple urchin barrens — California’s coast saw a different kind of tide. It belonged to the commercial abalone and urchin divers of the 1970s and 1980s.

THE MOUNTAINS DON'T CARE HOW OLD YOU ARE


Enjoy the perspective of a mountain view

And neither should your sense of adventure. 

By Del Albright, Sustainable Recreation Advocate

There is something downright magical about climbing a mountain in a 4WD, especially as the road narrows, the air thins, the trees shorten, and the world you left behind shrinks.

GLAMIS VETERANS DAY GATHERING -- THE FLAG POLE CEREMONY!


23rd ANNUAL GLAMIS VETERANS DAY GATHERING

Team Albright Headed to Glamis!

By Del Albright, Sustainable Motorized Recreation Advocate

We are super excited for our next big event with the Glamis Veterans and the 23rd Annual Glamis Veterans Day Gathering, better known to many of us as the Flag Pole Ceremony.

PENELOPE RIDES AGAIN: TWO BUCKS AND A LIFETIME OF HUNTING MEMORIES

  Del and Stacie Albright with Penelope, the .243  This isn't just another "she got her first buck" hunting story.   By Del Al...