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OWAC Fall Conference is ON!
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November 14 - 17, 2021
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$195
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for OWAC member guest sharing
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Cost includes accommodation for two nights, all meals, conference, and conference activities.
Pre- and post-activities will be available on request.
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Accommodations for the OWAC Fall Conference will be at the all-new Hotel Lumberjack located in historic downtown Sonora. Average weather in November can be quite mild with lows in the 40’s at night and highs in the 60’s.
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Registration opens 8/15/21
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Tuolumne County is one destination with three distinctly different vacations: Yosemite, the Gold Country and the High Sierra. Explore one or all three! Tuolumne County is the outdoor enthusiast’s playground with year-round activities that include fishing, hiking, biking, wildlife watching, snow and water sports, horseback riding and so much more. Expect fall color, friendly folks and downhome fun when you attend the Outdoor Writer’s Association of California Fall Conference. Sonora will be the hub for your time here with plenty of activities reaching into every corner of the County.
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Great hospitality, fun meal events and exciting activities await you!
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By: California Watchable Wildlife
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A multilingual exhibit exploring connections between people, water, and the region through oral histories, photography, textile arts, and research.
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OWAC Announces the 2026 Excellence in Craft Award Winners
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By: OWAC Board of Directors
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Waterfalls, pronghorn, toxic algae and Yosemite snow. California’s outdoor storytellers set a high bar this year in OWAC's 2026 Excellence in Craft Awards.
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Path of the Pronghorn or Protecting Pronghorn
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Resting on my haunches atop a gritty sandstone boulder, I felt the earth tremble beneath my feet. A band of speedy pronghorn antelopes was in the middle of a dead run across the vast Carrizo Plain National Monument, the last of California’s historic grasslands.
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From songbirds & tiny terrestrials to marine seabirds & mammals
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By: California Watchable Wildlife
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California Wildlife Photo of the Year Contest winners for July-Auguat 2026
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The Grizzly Bear Bill Is Dead. Here's How California Lost the Real Thing
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California once had 10,000 grizzly bears, and they are still on the state flag. Settlers wiped them out by the 1920s. On August 13, a bill to study bringing them back died quietly in an Assembly committee. Here is the story of SB 1305, why it failed, and how California lost the bear.
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May-June 2026 Photo Contest Winners
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By: California Watchable Wildlife
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Another fantastic selection of wildlife photography. Each images tells a compelling story.
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