Tri-State Outdoor News

Hey folks, we’ve gone dot com and www.tristateoutdoornews.com is where you’ll find us.

This worldwide web thing has been around for a while now and many of our readers probably think we’ve been a little slow to establish a presence on the world wide web, and that’s true. The idea of the Tri-State Outdoor News on the web has been kicked around for sometime but limitations with the web provider for Tri-State Media, the parent company of this publication, offered us a limited presence at best. We wanted our web site to be something more than just a place to go read our monthly publication. We wanted tristateoutdoornews.com to be a place where our readers would come back to on regular basis. I think we’re off to a good start.

We in the publishing business refer to the web as “new media.” But what the heck is “new media?” For print publishers, the web gives us the opportunity to bring to readers, in this case readers of the Tri-State Outdoor News, a variety of features ranging from online video, user forums and links to other locations on the internet. Something ink on paper can’t do.

So is tristateoutdoornews. com going to be just another hunting and fishing web site? In some regards, yes, but what we want to offer is a web site geared towards outdoor recreation right here in our own backyard.

Take for instance our forums area. No matter what your outdoor interest maybe, we’ve tried to develop a forum area for your niche of interests. That includes everything from hunting, to fishing, to camping and birdwatching. Got a great recipe you want to share? Then post it in our recipe forum.

And what about those pictures of big bucks, big fish or your first buck or fish? Just up upload that photo with a little information for all to see. A few of these pictures will be spotlighted on our print versions of On the Wall.

Of course, you’ll also find all the features we carry each month in the Outdoor News as well. But what I’m most excited about is our ability to update information on a daily basis. So many times the information sent to use by various DNR agencies doesn’t see print due to our publication cycle, but by providing a web site, we can post bulletins and other DNR news as it crosses our desk.

And how about those links? No web page would complete without a links section. What you’ll find in our links section are paths to DNR agencies, the National Weather Service and just a bunch of other web sites that outdoor recreationists will find useful. If you have a group you’d like listed, drop us an email and we’ll get you added.

Is there something missing from our web site? I’m sure there is but that’s where the readers can get active. Just let us know what you would like to see on tristateoutdoornews. com and we’ll try get it up there. We want tristateoutdoornews. com to be the complete web site for people who love outdoor recreation in southwest Indiana, southeast Illinois and just across the Ohio River in Kentucky.

So click on over to tristateoutdoornews.com.

We’ll be waiting.