InterMedia Outdoors Vice President and Group Publisher Mike Carney announced today that Danny Farris has been named the Associate Publisher of Petersen’s Bowhunting.

As Associate Publisher, Farris will be responsible for all advertising sales management including print, radio, internet and events. In addition, Farris will assist in the operational management of Petersen’s Bowhunting multi-media platform.

An experienced bowhunter and guide, Farris has worked in the archery industry the past five years for both trade and consumer titles, compiling an excellent track record of strong sales success and excellent customer relations.

“We are very pleased to have someone with Danny’s talents join the InterMedia Outdoors Team,” stated Carney. “Danny’s experience, determination and understanding of the bowhunting market will be a great asset in expanding the reach and influence of the Petersen’s Bowhunting growing multi-media brand. With an eye to the future, he’ll strive to maintain Bowhunting’s dominant role as the unquestioned equipment and technique authority.”

Farris can be reached at 5195 Fontaine Blvd, Suite 5, Fountain, CO 80817, Danny.Farris@IMoutdoors.com, (719) 393-9781.

About InterMedia Outdoors:

Reaching the most avid outdoors enthusiasts across all media, InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. is recognized for the strongest brands in the industry, including Guns & Ammo, In-Fisherman, Petersen’s Hunting, Fly Fisherman, Game & Fish and 12 other leading magazines, 23 associated and complementary websites, including the BassFan network, 13 popular television shows, 19 consumer events and a National television network, The Sportsman Channel. Among other media properties, InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. is a portfolio component of InterMedia Partners VII, L.P., a private equity firm focused exclusively on the media industry.

The Hunting Heritage Trust has announced a new part-time position for an independent contractor to administer the Trust’s successful new “Treasures & Traditions” program. “Treasures & Traditions” features the online auction of donated hunting and shooting items on GunBroker.com with proceeds supporting our hunting and shooting heritage. Duties will include the coordination and implementation of all aspects of the program including promotion, donor relations, scheduling, posting weekly listings on GunBroker.com and product fulfillment.

Position requires the ability to handle a variety of detail-intensive projects, knowledge of the hunting and shooting sports community, above-average computer skills. Monthly base plus incentive compensation. Job description and additional information on the Treasures & Traditions program available at www.huntingheritagetrust.org. Applicants are requested to send resume and any other relevant information to info@huntingheritagetrust.org No calls please.

Remington Arms is the leading manufacturer and seller of Sporting Firearms, Ammunition and Accessories in the country. We are presently seeking Sales Management candidates for our Western Region Sales Group who are able to work effectively from a home office and travel extensively throughout the Western US. We are seeking motivated candidates to hire for the following position:

Sales Manager - Western Region:
We are seeking individuals with demonstrated expertise in direct selling, marketing and management of sales professionals to lead our in-direct sales team in the Western Region (Denver West). Candidates should have a proven record in selling to regional and specialty chains, wholesalers and independent retailers, developing sales campaigns with chains and wholesale accounts and most importantly managing a team of sales professionals to achieve business objectives. Ideal candidates should possess an effective balance of people skills and creative business selling expertise, and the ability to deliver results that satisfy monthly and annual sales objectives. Strong analytical abilities and an intense desire to succeed are required.Responsibilities include all aspects of regional sales management including customer relations, developing account specific sales plans, creating sales plans to expand distribution and provide sales growth at existing accounts, meeting monthly and annual regional sales objectives, and developing a high caliber sales team.The preferred candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree, with 7 or more years of field sales experience and demonstrated success in effectively managing sales teams. Strong verbal and written communications skills as well as proficiency with MS office software are also required. Knowledge of hunting and shooting sports is preferred but not required.

Please submit resume, cover letter and salary history directly to: RS Jobs, Remington Arms Co., Inc., 870 Remington Drive, P.O. Box 700, Madison, NC 27025 or email to jobs@remington.com. No phone calls please. Excellent benefits package, drug-free workplace, EOE.

NSSF has appointed vice president of operations Nancy Coburn to a new position as vice president and chief financial officer. Coburn, who has overseen tremendous growth in organizational finances in recent years, began her career with NSSF in 1990.
In her new position, Coburn will assume greater responsibility for all budget revenues and expenses surrounding NSSF programs, communications, legal affairs, administration and SHOT Show. She also will oversee finances for NSSF subsidiaries the National Association of Shooting Ranges and National Association of Firearms Retailers and NSSF-affiliates the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute and Wildlife Management Institute.

NSSF has named Randy Clark as its new director of retail partnerships. In his new position, Clark will oversee NSSF’s retail division, the National Association of Firearms Retailers , and work with NAFR- and NSSF-member firearms retailers nationwide. He will also work closely with a growing list of NAFR-affiliated state organizations, which provide retailers with leadership and guidance at state levels.
Clark brings to NSSF more than 20 years experience in retail operations management. In addition to his firearms retail background, Clark has experience in game preserve and shooting range management, having managed facilities in Montana and Indiana.

The International Hunter Education Association, the official organization representing the interests of 69 state, provincial and federal hunter education coordinators, and 70,000 hunter education instructors who teach hunter safety, ethics and conservation, is seeking candidates for its executive vice president position.
The job entails directing the affairs of IHEA out of its Wellington, Colo. office.

President Bush will nominate H. Dale Hall for Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to replace Matt Hogan, acting director of FWS, and former director Steve Williams, who stepped down earlier this year to become president of Wildlife Management Institute. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, made the announcement about Hall, a 27-year employee who started with FWS in 1978 conducting field work in wetland ecology in Mississippi and worked his way up to the Southwest Regional Director, a post he has held since 2001. The nomination is subject to confirmation by the Senate.

ALBANY — Assemblyman Marc Butler has been named to a new task force to develop ways to improve and promote the hunting and fishing industries in New York state.
State Assembly Republican leader Charles Nesbitt announced the formation of the task force, to be chaired by Assemblyman Will Barclay, this week.
The 18-member Assembly Republican Hunting and Fishing Task Force will host regional public forums to gather information from members of local hunting and fishing organizations, industry-related business owners, chambers of commerce representatives, local promotion and tourism officials and others about ways to improve the vitality of the outdoor sport industry, increase the number of recreational hunters and anglers, invest in land for outdoor recreation, enhance the state’s effort to manage game species and improve relations between outdoor sportsmen and sportswomen in communities where these activities occur. The task force’s first regional formum is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, in Albany. Among the topics to be discussed is chronic wasting disease among New York’s deer herds.