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Jim Solomon (your guide to the outdoors) moved to Phoenix in 1958. Spending all of his free time in the outdoors as a kid, exploring the deserts and irrigation ditches, He learned to respect nature. After graduating from Maryvale High School in 1971. he moved to Montana and attended the University of Montana in Missoula. His first year he was hired by the Montana Co-operative Wildlife Research Unit where he met and later was invited to work with Dr. John J. Craighead on a grizzly bear habitat study in the Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana for National Geographic. This was a six-week, 270 mile backpacking, habitat typing trek, (obtaining the ground truth data in accordance with the satellite imagery maps) as well as numerous other wildlife research studies he worked on for different state agencies. Jim ’s love of the outdoors and the sports of hunting and fishing not only involved him in many classes that he taught for the Montana Dept. of Fish Wildlife and Parks as a Bow hunter Ed. Instructor, but also classes for continuing education for teacher up grades. He is currently on the board and the executive committee of the Arizona Wildlife Federation, and the Vice President of the Arizona Wildlife Foundation, the educational branch of the federation. He teaches beginning and advanced outdoor classes for the “Becoming an Outdoors Woman ” program in Arizona. July of 2006 will see the first of many “ Becoming an Outdoors Family ” programs, designed to introduce the novice family to the outdoors. In 2005 he began what was the first Outdoor Education Day for the homeless children in the Thomas J. Pappas School in downtown Phoenix, (200-300 kids). Another first came in 2006 with Jim taking the homeless children of the Tempe Pappas School (85kids) on their very first fishing field trip to Tempe Town Lake. Jim will be the first to admit that none of this would have been possible without the help and support of some of the wildlife organizations, his close personal friends and family, and the state, federal and local parks and agencies. His number one passion, besides his fiancé ’ and co-host, Patti Anne, his kids, and grand kids is bow hunting, and if he has the time during the season that is where he will be. Because of his vast knowledge of the outdoor sports Jim became an outdoor radio broadcaster seven years ago. Where he again began broadcasting live, the first ever, poaching report, titled “The Poacher Chronicles ”,(listing the guilty parties by name, their residence, violation and fines) as well as organizing an outreach with the Arizona Food banks across the state, where hunters can donate excess game meat to the soup kitchens and homeless shelters. Leading the way with HB 2129 a bill, which increases the fines and revocations for poaching the state of Arizona and was signed into law by coincidence May 2nd 2006, on his birthday. Setting the bar once again with the first ever satellite phone, live one hour, radio broadcast, thirty-eight miles out to sea off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, marlin fishing.

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