While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.

Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.

After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.

RSS feed

• Bill Cochran's outdoors
• The Charleston (WV) Gazette's Woods and Waters Online blog with John McCoy

• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
• Virginia trout stocking schedule
• Real-time Virginia streamflow data
• Virginia Marine Resources Commission

• Virginia state parks

• Turkey enthusiasts in Virginia and beyond
• Backcountry hunting and fishing