Aug 02
Bend, OR (PRWEB) August 1, 2007 — Fly and Field Outfitters has added an important piece of safety equipment, a satellite phone, to give fly fishermen the safest multi-day fly fishing trips in the Lower Deschutes Canyon.
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Aug 02
MINNEAPOLIS – The Coast Guard is responding to the Interstate 35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, today to assist local fire and police departments, emergency medical services and the state emergency operations center with search and rescue operations.
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Aug 02
CORRECTION TO AUG. 1, 2007, RELEASE
Please note: Only anterless deer may be harvested, except five people will be selected through a drawing the morning of the hunt to be eligible to hunt for deer of either sex.
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Aug 02
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) will hold public meetings in Sterling, Fort Morgan and Greeley to gather input on deer herd management in the South Platte River Data Analysis Unit, which comprises Game Management Units (GMUs) 91, 92, 94, 96, and 951.
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Aug 02
Picked away all day today. Shorts did out number the keepers, but it was still a good day. (Read more)
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Aug 02
RAWLINS – John Occhipinti got himself on the list of state record fish, nine days later helped get himself off it and has issued a standing vow to reclaim the record.
The Cheyenne angler broke the tiger trout record May 21 at High Savery Reservoir and on May 30 guided his good friend Charles Lammey of Colorado Springs to an even bigger fish. With confidence, Occhipinti says there are more chapters to this record tiger trout saga.
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Aug 02
CHEYENNE – The Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Interagency Coordination Group – comprising state and federal biologists from Montana, Idaho and Wyoming – released the 2006 status assessment for Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
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Aug 02
CHEYENNE – If you’re a woman looking to improve your marksmanship or just want to learn to safely handle and shoot a shotgun, Sunday, Sept. 9 at the Wyoming Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo in Casper is for you.
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Aug 02
SARATOGA– The Forest Service would like to inform the public that there will be an area closure for a prescribed burn this fall on the east side of the Roaring Fork drainage. As the crow flies, the prescribed burn will be about 18 miles southwest of Encampment and about 31 miles east of Baggs.
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Aug 02
ROCK SPRINGS—It’s not often that you run into people actively seeking out midget-faded rattlesnakes, unless of course you run into Molly Brockman and Karee Blewett.
Brockman and Blewett are Herpetologist Technicians with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department studying reptiles living near Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The study is part of an intense effort by the Department to learn more about species of special concern identified through the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) program.
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Aug 02
Pennsylvania Game Commission employees’ efforts to save a young bald eagle have paid off, as the eaglet has spread its wings and flown from its adopted nest in Berks County.
“The story began this spring, when a strong windstorm damaged an eagle’s nest along Lancaster County’s Conestoga River,” said Doug Killough, Game Commission Southeast Region director. “Half the nest blew away, and the three eaglets that were in it eventually fell to the ground.
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Aug 02
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have been involved in emergency operations at the scene of the Interstate 35-W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Conservation officers responded immediately Wednesday evening following the collapse. At least three DNR watercraft were used in search, rescue and recovery efforts throughout the evening. On Thursday, 14 conservation officers worked alongside other law enforcement and rescue personnel in search, recovery, and security capacities. The conservation officers brought six watercraft, including jet-boats and air-boats, for use in the debris-laden Mississippi River.
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Aug 02
If it seems at times that local lakes are uncrowded, I believe I’ve figured out why. via Star-Herald
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Aug 02
Hello, Friend of Maryland’s Natural Resources! Welcome to the August 2007 issue of The Natural E-Source! To cool off during these lazy, hazy, "dog
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Aug 02
Four vessels are being meticulously cleaned for sinking on New Jersey’s Reef Network. The vessels include a 77-foot trawler, two 100-foot deck barges,
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