Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jan 10, 2012, 9:25 pm
Arizona’s Official Fishing Guide is hot off the presses and ready for purchase online from Arizona Highways Magazine or at Costco stores. This “official” fishing guide for Arizona was a joint project between Arizona Highways and the Arizona Game and Fish Department. It was the first major col...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jan 10, 2012, 9:19 pm
The endangered California condor population that now spans Arizona and Utah is celebrating a significant milestone this month: the 15th anniversary of the first release of the birds into Arizona after being gone from the area for nearly 100 years. In December 1996, six condors were released from an...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Nov 22, 2011, 3:45 pm
The special deer hunt for sportsmen with disabilities was held at the Lost Mound Unit (former Savanna Army Depot) of Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge on Nov. 12 and 13, 2011. Hunters and their assistants were treated to the hunt of a lifetime. Field surveys showed the deer p...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Nov 22, 2011, 3:05 pm
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and UC Davis worked together to capture, treat and release a wild turkey that captured residents’ imagination this week. Two DFGemployees, Warden Patrick Foy andDFGWildlife Veterinarian Ben Gonzales captured an elusive wild turkey that was shot with an arrow ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Nov 22, 2011, 2:06 pm
Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February. High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Duck hunting has fair at best for mallards, wigeons, gadwalls and teal. Feed lots have been best. Diver ducks have been hitting deeper playas and reservoirs. Some lakes...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Oct 7, 2011, 1:37 am
October is National Seafood Month, a time to highlight smart seafood choices, sustainable fisheries, and the health benefits of a diet rich in seafood. It’s also an opportunity to illustrate U.S. fisheries successes and challenges as we turn the corner on ending overfishing and continue our nation...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 21, 2011, 11:24 am
The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is offering a one-day women’s surf fishing clinic on October 1 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park, NJ. No prior surf fishing experience is needed. Registration is open to women at least 18 years old. Participants will learn th...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 19, 2011, 3:09 pm
ORANGEBURG, SC— Mules and pond scoops led the way with the first excavation work to build the Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery 100 years  ago this month. Today the hatchery is an integral part of the community in  Orangeburg, South Carolina, near Lakes Marion and Moultrie.  The U.S. Fish  and...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 11:28 am
It’s time for the annual Lake Eaton Kids’ Fishing Derby at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Ocala Conservation Center and Youth Camp in the Ocala National Forest. The derby is Saturday, Oct. 8, from 8 a.m. until noon for children ages 6-12. Advance registration is...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 10:59 am
Site Universally Accessible and Allows for Public Fishing Access Together with state and city officials, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today announced the opening of the Downtown Plattsburgh Boat Launch. “Providing high quality access that...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 10:51 am
Most Catskill and Adirondack Trails and Campgrounds Open: Some Trailhead Parking Lots Remain Closed The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) continues to review and update state trail and campground closures in the Adirondack and Catskill regions. While some state trails co...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 10:30 am
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas deer hunters have an additional five-day opportunity to pursue their favorite activity this season. A doe-only hunt by any method is scheduled for Oct. 31 through Nov. 4. That’s Monday through Friday. Modern guns, muzzleloaders, bows and crossbows will be allowed, but the...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 10:22 am
LITTLE ROCK – D. Victor Waits of Holts Summit, Mo., is making a career of setting state fish records in Arkansas. He holds the state record for river redhorse (8 pounds, 2 ounces) and shovelnose sturgeon (5 pounds), both taken from the Spring River. He recently added golden redhorse and northern ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 17, 2011, 10:15 am
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked almost 980,000 fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during August, according to Mark Oliver, chief of the Fisheries Division. The total stocking of fish weighed more than 116,200 pounds. August stockings: Beaver Lake, Benton and Washingt...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 14, 2011, 1:52 pm
BASTROP – Bastrop State Park will be closed through at least October as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department personnel continue to douse hot spots on the mostly-burned property and begin assessing damage as well as developing a plan to get the park reopened to the public. Tuesday, a week after the...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 14, 2011, 1:37 pm
Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February. North Zone Dove: Fields near Paris have seen fair shoots at best in harvested corn and soybeans. Amarillo fields of corn and milo have seen fair shooting as well. Outfitters there said it has been all or n...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 14, 2011, 1:25 pm
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will conduct eight permit-only wild pig hunts on Bobcat Ranch in Yolo County between Oct. 24 and Nov. 18. A total of 64 wild pig hunters will have access to the private property during two archery hunts, two apprentice hunts and four general method hunts. All a...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Sep 14, 2011, 1:16 pm
The California Fish and Game Commission will consider emergency action on Thursday, Sept. 15 to possibly close the abalone fishery along the northern California coast. This action is being considered in the wake of confirmed reports of dead red abalone and other invertebrates on beaches and inside c...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:32 pm
Kirkwood, Mo – Most hunters are keenly aware that Missouri’s major hunting seasons are right around the corner. To help prepare hunters to get the most out of their time afield, the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center will host a Discover Nature...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:28 pm
Harrisburg – The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is again partnering with select Pennsylvania cities on an initiative to help urban teens discover and explore state parks. DCNR’s Youth Adventure Camps – now in their fourth year – will soon begin in the Philadelphia, Scranto...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:21 pm
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Controlled pheasant hunting opportunities will be available at 19 Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) sites this fall, and the 2011-12 season dates and permit reservation information are now available online. Fifteen of the sites are operated by the IDNR, while four ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:16 pm
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will conduct a workshop in Escambia County to present information on the management plan and permitting guidelines for gopher tortoises. The goal of this workshop is to identify ways local governments can participate in protecting one of F...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:12 pm
Visitors can once again experience natural wonders above and below ground at Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park located in southeastern Minnesota. Cave tours are now being given following the state shutdown. Discovered in 1937, Mystery Cave is the longest cave in Minnesota – spanning more than 1...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 6:07 pm
Every summer, the Department of Natural Resources hosts its Academy of Natural Resources for teachers at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center at Higgins Lake, designed to help teachers better understand conservation and fold it into the curriculum. This year, the program took a step in a new dir...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 5:51 pm
Reefing operations began in Port Mansfield last week in a joint project between the Coastal Conservation Association, Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow and Texas Parks and Wildlife. Over 4,000 concrete culverts will be deployed about seven nautical miles offshore from Port Mansfield. These artificial...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 31, 2011, 5:44 pm
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will provide hunting opportunities on the Chimineas Units of the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve in 2011 and 2012. This will include additional opportunities for mobility impaired hunters. During the appropriate seasons, walk-on hunting for dove, rabbit, quail...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 26, 2011, 9:24 pm
The scientists’ draft report is posted for review on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/steller_sealions/. A public meeting has also been scheduled Aug. 22 at 9 a.m. to discuss the panel’s findings at the Anchorage Hilton hotel, ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 26, 2011, 9:20 pm
KENNETT, MO – A free fishing clinic for kids of all ages is scheduled for Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jerry P. Combs Lake on the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Little River Conservation Area. Conservation Agent Eric Heuring says the event will help teach children to fish w...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 9, 2011, 12:26 am
OLYMPIA – The recreational salmon fishery on the Skokomish River will get under way Aug. 1 downstream of the Highway 106 Bridge and Aug. 2 upstream of the bridge to the Highway 101 Bridge under regulations similar to last year. State and tribal co-managers recently reached agreement on salmon fis...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 9, 2011, 12:13 am
KIRKWOOD, Mo — The dream of teaching geese to fly takes flight in the Academy Award-nominated film Fly Away Home. The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in Kirkwood is taking the film to the outdoor screen. As part of its year-long 20th annivers...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jul 8, 2011, 11:42 pm
ATHENS—Joseph Williams of Cleveland, Texas, fishes the Trinity River below Lake Livingston dam about 30 weekends a year, trying to catch big alligator gar and release them alive. In April he landed a 200-pound-plus monster that did not survive and became the rod and reel record for the Trinity, b...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 21, 2011, 10:59 pm
Seventeen alligators escaped from an alligator farm in Hernando, Citrus County, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators. FWC Investigator Jim Smith received a call from the local nuisance-alligator trapper, saying his agent had captured eight 4- to 6-foot ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 21, 2011, 10:53 pm
Looking forward to relaxing on the boat this weekend with that ice chest full of cold beer? Better think again. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officers and county sheriff’s deputies will be participating in Operation Dry Water on June 24-26. It is part of a nation...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 21, 2011, 10:46 pm
This year the family can experience a traditional Americana celebration of Independence Day with a weekend filled with camping, cookouts and special events in Michigan state parks. Help the kids deck out their bikes in red, white and blue and parade through the campgrounds. Take part in games a...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 21, 2011, 10:42 pm
No Fishing License Required This Saturday and Sunday State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today reminded New Yorkers that this weekend, June 25-26, has been designated “Free Fishing Weekend” in New York State. “In effort to increase fishing particip...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 21, 2011, 10:36 pm
Bow and rod-and-reel anglers will remove excess carp to aid native aquatic vegetation restoration ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries staff has partnered with the Texas Bowfishing Association (TBA) and the Texas BASS Federation Nation (TBFN) to conduct a grass car...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:58 pm
JACKSON – Alligator hunting applications will be accepted from June 1-15, 2011 for persons interested in hunting during the 2011 alligator season in the Pearl River Zone near the Ross Barnett Reservoir and the Pascagoula River Zone in Jackson County.  Applications may be purchased from any locati...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:54 pm
SHERIDAN – During the next few weeks wild animals all over Wyoming will be bearing their young.  With that infusion of newborn animals, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department receives numerous calls about animals that people think have been abandoned. Abandonment of newborn animals rarely happ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:50 pm
HOLDERNESS, N.H. — Learn the skills you need to become a first-time trapper in New Hampshire at a free workshop being offered at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, N.H.  The workshop will take place from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:46 pm
Portland, Maine — A popular pair of Peregrine falcons continue to get special attention from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. MDIF&W staff recently was joined with associates from the BioDiversity Institute and the Maine Department of Transportation to band Peregrine fal...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:21 pm
DOVER (May 31, 2011) – On Saturday June 4, the First State Heritage Park presents its monthly “First Saturdays in the First State” event in Dover. Four special programs about 18th- and 19th century medical practices and practitioners highlight this month’s First Saturday events. Through...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - Jun 2, 2011, 10:19 pm
WATERBURY, VT – This Friday, June 3, is the deadline for hunters to submit their Vermont moose hunting permit applications. The applications are available online and printed applications are at Vermont license agents statewide. Lottery applications are $10 for residents and $25 for nonreside...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 31, 2011, 8:42 pm
KANSAS CITY MO -- Mossy knew the quarry would remain motionless, so with nose to the ground the Labrador retriever crisscrossed among shrubs and trees in typical hunting dog style. Suddenly the pup paused as his nose picked up a whiff of what he was searching for. But unlike many hunting situati...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 31, 2011, 8:36 pm
In the wake of recent moose sightings in the vicinity of roadways, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urges drivers to use extra caution. DEP wildlife and law enforcement officials said motorists on the Merrit Parkway and Interstate 84 in western Connecticut should be e...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 31, 2011, 8:31 pm
The Department of Natural Resources will host a Michigan Wolf Forum on Friday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, located at 412 W. Washington St. in Marquette. The Michigan Wolf Forum represents many diverse stakeholders with various points of view of wolf management in Michiga...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 31, 2011, 8:26 pm
Area Had Been Closed for over 40 Years Citing the positive results of sanitary surveys, water quality monitoring and shellfish tissue testing, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today announced the reopening of shellfish harvesting areas in app...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 31, 2011, 8:17 pm
ATHENS — The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens will kick off National Fishing and Boating Week by making a family fishing trip affordable with free admission for kids 12 and under plus free fishing for the whole family and free hot dogs and drinks from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. S...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 12, 2011, 9:44 pm
OLYMPIA – The fishery for spring chinook salmon on the Snake River will close this weekend due to high catch rates over the past week that have pushed the total harvest near the limit for the season. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today that spring chinook fi...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 12, 2011, 9:38 pm
KANSAS CITY Mo – The Wings Over Weston festival on May 14 will celebrate the beauty, variety and remarkable lives of birds, and the event will be held at a prime bird watching location. Live birds, bird banding, demonstrations and activities for children will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. a...
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Jeff H. posted an article on Outdoor Central News Network - May 12, 2011, 9:34 pm
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. Quick: Name the turtle found in Georgia that lures prey using part of its tongue. Not sure? How about the Georgia mussel that grows inch-long spines, a blue crayfish known mostly from the Chatsworth area, the shorebird that sports a long orange bill, an endangered plant belea...
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