Wildlife department seeks higher license fees to fund programs
Oklahoma lawmakers and wildlife officials debate raising hunting and fishing licenses to 6 dollars and 11 dollars for a combo license, with nonresident fishing at 9.25, to cover operating costs. Hearings at Robbers Cave will inform a possible opening of the 94 acre impoundment for public use at Lake Wayne Wallace.
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Oklahoma City
Commission
Mervin Lawyer
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
7Th District Wildlife
Mye Ee
Oklahoma Lakes Association
OLA
Oklahoma
Ace
I.H
Mutt) Standefer
Standefer
Robbers Cave Late Park
Fisheries Division
Lake Wayne Wallace
Department of Wildlife
Samegan Robbers Cave State Ark
Packing Firm Reaches Plan to Pay Debts and Reopen Plants
American Beef Packers Inc and GE Credit Corp reach debt payment plan allowing reopening of Oakland Iowa and Fort Morgan Colorado plants. Judge David Crawford approves settlement ending weeklong dispute with Beefland International. GECC claims 54 million in loans. plan includes loan reduction and new funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
American Beef Packers Inc
General Electric Credit Corp
Oakland
Iowa
Fort Morgan
Colo
Douglas Reno
American Beef
David Crawford
Reno
GECC
Wildlife panels set hearings on Lake Wayne Wall proposal
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will hold public hearings in Oklahoma City and at Robbers Cave State Park on January 23 to discuss opening Lake Wayne Wall. The sessions aim to gather input on the proposed opening and its impact on recreation and local resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Oklahoma City
Robbers Cave State Park
Lake Wayne Wall
Information Education staff win eight awards at outdoor writers event
At the Sooner Outdoor Writers Mid-Winter Conference held January 11 to 12 at Fountainhead Lodge on Lake Eufaula, Information Education employees of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation earned eight awards across three craft categories in the Skill in Crafts competition.
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Sooner
Fountainhead Lodge
Lake Eufaula
Information Education
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
East Central Receives NSF Grant for Oklahoma Workshops
East Central has been awarded a 38848 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a series of one day workshops across Oklahoma. OSU will join in April for four more sessions while four are held in March with East Central leading the statewide effort.
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East Central
National Science Foundation
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Don Kellogg
Estimates revised on grain stocks and demand outlook
The Agriculture Department slightly revised crop year end grain stock estimates. Corn carryover set at 295 to 315 million bushels with no major changes to domestic demand or exports. Soybean crush reduced by 15 million bushels, exports for rice lifted to a record supply outlook at 121.9 million hundredweight.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Outlook and Situation Board
Cotton Outlook Darkens as Demand Slumps Global Crop Glitches
The latest projections show 75.9 million hundredweight and 73.1 million as two thirds of the expected crop with rice carryover trimmed to 9.2 12.5 million. Cotton faces weak demand both here and abroad. End-year inventories could rise to 6.3 million bales from 3.9 million at season start. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana reintroduces a bill.
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U.S
Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Sugar policy revival margins in Ford energy plan debates
The piece notes energy and economy dominate post State of the Union discussions with agriculture seen as uncertain. Lawmakers at House and Senate committees push farm policy reform and potential sugar act revival amid inflation fears and farm costs.
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Washington
Ford
House
Larry
South Dakota
GOP
White House
State of the Union
Pressler
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
Pri
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
Poage
Bob _ Bergland
D-Minn
Thomas Foley
Ada 90YearOld Prefers Indian Doctors
Ada resident Impson Frazier a Choctaw aged 90 says Indian doctors keep him healthy claiming remedies from woodland herbs cure many ailments including cold stomach and heart trouble He recalls learning about medicinal plants in Territory days and says he might live longer if he could reach an Indian doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Impson Frazier
Ada
Frazier
Underpass Plan in Ada Faces Federal Standstills
Ada plans for a new underpass on N Constant to ease north south cross traffic and aid emergency routes may be doomed. City Manager Leonard Briley says federal standards would block the project, which relied on 70-30 federal funding and a 15 foot clearance.
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N. Constant
Leonard Briley
Ada City Council
Constant
Jerry Franham
City Financial
Dick Dudley
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Highway Department
Satellite May Improve Crop Predictions
NASA plans to launch ERTS-B later as ERTS-2 to extend crop inventories and forecasts. The LACIE program will test if orbiting sensors, with weather data, can improve global crop production estimates and support food supply planning.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
U.S. Department of Agriculture
William L. Ruble
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ruble
Earth Resources Satellite
Feeding Animals Is Costing More
The price of laboratory animals and their care climbs as federal research funds shrink. Mice and rats cost more to acquire and feed, with room and board rising, while scientists warn cuts threaten ongoing projects and scaled research, as costs and labor rise under stricter USDA rules.
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Chicago
Leon Lewis
Northwestern University
Center For Experimental Animal Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gov
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Jess Leith
Grand Lake Association
McCune
Senate Wildlife
John McCune
Gene Howard
Tulsa
Howard
Senate Wildlife Committee
Jim Inhofe
Mary Helm
Ada Man
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