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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 2005
Page
28
Eric Larsen and Lonnie Dupre aim to traverse the Arctic Ocean this summer with a four month journey beginning May 12 from Siberia. A website at oneworldexpedition.com will track their progress and provide updates.
The Anamosa Bowhunters hold a foul weather shoot Sunday with registration from 7 a.m. to noon. Scores must be posted by 3 p.m. Entry fees are 8 dollars for adults and 3 dollars for youth and cubs. Call 319 482 7111 319 462 6098 or 319 462 3739 for details.
The Greencastle Gunners, a Ducks Unlimited chapter in North Liberty, hosts its first fund-raising banquet on April 30 at the South Slope Community Center. Tickets are 40 dollars for individuals, 55 dollars for couples, or 25 dollars for youths 17 and under and include a yearly membership. For details call 819-665-9622 or 319-626-7817, 319-631-0362, or 319-354-0614.
The Iowa Audubon Society canceled the Wild About Birds Weekend set for April 29 to May 1 in central Iowa due to low registration. Plans now shift to the Pelican Gala on September 9 and Pelican Festival on September 11 at Jester Park north of Des Moines.
Clinton County Conservation Board hosts a caving outing in Eden Valley. Participants meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Eden Valley Nature Center and carpool to Werden's Cave. For directions and pre-registration call (563) 847-7202.
A retired DNR parks supervisor shot during a spring turkey hunt injuring Justin Michael Jones 57 of Leon on April 12. Jones was calling a turkey from a stationary position when the shooter, Mike Schoneboom of Alta, crawled toward the call and fired. Jones was taken to Mercy Medical Center Des Moines with non life threatening injuries as Iowa’s spring turkey season runs April 11 to May 15.
A yellow bass die-off at Lake Delhi last week is likely due to a bacterial infection. DNR fisheries biologist Bryan Hayes notes stress from warming water and early spawning increased susceptibility. The event was confined to yellow bass and indicates water quality was not at fault. Hayes says fish are safe to eat.
In Buchanan County on April 17 and again Wednesday, mushroom hunters Arthur Clark and the writer found a rare double mother lode of gray morels beneath two dead elms on a limestone ridge. They counted 162 at the first tree and 167 at the second, yielding dense clusters and a springtime bounty rivaling slot machine jackpots. Contact: Orlan Love.
Gazette staff report outlines Iowa Bird Watching by Bill Thompson and Bird Watcher's Digest staff. The guide profiles 100 birds with range maps and a seasonal section on food, plants, and back yard attractants. It costs $16.99 through Cool Springs Press and Thomas Nelson.
Cedar Rapids hosts veteran tracker Jim Halfpenny of Gardiner Montana who will present bear and wolf tracking seminars over the next three days. The author educator and researcher, active since 1961, will cover track finding aging photographing signs and estimating animals sex and size for local audiences.
Jim Halfpenny offers at Washington High School Cedar Rapids seminars on wolves at 11:50 a.m. 12:50 p.m. and 1:50 p.m. in room 154 with pre registration required call 319 558 1028. He leads a bears of North America talk at 7 p.m. in Cedar Hall Kirkwood Community College no preregistration. A two day mammal tracking class at Indian Creek Nature Center costs 40 dollars for members 45 for nonmembers with Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday options 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or 2 to 4:30 p.m.
The island scrub jay, found only on Santa Cruz Island near California, faces extinction risk as island birds are highly vulnerable to human impact. Protectors at National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy aim to remove feral hogs and fennel to safeguard the species’ tiny habitat.
A few openings remain for Sunday's fly tying class at the Iowa DNR fish hatchery on Spring Branch Creek near Manchester. The Iowa School of Fly Fishing offers the session from 9 am to 4 pm with a $55 fee. For details call 319 465 5574 465 4704 or 515 292 4704.
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