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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1985
Page
19
Central City reports the North Linn Fish and Game Club hosts an all day ice fisheree from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a lodge fire, movie showings, prize drawings, and lunch items for sale. Top prizes include five fifty dollar bills and awards for largest catches across several fish types.
The Iowa Illinois Open Team Pheasant Hunting Championship will be held at Arrowhead Hunting and Conservation Club near Goose Lake Clinton County on Feb 23 24. Teams of two hunters and one dog compete for trophies and cash prizes with entry 70 per hunter.
The Army Corps of Engineers raises daily camping fees at Coralville Lake near Iowa City to 7 dollars with electricity and 6 dollars without, with Lake Red Rock and Saylorville Lake also at 7 or 6 dollars. Mississippi River sites stay at 6 or 5 dollars. shelters cost 25 dollars to reserve. For details call the listed numbers.
Chapter 16 of the Far Takers of America will hear about 1985 86 trapping season prospects from the Iowa Conservation Commission for biologists at a Sunday meeting at 1 p.m. The Delaware County Fish and Game Club north of Manchester hosts the event.
Tom Beck researchers in Colorado study bear hibernation. Blood analyses from 76 samples show seasonal shifts in urea and creatinine, enabling long fasting with minimized food needs. Findings, reported in Science, indicate bears endure starvation better than any mammal, with warm body temperatures during hibernation.
A state report shows out of state visitors to five Iowa parks generate net spending of 3.44 million dollars annually after park operating costs. Lake Manawa leads with 2.76 million, followed by Gull Point 350 thousand, Emerson Bay 114 thousand, Lake Anita 176 thousand, and Nine Eagles 44 thousand. The findings support lawmakers’ push to use lottery profits for park development and regional economic gains.
The 1985 Angling Iowa series, 13 weekly half hour programs on Iowa Public Television, airs Fridays at 8 30 p m with Saturday reruns at 10 30 a m. Host Rick Geisler from Ankeny notes several shows were filmed in Eastern Iowa including Coralville Lake and Guttenberg walleye footage. Marion Conover of Don Avenson hosts the Feb 15 16 premiere Winter Fishing in Iowa.
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