Casting Kids winners advance to state contest at UNI Dome
At the Five Seasons Center Cedar Rapids Bassmasters event 500 youngsters competed in three distances. Heather Miller 9 and Kevin Sloan 12 topped their age groups earning trophies certificates and trips to the state Casting Kids contest at the UNI Dome Cedar Falls March 15.
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Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
Richard Trask
Shawn Murray
Uni-Dome
Cedar Falls
Heather Miller
Kevin Sloan
Heather
Tom
Joyce Miller
Walker
Kevin
Bill
Kay Sloan
First Ave
Marion
Kent Opdahl
Bassmasters Committee
The
Bassmasters and
KGAN
Channel 2
Lindner urges small tackle for better crappie stringers
Al Lindner of Brainerd Minnesota advises panfishermen to use light gear for crappies and bluegills. He recommends 5-foot rods, 4-pound line, and small jigs with minimal minnows, stressing shallow channels in spring and quiet shore casting to avoid spooking fish.
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Lindner
Jim Mayer
al Lindner
Brainerd, Minn
Ron
United States
Cedar Rapids
Berkley
Ice fisheree delays due to unsafe conditions near Palo and Iowa City
Cold snaps thin ice and pressure ridges delay Cedar Rapids Bassmasters fisheree at Pleasant Creek near Palo. Lake Iowa fisheree postponed with no new date. Hickory Hills Park fisheree set for Feb 8 sponsored by Izaak Walton League and others. Prairie du Chien event planned Feb 12 at Gremore Lake. North Linn Fish and Game Club event set for Feb 9 near Central City.
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Rory McNeal
Asbury Lane
Cedar Rapids
Bassmasters
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area
Palo
McNeal
Jerry Reisinger
Lake Iowa
Iowa County
Hickory Hills Park
Waterloo
Dysart Road
Izaak Walton League
Black Hawk County Conservation Board
Cedar Valley Bassmasters
Daryl Parker
Hickory Hills
Gremore Lake
North Linn Fish and Game Club
Central City
Chickadee Checkoff Donations Fall to New Low in Iowa
The Chickadee Checkoff funding the Iowa non game program dropped to an all-time low through November with about 165 000 dollars in 1990 tax year contributions. The donor count fell to 32 862 taxpayers 1.9 percent. The program operates from the Wildlife Station Boone with four staff and relies entirely on voluntary gifts rather than state funds.
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Jim Mayer
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Laura Jackson
the Gazette
Jackson
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Boone
Terry Branstad
Fish and Wildlife Fund
DNR Wildlife Research State
Route 1
DNR
Des Moines
Wallace State
Midwest
Tinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Johnson group challenges Linn to raise checkoff
The Johnson County Songbird Project issued a friendly challenge to Linn County to boost contributions to the Chickadee Checkoff in 1992. Songbird seeks double the Johnson total and 10 percent participation, with a display in Old Capitol Mall Feb 3 19.
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Johnson County
Songbird Project
Linn County
Iowa
Johnson
Jim Walters
Iowa City
Songbird
Walters
Old Capitol Mall
Iowa's small non game program relies on Chickadee funds
Iowa spends about $200000 yearly for its non game program operated by four staffers. 95 percent of funds come from Chickadee Checkoff with most money directed to projects. Other states vary with Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin and Indiana Ohio showing larger programs and mixed funding sources.
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Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Laura Jackson
Kestrels Topic Highlighted in Sunday I C Program
Iowa City public library hosts a program on kestrels titled Everything You Wanted to Know About Kestrels But Didn’t Know Who to Ask. Johnson County Songbird Project Inc leads the event with slide shows of kestrels nests eggs and young and a panel covering natural history nest box program and local sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa City Public Library
Johnson County Songbird Project Inc
Jim Walters
Daniel Varland
Iowa State University
Tony Kurth
Seth Peters
Raptor Club
David Quegg
David Conrads
Macbride
Sean Berkey
David Wehde
Johnson County Conservation Board
Carl Walters
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Pleasant Creek
Gazette
L.W. Ward
Ladora
Chickadee
Johnson Group
Linn
I.C
Gazette Photo
Lance
Steve Miller
Ixtapa
Mexico
Steve
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