Chestnut Ski Patrol training opens for volunteers in Galena
The Chestnut Ski Patrol begins its annual volunteer training next month at Chestnut Mountain in Galena Illinois. Open to all skill levels 18 and older who pass the outdoor emergency care course. Training runs every other weekend from Nov 20 to Mar 19 with holiday weekends off.
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Iowa to add 40 acres along South Pine Creek for trout protection
The Department of Natural Resources will expand public land by 40 acres on South Pine Creek in Winneshiek County, boosting the stream’s upper corridor to 227 acres. The area, long home to a genetically distinct brook trout strain, remains open to catch and release. The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation facilitated the deal, with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association and its Trout Stream Protection Revolving Fund.
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Bill Kalishek
South Pine
Kalishek
David Dinger
INHF
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
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Heritage Foundation
Kurt Meek
Lowa
14 year old shoots 11 point buck during youth season
Ben Hosch aged 14 of Evansdale displays an 11 point buck he shot Oct 3 in Buchanan County during the youth shotgun season. He and his father Jim waited in a waterway after spotting the buck in a cornfield. The buck weighed about 220 pounds per Mark's Locker Rowley.
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Evansdale
Buchanan County
Jim
Ben
Mark
Rowley
Spotted Owls Face Peril From Habitat Loss And Barred Owls
The spotted owl's future worsens with habitat loss from logging and the arrival of barred owls, an eastern species expanding west. DNA tests by Susan Haig and USGS researchers clarify hybridization, aiding spread estimates, while barred owls push owls to avoid or be preyed upon.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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Chris Elphick
John B. Dunning Jr
New York Times Syndicate
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Official tag needed before hauling roadkill deer
Iowa motorists must obtain an official tag before salvaging a roadkill deer. If unavailable locally, temporary tags are issued by the Iowa State Patrol, county sheriff, or city police. Salvagers must take the entire animal. cars with over 1000 dollars in damage require an accident report.
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Gazette
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Sloterdyk
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