Otter Creek Marsh Refuge Area Shift and Hunt Rules
Conservation officers report changes at Otter Creek Marsh west of Chelsea, making segments three and five refuges and segment seven open to hunting. Parking changes and new ramps accompany the shift with meetings in Newton and Tama to discuss details. The 1978 waterfowl season opens Oct. 1 and runs through Oct. 8, with a second segment Oct. 21 to Dec. Pheasant and quail outlook remains positive with slight dips statewide but Eastern Iowa showing modest gains.
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Otter Creek Marsh
Chelsea
Bob Mullen
Tama
Poweshiek
Otter Creek
Mullen
Izaak Walton League
Newton
Civic Center
The
Conservation Commission
Ron Draves
Linn County
Iowa
Hunting seasons and fisheries events listed for Iowa and nearby states
The notice outlines shooting hours and bag limits for roosters quail and Hungarian partridge plus pheasant restrictions. It also lists upcoming wildlife and fishing events including Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association at Clear Creek Campground, Harvest Fest Natureally IV, Ducks Unlimited dinners, National Hunting and Fishing Day activities, and conservation education workshops across Iowa and nearby states with dates, venues, and contact details.
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Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
Clear Creek
Lansing
Joe Barnard
Muscatine
Indian Creek Nature Center
Eastern Iowa
Ducks Unlimited
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Eastern Iowa DU Board
Linn County
Ikes
42Nd Street
Benton County Flyways
Vinton Country Club
Dick Hogan
Cedar Valley Times
Fifth St
Vinton
Benton Group
Iowa Conservation Education Council
Resource Agency
County Conservation Board
Iowa
Camp Ewalu
Strawberry Point
Midwest Council of the Federation of Fly Fishermen
Ramada Inn
Mountain Home
Ark
Iowa Team Places Fifth in National Bassmaster Championship
Iowa finished fifth in the National Bassmaster Team Championship last month earning $900 for bass fishing or conservation projects in the state. Team members include Ron Locker of Slater and Dick Aldridge of Des Moines with Dana Thomas Ottumwa Dan Schroeder Cedar Rapids Todd Thomas Davenport Chuck Howard Wilton and Daryle Finley Muscatine.
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Iowa
Ron Locker
Slater
Dick Aldridge
Des Moines
Dana Thomas
Ottumwa
Dan Schroeder
Cedar Rapids
Todd Thomas
Davenport
Chuck Howard
Wilton
Daryle Finley
Muscatine
Oldest New River Frames Canoe Trails in Blue Ridge
The New River, among North America's oldest, winds through western North Carolina and into Virginia. It offers gentle sections ideal for novices and 100 miles of nearby tributaries for longer trips, with camping along privately owned land and smallmouth bass in deeper pools. A hydroelectric project was blocked in 1976, preserving the river.
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West Jefferson
N.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
North America
New
New River
Jim Wuenslicher
Congress
Trekking Boom in Nepal Draws Global Trekkers
Nepal sees a growing trekking industry with 129000 tourists last year and 13000 listing trekking as their purpose. Mountain Travel Trekking Agency, led by Jimmy Roberts, remains a top firm with 170 Sherpa guides, while trips vary from simple walks to Everest base camp journeys. Prices range from under five dollars daily for lone backpackers to about thirty to forty dollars for most trekkers, and environmental concerns prompt World Bank sponsored research into sustainable tourism.
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Katmandu
Nepal
UPI
Everest
Annapurna
Dhaulagiri
al Read
Read
U.S
Exum Guide Service
Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park
Mountain Travel
Roberts
World Bank
Uprety
Read and Roberts
E Prety
New Delhi
New British paper planned to rival major dailies
Britain will get a new national daily tabloid next month announced by Express Newspapers. The Daily Star will be printed in Manchester as a rival to the Daily Mirror and the Sun. Britain’s nine national dailies circulate about 14 million copies daily, with seven Sunday papers totaling 20 million, and most northern editions printed in Manchester 183 miles northwest of London.
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London
Britain
Express
Daily Star
Manchester
Daily Mirror
the Sun
Eastwood Stars in Escape From Alcatraz
Clint Eastwood stars as a prisoner in Escape From Alcatraz. his on screen disappearance sparks speculation of drowning or successful escape. Director Don Siegel reunites with Eastwood after Dirty Harry.
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Hollywood (Ap
Clint Eastwood
Alcatraz
Eastwood
Don Siegel
Mayo Dyer Hersey Dies At 92 Noted Friction Researcher
Mayo Dyer Hersey, age 92, died Tuesday. His research on friction led to wear reduction in machines and oil savings. The piece notes a 1946 event marking the formal surrender of about 1 million Japanese soldiers in Nanking, China.
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Providence, R.I
Mayo Dyer Hersey
Nanking
China
Patterson Reception for New Cedar Rapids Director
An informal reception at Indian Creek Nature Center Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. introduces new director Rich Patterson. The free event is sponsored by the Nature Center Guild. Patterson and his wife Marion recently moved from Hutchinson Kansas where they helped develop an urban nature center.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Rich Patterson
The
Nature Center Guild
Patterson
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Hutchinson
Kan
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Jim Landenberger
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Iowa Wildlife Federation
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John Needham
Dilli Raj Uprety
Robert Tetro
U.S. Agriculture Department
Tetro
Eastwood Stars
W.D. McTavish
Tommy Tucker
Sondrol
Alee
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