Bluebird Trail Expands Across City With Wooden Boxes
Bill Faver of the High Point Environmental Center outlines a city wide Bluebird Trail with four new houses at the center, six at Oak Hollow Golf Course, and additional boxes at Blair Park and overlooks near the dam. Twenty wood duck boxes are also being prepared for Oak Hollow and City Lake. Bluebirds rebound due to new nesting boxes as plans and ready made houses proliferate.
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Bill Faver
High Point
Penny Road
Pwe
Oak Hollow
Blair Park
Faver
Jamestown
Overlook
City Lake
A Weird Winter Fishers Lures And Odd Messages
A column by Jim Dean describes winter rituals of tying trout flies and other lures during cold weather. Amid odd notes about wings and occult imagery, the narrator explains he is a fisherman crafting his own lures while coworkers react to strange packages and rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt
Fish Vanishing From Oxygen Starvation Across Midwest
The Associated Press reports widespread fish deaths in Iowa Minnesota and Michigan due to severe drought low water and thick ice. Officials say promiscuous fishing accelerates losses with gamefish first dying and carp likely to perish next as oxygen dwindles and vegetation decays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Michigan
Jerry Conley
Iowa Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
North Carolina wildlife faces harsh winter with snowbound turkeys
The North Carolina Wildlife Commission warns deep snow in Avery, Ashe and Watauga Counties threatens wild turkeys and ruffed grouse. Biologists caution against feeding deer, noting risks of disease and predators, while noting potential effects on turkey restoration plans with Missouri.
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Tom Higgins
Upper
Midwest
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New York State
Sports Illustrated
Maine
Montana
North Carolina
Avery
Ashe
Watauga
Cliff Bampton
The
Wildlife Commission
Bampton
Blue Ridge
Great Smokey Mountains
Game Division
Turkey
N.C
Oitto
Boating Q and A on Cavitation and Outboard Tech
A compact Boating On 68 Q and A covers supercavitating propellers and cavitation dangers, oil mixed with gasoline in two cycle outboards, and how automotive engines differ for boats. It explains how cavitation reduces thrust and can erode blades, and advises oil GAS混 mixing practices in separate containers to avoid overheating and wear.
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Bluebirds
Environmental Center
Cris Petree
City
Jim Dean
Julius Cooper
Sap
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