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Spring Fishing Tackle Sparks Readers and Global Wildlife Notes
The column blends seasonal fishing gear hysteria with global wildlife tales. It chronicles tackle displays shifting from hunting to fishing, highlights catalogs like Gracia Fishing Annual, and recalls New Zealand island history with wild cattle and sheep on Campbell Island. It notes a 1970 expedition fencing the island to separate introduced animals from natives, and reports unusually mild winter weather impacting snowmobilers and skiers in Manitoba, with Mt. Agassiz and Riding Mountain Park active. A Melbourne Mount Hotham find in 1966 elevated the pygmy opossum to rarest creature status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Gracia
Tom McNally
Mark Sosin
Australia
New Zealand
Forest and Bird
Jack
South Island
Sub-Antarctic
Campbell Island
New Zealand Wildlife Service
Melbourne University
Mount Hotham
Melbourne