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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 2001
Page
17
Outdoor writer Les Winkeler thanks readers and celebrates conservation in Southern Illinois. He praises Chad Pregracke for river cleanup efforts on the Mississippi Ohio and Illinois rivers and notes appreciation for parks, trails like Tunnel Hill, wildlife, birds, and hunting companions. He urges less littering and encourages enjoying nature with family.
Boskydell Pony Club plans a September 2002 combined training event at Boskydell on 107 acres featuring dressage stadium jumping and cross country. The first year is unrecognized with USEA evaluation. goal is 100-125 riders and $40,000+ funding to build multiple courses and fences. Contact (618) 549-4330 for details.
Boskydell Pony Club will host its first combined training event in September featuring three disciplines: Dressage, Stadium Jumping, and Cross Country. Dressage tests start at basic levels and increase in difficulty. stadium jumps range up to 3 feet 11 inches at advanced. cross country courses vary by level length and obstacle count.
A Dec 20 aerial census shows only 12 600 geese in the Southern Illinois western Kentucky region, far below last year’s 303 400. Major concentrations include Crab Orchard 4 000 Rend Lake 3 500 Horseshoe Lake 3 200 and Du Quoin Fairgrounds 650. Snow geese total 8 350 with Carlyle Lake 4 700 Rend Lake 3 500. Ducks total 100 300 with Rend Lake 35 000 Carlyle Lake 24 500 and Keck's Marsh 12 900. The public can drop off unpainted Christmas trees at Jackson County Extension Service to support fish habitat at Kinkaid Lake and Lake Murphysboro. For details contact Shawn Hirst. The Illinois DNR proposes a pilot to allow boats with any size motor on select lakes with idle speed/no wake rules for larger boats. six state lakes would be tested next year. Deadline to comment is Feb 18.
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