Outdoor show packed with goodies at Cleveland convention center
The Cleveland outdoor fair March 19 28 features a vast American and Canadian Sport Travel and Outdoor Show with more than 75 fishing tackle companies RV booths conservation groups and live demonstrations. Highlights include golf mini lessons archery ranges ultralight aircraft pet money shoot and weekend long seminars with experts. Hours vary with 4 11 p m on weekdays except March 21 1 p m and 4 11 p m for opening day.
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Forest rules argued to threaten wildlife protection
Environmentalists charge Reagan administration rules for national forests would weaken fish and wildlife habitat to boost timber harvests. Deputy Secretary Douglas MacCleery says habitat could shrink but no species wiped out. critics warn elk and trout could lose ground while timber interests gain easier planning and faster cutting. Public comment period set at 60 days after Federal Register publication.
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Wilderness Trek Through New Zealand At Audubon Event
New Zealander Grant Foster presents a guest photographer lecture in Wilderness Trek through New Zealand hosted by Black River Audubon Society. The film covers flora fauna Maori life and mountains. Screened at Great Hall First Congregational Church Elyria 7:30 p.m. March 19. Tickets 2.50 adults 1 under 12.
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Black River Game Club Harvest Rates Rise Low
Five hundred pheasants and other game were released on club lands this season. Members harvested barely over ten percent, with 20 ducks and 29 deer among the few recorded. Bear totals in Pennsylvania’s one day hunt reached 819 bears tagged, the third highest on record.
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Gun show promoter reports sellout at Medina event
The Conrad and Dowdell Productions show at the Medina County community center is a near sellout with 300 tables. Proceeds from a donation jar go to the National Rifle Association with a 25 cent match per dollar donated, up to 200 dollars.
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National Ruise Association
Icy conditions devastate Pennsylvania whitetails
Game commission spokesmen report thousands of whitetails dead or injured in north central Pennsylvania. Clinton Lycoming Tioga Potter Cameron and Elk counties suffer the worst. Ice causes slips on hills leaving broken backs legs and necks often fatal. Marauding dogs kill many deer this year.
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Hit the Trail for Bluebirds nest box plans
Plans offer outdoor fans a way to build bluebird houses this spring. For nest box construction and trail plans, write to ODNR Publication Center in Fountain Square Columbus Ohio 43224.
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League opens 74th LOS convention at Sawmill Creek Lodge
The League of Ohio Sportsmen begins its 74th convention at Sawmill Creek Lodge Huron with committee reports and a gripe session. Saturday features resolutions votes a 1 30 p m panel on Wise Use of Natural Resources and an awards banquet at 7 p m with U S Rep John M Ashbrook as keynote.
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Avon Lake native earns water conservation award at league ceremony
Don Miller Penny Brant of Avon Lake attends the League of Ohio Sportsmen awards at Sawmill Creek Lodge in Huron where her father Ralph Bernhagen of Columbus receives the water conservationist award. Bernhagen, a former Ohio Department of Natural Resources leader, now heads the water planning board. Ice fishermen on Lake Erie had a mixed season. four anglers including Gary Fisher, Chuck Fackler, Ray Vargo, and Max Krzemienieski caught 340 perch and released 50 more on February 11 off Metzger Marsh. Enforcement of a 506 perch daily limit begins with the new license year. A sighting of Canada geese over Broad Street near Elyria prompts a note from Ima de Don Higgins, who recalls large flocks near Magee Marsh. Trout fishermen report good catches on Vermilion and Rocky Rivers as Ohio Sea Grant hosts a steelhead fishing clinic on Tuesday evening.
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Afloat and a field and local meetings noted
Lorain County clubs and groups schedule meetings at Carlisle Reservation LaGrange Pittsfield Columbia Station and Carlisle Township Fire Station. The Hunting and Fishing Club meets March 8 8 p.m. at Ed Horvath’s home and Farmers Fish Fry is set for March 15 at Keystone High School. The Columbia Game Club hosts a dinner March 6 6 30 p.m. Black River Izaak Walton League pursues conservation projects with plans for future coverage.
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Keel-Haulers Plan Vermilion River Race and Cleanup
The Keel-Haulers Canoe Club prepares for the Vermilion River Race on March 27 with Judi Cleary as organizer. A March 21 pre race river cleanup at Birmingham Park begins at 10 am under chair Jon Reising Vermilion, with roles listed for registration start scoring finish line safety publicity and more. The next regular meeting is March 4 at the Middleburg Heights Recreation Center featuring an auction of canoeing gear.
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