Humane Solution Found For A Gnawing Problem
May 8, 2008
Beavers in Groton get reprieve, thanks to an ‘ingenious’ contraption
Water flows freely through the three pipes of a beaver impeder on Wednesday as Skip Hilliker fastens part of the device around a breach made in a beaver dam on a pond in Pequot Woods in Groton. Hilliker and a crew from the Humane Society of the United States installed the device to ease flooding caused by the beavers’ dam.
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On the Ground, Counting Deer
May 7, 2008
Aaron Houston for The New York Times
A deer freezes in the spotlight during a count conducted at South Mountain Reservation.
DARKNESS was falling and people were settling down in their homes for the night when Susan Predl, who was just starting her workday, drove her van into the wilds of the South Mountain Reservation here.
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Explore history in Clinton, Conn.
May 6, 2008
3 Liberty Green Bed and Breakfast in Clinton, Conn
Clinton, Conn., is quiet study in American history. Colonial homes, such as the “1630 House” (currently the Tourist Information Center), line Main Street. Yale College commenced classes here in 1701, before funds were endowed to build a permanent campus in New Haven. Some residences operating as Historical Society museums were built from bricks used as ballast in merchant ships from England. And none other than Benjamin Franklin, as up-and-coming postmaster general, determined the site for a milestone on the “Post Road” — now Main Street — in the 1750s.
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Record-setting whitetail mount stolen from Iowa hunter
May 5, 2008
Brian Andrews, left, and his dad, Randy Andrews, of Independence, Iowa, with the 26-point mounted whitetail before it was stolen from the Andrews home in 2004.
What began as a story about a young Iowa hunter taking a world-class whitetail deer with outdated archery equipment has evolved into one with a price tag and a plea for help.
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States Might Adopt Shed Hunting Seasons
May 4, 2008
Talk about a few bad apples spoiling the bushel.
Thanks to the actions of some hooligans, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are considering enacting laws and seasons on the gathering of shed antlers from deer and elk.
According to published reports, wildlife officials from those states have seen an increase in activity from individuals who harass deer and elk in efforts to get them to shed their antlers prematurely. For example, in April, Nevada game officials apprehended a man who used an ATV to chase mule deer through sagebrush in attempts to get them to drop their antlers.
Montana has been dealing with this problem for several years, and has already implemented closed seasons on shed hunting in certain parts of its elk range. Fines for harassing deer and elk in that state can range up to $500 per violation.
Other reports include violations in Idaho where shed hunters were using off-road motorcycle to chase animals.
A date-specific shed-hunting season? Now I think I’ve heard it all.
–Dan Schmidt, Editor Deer and Deer Hunting
New England’s 2008 Wild Turkey Forecast
May 3, 2008
Most New England states have growing populations of wild turkeys and expect another banner year for hunters in 2008.
Photo by Travis Faulkner.
North America’s largest upland game bird is the Eastern wild turkey. Extremely alert and cautious by nature, wild turkeys present a challenge for even the most experienced hunter.
What gets many hunters hooked on gobblers is the interactive nature of the sport. There’s something about calling to your intended quarry and listening as it calls back and works its way closer that really gets a hunter’s heart pounding!
Luckily, turkey populations are holding their own, despite poor brooding and nesting conditions in 2005 and 2006. Cold, rainy springs dampened nest success and poult survival. Biologists in most New England states are reporting increased broods from the 2007 hatch and expect record-breaking harvests for the 2008 spring and fall seasons.
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New Federal Ozone Standard Will Result In Increased Number Of “Unhealthy” Air Days
May 2, 2008
There will be an increased number of days this spring and summer officially classified as “unhealthy air days” as a result of a new and more stringent federal ozone standard being put in place, according to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
DEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy said, “With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new ozone standard we will have more days when the air is considered unhealthy. On these days we will be enforcing certain restrictions on the operation of fuel burning equipment as well as asking the public for cooperation in reducing air emissions that contribute to ozone formation.”
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Antlers as art: Unique chandelier hanging in Missouri restaurant
May 1, 2008
Artist Larry Glaze and Lucky J Restaurant owner Matt Freeman stand under the chandelier Glaze created for the restaurant. The two men and others hung and wired the chandelier on Tuesday. It has 49 lights, a variety of replica guns and is made of manure-spreader wheels and white-tail deer antlers
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