Reducing Deer Populations For Healthy Forests And People
June 2, 2008
I’ve talked some about his subject from a couple different perspectives. In Pennsylvania, the state is in the middle of a major deer population reduction in order to regrow the forests. According to reports from studies and officials, there are areas where too many deer have destroyed the natural under story of the forest allowing for growth of invasive plant species. Read more
Deer to be released after crashing through Lilly Hall window
May 20, 2008
A small male deer will be OK after crashing through a window at Purdue University this morning.
Seven Wonders of Connecticut - Essex Steam Train
May 14, 2008
photo is from their website
by News Channel 8’s Tricia Taskey
Posted May 13, 2008
6:43 AM
Essex (WTNH) _ It’s a unique way to enjoy the beauty of the Connecticut River Valley, a one-of-a-kind journey that’s also a learning experience.
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Bush Signs Bill That Will Protect Eightmile River
May 12, 2008
LYME — - Nathan Frohling stood next to the Eightmile River near the East Haddam-Lyme border and pointed to a shrubby clearing in the woods. “This was going to be a six-lot subdivision,” he said.
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Army’s Wounded Warriors Enjoy Special Turkey Hunt
May 9, 2008
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wheelin’ Sportsmen program will host wounded warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center during a weekend of turkey hunting and fellowship at the Letterkenny Army Depot May 9 to May 10.
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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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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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Bike Trails are a great way to see Connecticut
April 29, 2008
Pedal Pushers
A cyclist bikes through the Airline Bike Path in Colchester and Hebron. (TIA ANN CHAPMAN)
Like the maples and oak trees that line them, Connecticut roadways are filled in late summer and early autumn with the moving color of bicyclists. Packs of cyclists seem as plentiful as acorns as they amble along secondary highways and back roads, their yellow, green and red jerseys and helmets both brightening up the landscape.
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After a little internet searching, reading, and checking up on this stuff I found it’s a pretty well established product in Canada and hails from Quebec where they have this funny habit of speaking a lot of French. Thus the name, Jig-A-Loo, and the company’s claim it derives from a saying they have up north, “I’ve got it!” 
