East Goshen to thin its deer population
May 18, 2008
Archers will conduct a hunt on four pieces of township-owned land beginning in September.
LAURENCE KESTERSON / Inquirer Staff Photographer
Deer run through a field in Chester County. Five groups have applied to thin the East Goshen deer population.
East Goshen Township has decided to thin its deer population and is bringing in groups of archers to carry out a hunt, starting in September.
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Connecticut Friends stock a river
May 17, 2008
WILTON — On a cold day last January, Dick Bell, president of the Connecticut River Salmon Association, arrived at Connecticut Friends School in Wilton with 200 Atlantic Salmon eggs. Part of the CRSA Salmon in Schools Program, it was the start of a four-month science-based service project in which the 2nd-4th grade students and teachers built a special tank to hold the salmon, raised and hatched the eggs, took daily temperature readings, and recorded daily observations and changes.The Connecticut River Salmon Association (CRSA) is a nonstock, nonprofit Connecticut corporation. Their mission is to support the effort to restore Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River basin, a joint undertaking by the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut, together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the National Marine Fisheries Service (www.ctriversalmon.org). The CRSA has partnered with schools across the state of Connecticut to help return the Atlantic Salmon population to the Connecticut River.
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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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DEP Reports “High” Forest Fire Danger Level
April 25, 2008
DEP Also Reminds Residents of Open Burning
Restrictions During Elevated Fire Conditions
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today reminded Connecticut residents the fire danger in the state is “high” due to the dry weather conditions Connecticut has experienced recently. Until Connecticut receives significant rainfall, forest fire danger levels will remain high to very high.
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Governors Issue Call For Action On Climate Change
April 20, 2008
Schwarzenegger, Rell Among Those Taking White House To Task
Photo by Bob Child • California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks Friday at a conference on climate change at Yale University in New Haven. Behind Schwarzenegger are Nobel laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri, left, and Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
New Haven — Concern about the environment and body-building have something in common. So declared California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his address to a capacity audience at Yale University’s Woolsey Hall on Friday, the climax of the two-day Conference of Governors on Climate Change.
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QDMA will have another Free Seminar at Cabela’s in May
April 4, 2008
The Connecticut River Valley Branch invites you to attend a FREE educational seminar on “Assessing & Managing Deer Habitat on Small Acreage Properties” and “More on Food Plots - What, How & When to Plant.” All hunters, landowners and anyone interested in Quality Deer Management (QDM) are invited to attend this FREE seminar. QDMA, New England/Canada Regional Director Matt Ross will discuss both topics in depth as well as answer any questions attendees may have.
Connecticut’s Great Park Pursuit
March 31, 2008
Governor Rell Announces Great Park Pursuit
Contest Back for Third Straight Year
Additional enhancements to “No Child Left Inside” also previewed
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced The Great Park Pursuit – Connecticut’s state park family adventure – is returning for a third season along with other new programs being added to the state’s growing “No Child Left Inside” initiative.
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Son guides mom to hunting success
March 20, 2008
Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum: New London’s Jamie Branham, left, wields the flintlock she used to bag her first buck with the help of her son Justin.
A mother of three, New London’s Jamie Branham is anything but a stay-at-home housewife. Branham, 48, spends most days teaching science at Kennett Middle School, but autumn afternoons and weekends you’ll most likely find her stalking the wilds of Chester County in quest of deer and other game. On most of those forays, her 18-year-old son Justin is there to guide her. Although Branham is a newcomer to the sport, the rest of her family (with the exception of 17-year-old daughter Katy) has long been steeped in the hunting tradition.
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Top Velvet Buck by Bow!
March 11, 2008
According to Pope & Young records, Jim Kostroski’s monster 17-pointer from Minnesota is the archery world’s highest-scoring velvet whitetail of all time. Photo by Pat Reeve.
The 2003 season was filled with great bucks, but few of them can match this one’s historical impact. Here’s how a dedicated bowhunter arrowed the world’s top velvet buck by bow!
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Two Pushmataha bucks are dueling for state record
March 4, 2008
One of these deer will be the new state record for typical whitetails. The deer on the left was killed by John Ehmer. The one on the right was taken by Jason Boyett.
Pushmataha county always has been Oklahoma’s best for trophy deer, at least in terms of numbers.
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