PA GAME COMMISSION OFFERS ADVICE ON AVOIDING BEAR CONFLICTSHARRISBURG" With autumn a week away, many Pennsylvanians will be spending increasing amounts of time outdoors. This also is when black bears become more active, setting the stage for an increase in bear sightings and possibly encounters.Mark Ternent, Pennsylvania Game Commission black bear biologist, noted ...
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HEADLINE ARTICLE
January 8, 2009
THE BEARS Black bears typically have two cubs, rarely one or three. In 2007, in northern New Hampshire , a black bear sow gave birth to five healthy young. There were two or three reports of sows with as many as four cubs but five was, and is, extraordinary. I learned of them shortly after they emerged from their den and set myself a goal of photographing all five cubs with their mom, no matter how much time and effort was involved. I knew the trail they followed on a fairly regular basis, usually shortly before dark. After spending nearly four hours a day, seven days a week, fo
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The forest firefighters and dispatchers stood inrna small group at the edge of the airport taxiway, all of them lookingrnnorth, scanning a cloudless blue sky.
The portable radio held by Jim Barnier, a forest fire suppressionrnspecialist with the state Department of Natural Resources, squawked tornlife. The Canadians h...
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Black Bear; is this one the Incredible Hulk?A little background is needed for this story....We have a 40 acre camp in northern Chippewa County and for many years we have let several friends and family bait and hunt for Black Bear in the off years when we do not get a tag.Most years the bait is all used up and there is never any left from the previous year. This yea...
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Michigan was one of the states that recently had its population of
gray wolves removed from the Endangered Species Act list, yet the state
has done nothing different in easing protection of the animal and
residents in the Upper Peninsula want something done about that.
At a meeting recently at the Ironwood Public Safety Department
building with State Rep. Mike Lahti, D-Hancock, and ...
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Do you like to swim, rock climb, walk, jump, and rappel? If you do, you need to know of a sport called canyoning or canyoneering. (Depending upon where you live.)
Canyoning is the sport of travelling through a canyon using different techniques such as swimming, ...
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You can go anywhere for an average vacation. But for an epic vacation, there's only one place to go. Utah. Nestled in the heart of the Mountain West, Utah is teeming with unforgettable landscapes, and acres of possibilities. White peaks, red valleys...
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Recognizing the importance of this issue and the need for snowmobilers to do their share in preserving areas that make it possible to enjoy our sport, BRP has developed the Light Treading Is Smart Sledding campaign for snowmobilers. Light Treading refers to more than the thread of our tracks. It's a statement of concern, respect and willingness to take the lead and take action. It appl...
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Plans for making this particular hunting trip had been on the table for three months and although we knew from the website what the basic lodge was going to look like, nothing could have prepared us for what we actually saw when we pulled up. Stepping from the truck, dusty from many miles up long and winding dirt roads, we rounded the front corner of Duplissey Lodge where we were gra...
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Lenny Harris was a family man with five daughters and one son. Heloved the outdoors and though his daughters showed no interest inlearning the ways of a woodsman, Lenny was blessed with an anxious pupil in his son, "Len jr."Junior began his training at an early age, his father taking thetime to bring him squirrel and pheasant hunting, northern fishing,long trips in the smal...
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If you resolved to ride your mountain bike more in 2008 it may seem like a hopeless endeavor given the current weather conditions in most parts of the country. But fear not! It is indeed possible to make and keep your mountain biking resolutions in the dead of winter, no matter what conditions you might face outside. Look at it this way: if you start riding now, things will only get better (read: ...
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Pre-season and in-season scouting are criticallyimportant
to any trapline. Furbearer activity centers sometimes shift, based on
the availability of food and den sites. Scouting helps a trapper
determine where it's best to put traps. After all, traps set in areas
where targeted furbearers aren't available will only waste your time
and fuel. Be efficient. Don't guess. In the process, you'll...
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