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PHOENIX — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) released a pair of Mexican wolves into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area of Arizona on Thursday. In a separate action, the Service will also release a second pair of Mexican wolves into the wolf recovery area in New Mexico. Read more
It’s not every day that you can see a hovercraft race, but on May 4 and 5 you can! The Hoverclub of America will be holding a race at Brighton Recreation Area in Howell on Chilson Pond for seven classes of competitors from novice to experienced. Come watch the hovercrafts go from land to water and back again, and cheer them on.
Morgan, Utah – New for 2013 are the Blackout 6V and 9V flashlights that are Browning’s brightest CR123A three-battery flashlights. Read more
When noted Navajo artisan David Yellowhorse sets out to create another distinctive new collectible, you know it will be something special, maybe with a little surprise twist.
His newest work is “Dead Man’s Hand,” built on the legend of Wild Bill Hickok’s poker hand. That was the hand Wild Bill was holding when he was assassinated in 1876. Displayed in a handsome wood-framed case are a North American Arms replica of an 1860 .22 Magnum Earl mini-revolver, with a 4″ barrel and a five-shot capacity, and a Buck Knives Custom Vantage folding lockblade. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
When we think rodent, most of us may envision mice, rats, squirrels or 10-pound groundhogs. But, what if rodents grew to 50 pounds or more and lived right here in Shiawassee County? Well, lock your doors; they’re here!
Castor Canadensis is even known to kill humans, as evidenced this month when a fisherman in Belarus, Russia bled to death after being attacked and bitten by one, which severed an artery in his leg. If you’ve yet to picture the beast, it also goes by the moniker of North American beaver.
Weeks ago I discovered a poplar limb cleanly stripped of its bark lying alongside the Osborn Drain near home. Closer inspection revealed it had been chewed off by a beaver. I walked the edge of the waterway looking for more clues such as a dam or lodge but none was found, so I blew it off.
Weeks later, when a number of poplars were found chewed off at the water’s edge, my concern grew.
Poplar cut by beaver
We’ve got enough flooding already with all the spring rain and a beaver dam would be less than welcome. Oh, I know how useful the busy buggers are to the ecosystem by maintaining wetlands, but aren’t humans already required to do so by law?
A few years ago, the DNR had to remove them from the same drainage, because some homeowners’ needed a boat to get to their front door. Read more
A Montana college student, not paying attention in bear country, was mauled by a grizzly. Turns out he was too close to a sow with cubs and landed in the hospital, as a result. Details here…
On Wednesday, the Senate rejected a gun control agenda that President Obama has adopted as his own over the last few months, but to which other gun control supporters have bitterly clung for years: banning an ever-lengthening list of semi-automatic firearms, banning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and expanding background check requirements to require government permission for many transfers of firearms among private citizens. Read more
Sleepy Hollow State Park is offering many events for families to enjoy during the month of May. Outreach Coordinator Michelle Trowbridge will be leading the following birding, hiking, geocaching and history programs: Read more
Hunter’s Specialties Scent-A-Way products were recently named the top odor elimination brand by Southwick Associates.
Southwick Associates conducts internet based annual surveys of hunters and shooters to determine the top brands in categories ranging from rifles, archery, tree stands, optics, hunting accessories and others. The results were tallied from over 35,000 responses on HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com. Read more