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Severely injured bald eagle flying again in W. Va.

By RICK STEELHAMMER The Charleston Gazette-Mail HINTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last October, a three-year-old bald eagle hunting for prey over an expanse of farmland near Greenville, in Monroe County, allegedly flew into a game farm’s tall wire fence, became entangled and struggled to free itself, breaking a wing in the process. Game farm employees found the injured bird, and West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer J.C. Wheeler was made aware of its situation and location. After driving to the scene and carefully carrying the eagle to his vehicle, Wheeler drove the injured bird to ...

New game warden class completes training program

HARRISBURG — Following 44 weeks of intensive training, the 34th Class of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Ross Leffler School of Conservation graduated last month at the Susquehanna Township Middle School in Harrisburg. Training School Director Kyle Jury praised graduates for their dedication and demonstrated commitment to our resources. “The 34th Class, which began their training on March 27, 2022, met all the challenges of their in-class instruction and rigorous field training,” Jury said. “The graduation of our new game wardens marks many individual accomplishments ...

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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills -sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. in January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after prosecutors filed charges of operating without government authorization and manipulating Indigenous people, which is illegal in the country. The Attorney General’s office in Santarem alleged in the civil lawsuit that the company Acute Angling invaded an Indigenous territory where it set up a luxury fishing lodge without either proper consultation with Indigenous communities or approval from federal Indigenous and environmental ...

Game Commission modernizes sale of deer licenses

HARRISBURG — A new state law, Act 148 of 2022, allows the Pennsylvania Game Commission to modernize and simplify how Pennsylvania’s antlerless deer licenses are sold. The new antlerless licensing process proposes that hunters will be able to purchase antlerless deer licenses, for the 2023-24 license year, online at www.huntfish.pa.gov, or at any in-store hunting license issuing agent. Pennsylvania’s general hunting licenses are preliminarily scheduled to go on sale on Monday, June 26, 2023, at 8 a.m. It is proposed that resident hunters would be able to purchase one antlerless ...

Class leads Charles City students to outdoor adventures

By ABBY KOCH Globe Gazette CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was all smiles and waves for Charles City High School students. Students in Rob Pittman’s Expeditions class had the chance recently to learn the basics of river surfing on the whitewater course in town. It is just one of many adventures students have with outdoor learning. “Almost every single kid has told me ‘I want to do this again Mr. Pittman,’ and that’s what I wanted. I wanted people getting excited and wanting to come out here and do different things,” said Pittman. Pittman and fellow teachers learned ...