Richard “Dick” Hamilton, former executive director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, wasted no time in putting his talents to use for N.C. wildlife after being forced out of the WRC.
Since Oct. 1, he’s been working with the N.C. Wildlife Federation, helping that group form its “Camouflage Coalition.” […]
The first time I met Joe Don Sawyer, I didn’t see him. I only heard his laughing voice, stretching familiar words into odd-sounding shapes as he spoke in his lilting Down East brogue to his best friend, Tonnie Davis of Roxboro. […]
I’m offering a column this month I wish I didn’t have to write. I don’t know if I have every fact about this case, but in the last month I’ve collected a lot of information. […]
Theoretical scenario: You and your friends love to fish for (take your pick) largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striper, trout, catfish, walleye, bream or crappie. […]
What would your reaction be if you returned at dusk to a public boat ramp after a day-long fishing trip and discovered your vehicle and boat trailer had disappeared? […]
The range of an F/A-18E Super Hornet jet fighter aircraft is 1,930 nautical miles. In U.S. “standard” miles (like you and I drive in our gasoline-powered vehicles), that’s 2,221 miles. […]
With the passage of the Coastal Recreational Fishing License into law last year, only a few needed changes remain to be made in North Carolina’s saltwater management strategies — if the state is going to continue to allow a relatively few commercial netters to take a large portion of our citizens’ public resources for profit. […]
In what we hope will be the last attempt at an earlier spring turkey season start (first Saturday in April) anywhere in North Carolina, a N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission subcommitee voted not to consider the proposal that was unpopular with the N.C. National Wild Turkey Federation, WRC biologists, and following a staff study of the proposal that showed multiple potential problems. […]
ODDS ‘N’ ENDS:
When a reporter covers one story, other newsworthy topics often pop up on the radar screen. […]
As you may read elsewhere in this issue, PETA recently had its tail caught in a wringer. […]
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