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Open to the Public
Arriving with the same excitement as a money-laden birthday card from Grandma, the result of my 2006-07 application for a waterfowl hunt was in my mailbox. […]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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The Road to Rails
Flooding the marsh, the tide looked like a groundswell of water in a rapidly clogging kitchen sink.
If you were the homeowner you might say “Oh crap.”
If you were a rail hunter you’d say, “Keep on risin’.” […]
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Geese are Hot!
The scene is a classic waterfowl setting. The hunter and his retriever crouch behind a makeshift blind of natural vegetation at water’s edge, watching as the birds hail to their plastic comrades. […]
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Waterfowl Hearings Set Aug. 21, 22, 23
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold nine public meetings this month, giving citizens a chance to discuss the proposed 2007-2008 waterfowl seasons, bag limits and related topics.
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Early Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons Set by WRC
RALEIGH, N.C. – During July, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set hunting seasons for dove and other webless migratory game birds, as well as early goose and teal. […]
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Waterfowl Breeding Survey Shows Good News
Preliminary results from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service’s Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey indicate a total duck population estimate of more than 41 million birds in the traditional survey area. […]
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Final Chance to Address Navy OLF Plan April 17
The public will get a final chance April 17 in Charlotte to have input regarding the Navy’s plan to place at Outlying Landing Field in eastern N.C. near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and threaten wintering birds and its own pilots.
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Wildlife Resources Commission Hammers OLF Site Proposal
ROPER, N.C. (April 9) – An overflow crowd spilled into a parking lot full of farm tractors and “No OLF” posters Wednesday night, as more than 600 people gathered to show their opposition to the U.S. Navy’s proposed Outlying Landing Field in Washington and Beaufort counties. […]
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Dole Submits OLF Questions to Navy
PLYMOUTH — A day after hundreds of citizens attended a hearing regarding a proposed Navy landing field in eastern North Carolina and two days after Governor Mike Easley said he wasn’t getting much cooperation from the state’s two U.S. senators, N.C.’s senior senator told the Navy she was “deeply concerned” about the project. […]
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WRC Speaks Out Against OLF
SWAN QUARTER, N.C. (March 20) – More than 200 people showed up Monday night to voice opposition to a proposed military jet landing strip in eastern North Carolina, including leadership from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]