RALEIGH (AP) — The Navy said Jan. 22 it will not build a practice jet landing field near a wildlife reserve in eastern North Carolina, a site widely opposed by environmentalists, state officials and local residents.
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While a graying dawn held the promise of warmth, an arthritic sun took its sweet time creeping over the horizon last January. […]
The wind was howling and spitting rain, which was on the edge of turning to sleet.
While most folks with any sense snuggled their shoulders deeper into a nest of bedcovers, we jumped up at the alarm clock. […]
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. […]
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’.” […]
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. […]
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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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. […]
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. […]
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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