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Snow geese by the thousands fly each day for six months of the year at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, which would be threatened -- and pose a threat to Navy jets -- if the OLF is built at Site C.

Navy Secretary: We’ ll Consider Alternate OLF Sites; Navy: Site C Still No. 1

RALEIGH (AP) — Navy Secretary Donald Winter has decided to seriously reconsider alternative sites for a proposed practice jet landing field in eastern North Carolina, a congressman said April 2. […]

Roanoke River anglers will get a longer opportunity to catch stripers as the “keeper” season has been extended through May 6.

2007 Roanoke River striper season extended

From News Reports

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced April 25 the season for harvesting striped bass by hook and line in the Roanoke River Striped Bass Management Area will be extended until 11:59 p.m. May 6. […]

Thousands of snow geese fly off Pungo and Phelps lakes each day from December through March, posing a threat to low-flying aircraft.

Final Chance to Address Navy OLF Plan April 17

Craig Holt

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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Reds are Rocking at Little River

Dan Kibler

Guide Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Charters turned to the jetties on either side of Little River Inlet when last week’s cold weather shut down a great speckled trout bite. […]

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Chairman Wes Seegars said he represented 847,000 licensed conservationists and he was not aware of a single one that was in favor of building the OLF at the Navy's preferred site and there were easily workable and preferred alternatives.

Wildlife Resources Commission Hammers OLF Site Proposal

From News Reports

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. […]

Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., recently told the Navy she was "deeply concerned" about the OLF project in Eastern N.C.

Dole Submits OLF Questions to Navy

North Carolina Sportsman

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. […]

With a named and dated receipt, fishermen in coastal rivers may continue to use purchased river herring as bait for fish like these stripers.

Agencies Clarify Rule for Bait Herring

From News Reports

RALEIGH, N.C. – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries want anglers to know they can still use river herring (alewife and blueback herring) for bait as long as those herring are not taken from coastal rivers and sounds. […]

From March 24 to April 15, 2007, N.C. recreational anglers may keep one school bluefin tuna measuring 27 inches to less than 47 inches.

NMFS Adjusts N.C. Recreational BFT Bag Limit

From News Reports

To allow N.C. recreational fishermen to harvest part of the remaining annual bluefin tuna allocation from a spring run of school bluefin tuna off Cape Hatteras, the National Marine Fisheries Service has temporarily adjusted the size and posession limits for bluefin tuna. […]

Many opponents of the proposed OLF spoke at this meeting and the theme of how an OLF in this location would affect the wintering waterfowl, the entire flyway distribution and potential bird-aircraft strikes were among their many concerns.

WRC Speaks Out Against OLF

From News Reports

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. […]

Thousands of waterfowl winter each year at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and might be poisoned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture if the Navy plan to site an OLF at Washington and Beaufort counties succeeds.

OLF Opponents Need to Urgently Contact N.C. Division of Coastal Management

North Carolina Sportsman

Opponents of the proposed U.S. Navy’s Outlying Landing Field in Washington and Beaufort counties, who believe placing an OLF there would be inconsistent with North Carolina’s Coastal Management Plan, have until March 16 to write or e-mail letters expressing their views to the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
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