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Water quality improves on Quemahoning
Daily American Outdoors CorrespondentThe Somerset Conservation District is taking the leadership role in restoring the original stream channel of the last 1.3 miles of Quemahoning Creek below the Quemahoning Reservoir located along Quemahoning Dam Road in Conemaugh Township. At some point,...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Lake Erie creel limit set for yellow perch and walleye
Lehigh Valley WildThe Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) today announced that the 2013 creel limit for Lake Erie yellow perch will remain at 30 per day and the creel limit for walleye will stay at six per day. “This year’s assessment showed that... -
The consensus seems to be: Let somebody else fix the delta
Confidential surveys of water officials, water users and others involved with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta offer some telling insight on why the delta is stuck in a perpetual quagmire. When it comes to fixing the hub of California’s water...
Tags: Science, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Exports
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Even Shad Could Use A Little Help
The scientific name of the American shad, Alosa sapidissima, provides a hint as to why it is many people's favorite fish, and why the season when they swim upriver to their breeding grounds is so eagerly awaited. The name means "most delicious herring."...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Atlantic Ocean
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Great hammerhead may qualify for protection
The great hammerhead shark, a fearsome predator that prowls South Florida waters, has moved a step closer to protection under the Endangered Species Act. The National Marine Fisheries Service says the great hammerhead, which can reach a length of 18 feet...
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, National Marine Fisheries Service , Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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Education briefs for April 25
education@jessaminejournal.comWarren gets international internship West Jessamine High School junior Sarah Warren is one of only 22 nationwide who received an international summer internship from the World Food Prize to delve into hunger and poverty issues. Warren will travel to...Tags: Science, Washington, DC, Vitamin C, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., bay advocate
Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., a fourth-generation waterman and longtime advocate for the Chesapeake Bay and those who make their living from its waters, died Thursday of bone cancer at his Rock Hall home. He was 75. "Larry stood sentry for the...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Noem challenges ag secretary
Rep. Kristi Noem challenged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on how his department is dealing with producers in the wake of the federal spending reduction known as the sequester. Noem, R-S.D., questioned Vilsack, a Democrat who is the former governor...Tags: U.S. Congress, Consumer Goods Industries, Tom Vilsack, Kristi Noem, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
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100+ people are charged with paddlefish poaching at Warsaw
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Known as the “Paddlefish Capital of the World,” Warsaw, Missouri, is a favorite area for many of Missouri’s approximately 16,000 sport paddlefish snaggers because of its location along the Osage River. Agents...
Tags: Conservation, Marketing, Environmental Issues, Caviar, U.S. Department of Justice
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Chesapeake Bay advocate Larry Simns dies
Larry Simns, who founded and led the Maryland Watermen's Association for four decades and was a key influence on efforts to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, died Thursday. He was 75. Mr. Simns, who grew up in the Eastern Shore fishing village of...
Tags: Executive Branch, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Foods and Beverages, Seafood
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Pet frogs linked to salmonella outbreak in kids: CDC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Small water frogs marketed and sold as pets are linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections from 2008 to 2011, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report published in...Tags: Salmonella Infection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Family
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State senate takes on hunting issues this week
Hunters across the Commonwealth are casting a wary eye toward Harrisburg on Tuesday. The Senate Game & Fisheries Committee is considering several bills that could have significant impact for hunting in the state. The most controversial is SB 597,...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Doyle Heffley, Emmaus, Marcia M. Hahn, Lifestyle and Leisure
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