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September 2009

10 Great Hiking Books of interest to NorthEast Ohio Hikers

I’ve been trying to collect some trail guides and hiking books to review, but simply can’t seem to find the time to go through them. Luckily, Amazon has them and I found a neat little program that can help me post them with little or no fuss. So, here’s a collection of ten great books [...]

Ohio Fall Foliage Update #2

Image via Wikipedia COLUMBUS, OH – The highlights of color that are beginning to speckle the canopies of Ohio’s woodlands, along with the cooler temperatures, are signs that autumn is beginning to take hold. “In many parts of Ohio, we are seeing the first signs of leaf change to yellow and orange,” said Casey Munchel, [...]

Making America’s Best Idea Even Better

Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are tuning in this week to watch Ken Burns’s latest PBS film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.  Viewers will be glued to their TVs as the nation’s preeminent storyteller trains his lens on the national parks.  Then what? Here are a couple of ideas from the [...]

Ohio Fall Pheasant Release Dates and Locations

Image via Wikipedia COLUMBUS, OH – More than 15,000 ring-necked pheasants will be released on 30 public hunting areas across the state this fall, as part of a seasonal effort by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife to enhance hunting opportunities for this popular game bird. Ring-necked pheasants will be released [...]

PA Game Commission Says: Licenses Must Be Displayed

The omission of a regulation that has been in place for decades in this year’s digest has caused some hunters and trappers to wonder whether they still are required to display their licenses in the middle of the back as has been done for many, many years. Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe [...]