Van Cise yelped, clucked and purred to a blowout victory, finishing 25 points (777.5-752.5) ahead of runner-up J.R. Lanham, of Missouri, a margin virtually unheard of in competitive calling.
Past champions Dave Owens, of Georgia, and Jesse Martin, of Kentucky, were third and fourth, respectively.
“It offers a sad commentary on American forestry that this – the heart of the white pine forest – should in a single generation become the abode of the prairie chicken.” — Aldo Leopold
With this statement about the Wisconsin landscape from his “Report on a Game Survey of the North Central States,” Aldo Leopold summarized much of the dynamics of the landscape at the time Americans were moving into the Midwest.
Live simply, work hard, be yourself – that is Samantha LaFond in a nutshell. LaFond owns and operates Naturally Wild Taxidermy in North Creek, N.Y. in Warren County, a business she started while living in Alaska that she has since brought home and set up in the Adirondacks.
Litchfield, Minn. — When Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program outreach and implementation grants from the state Board of Water and Soil Resources were made available to the Meeker Soil and Water Conservation District’s, Josh Pommier saw an opportunity.
Eight months after the reality television show “Dirty Jobs” made a visit to southern Illinois, the episode showcasing host Mike Rowe’s day of work at J & S Scents in Anna aired in late January.
Rowe and a crew of 18 visited the Union County business on April 14 of last year, spending six or seven hours filming what would become a 20- to 25-minute segment for the Discovery Channel.
Lake trout were added to the eligible species list in the Fish Ohio program, which recognizes anglers for noteworthy catches in the state. A lake trout caught in Ohio 31 inches or greater qualifies for Fish Ohio status.
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