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Michigan Mixed Bag: Audubon invites volunteers to celebrate 125 years of the Christmas Bird Count

The twelve decades’ worth of data collected by participants contribute to one of only two large existing pools of information notifying ornithologists and conservation biologists of what conservation action is required to protect birds and the places they need.

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Pennsylvania awards grants for Lake Erie coastal zone

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $288,000 to seven projects in the state’s northwest region.
The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects that will benefit this critical habitat and ecosystem.

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Cameron County, Pa., tract inducted into old-growth network

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Deputy Secretary John Norbeck joined Old-Growth Forest Network leadership to announce the induction of Elk State Forest’s Square Timber Wild Area into the national Old-Growth Forest Network, an organization that connects people with nature by creating a national network of protected, mature, and publicly accessible native forests.

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Feds OK a preliminary permit for York County hydroelectric facility in Pennsylvania

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is considering its next move in the fight against plans to create a hydroelectric facility in York County, Pa., and build a 1.8-mile-long dam and flood 580 acres of farms, fields and forests at Cuffs Run.

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Ohio’s deer gun season gets underway Dec. 2-8

Ohio’s weeklong deer gun hunting season begins Monday, Dec. 2. The gun season traditionally begins the Monday after Thanksgiving, is open to all hunters, and runs until Sunday, Dec. 8. An additional deer gun weekend follows on Dec. 21-22.
Ohio’s first deer gun season was in 1943, and excitement has remained high for white-tailed deer hunting ever since.

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Paul Ice Fishing Show kicks off Dec. 6

The 2024 St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show begins Dec. 6 and continues through Dec. 8 at St. Paul RiverCentre. Just in time for this year’s ice-fishing season, the show will feature more than 190 exhibits featuring products and services, including fish houses, rods and reels, tackle, electronics, apparel, and more.

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