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New York’s Hudson River shortnose sturgeon are on the rebound

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced new research that estimates the population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River to be nearly 70,000 individuals, likely making it the largest population of sturgeon anywhere in the world.
The study was coauthored by the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center. It was conducted in partnership with Cornell University, University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and DEC with funding from the Hudson River Foundation and DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Management Program.

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High School Clay Target League nationals are July 9-13 in Michigan

The USAHSCTL National Championship will be held at the Michigan Trapshooting Association in Mason, Mich., July 9-13. The championship features 3,000 athletes participating in team and individual qualifying events, culminating in a final championship round to award the top 10 male and female athletes and top five teams in the country.

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Paula Piatt honored after retirement from Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association

Former New York Outdoor News associate editor and ongoing contributing writer Paula Piatt received a number of accolades this past spring.
Having recently retired as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association, the organization recognized Piatt at its spring conference held in Erie, Pa., in May. Piatt and her husband, and retired NYON Editor Steve Piatt live in Sayre.

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New York loses Oneida Lake conservationist Tony Buffa after his death at age 83

Tony Buffa, a longtime director on the Oneida Lake Association Board of Directors and one of Oneida Lake’s and Lake Ontario’s most respected fishing guides, passed away on June 13 from cancer at the age of 83.
Buffa was well-known in the region as a charter fishing captain, outdoor writer and also for his philanthropy and volunteerism. He was also a member of the New York Outdoorsman Hall of Fame.

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Wisconsin’s Rock Lake walleyes not really rolling along, but bass doing OK in this Jefferson County waterbody

Rock Lake is a deep, lowland, mesotrophic drainage lake in northwestern Jefferson County.
It lies within the town of Lake Mills that sits on its eastern shoreline and includes a millpond and Rock Creek outlet of the lake. The lake is formed by an impoundment of Rock Creek, an inlet that flows from Mud Lake northward to the Marsh Lake portion of Rock Lake. Rock Creek exits the lake and eventually flows into the Crawfish River upstream of Milford.

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