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Female taxidermist says she loves her unique job
By PATRICIA ECKER Morning Sun (Mount Pleasant) CLARE, Mich. (AP) – Sarah Youngs’ hobby turned into her profession, as a taxidermist for Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare, where on the third day of firearm deer
Illinois EPA releases 2009 air quality report
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says air quality in 2009 was the same or improved throughout most of the state compared to the previous year. The EPA issued its annual report Friday.
Freedom Group Closing Bushmaster Plant
Freedom Group, Inc. announced today that it will close its Bushmaster Firearms International manufacturing facility located in Windham, Maine, effective March 31, 2011. The Bushmaster brand and products remain key strategic assets within the Freedom
Sharpshooters begin culling deer at Valley Forge
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) – Sharpshooters have killed more than 200 deer as part of an operation to reduce the deer population in Valley Forge National Historical Park. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say 225
Police: Central PA man hunted on I-80 median
ROCKTON, Pa. (AP) – State police say they’ve cited a central Pennsylvania man for shooting on or across a highway after the man killed a deer in a wooded median on Interstate 80 in Clearfield
Smith & Wesson moving unit from NH to MA
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Gun maker Smith & Wesson says it plans to move one of its manufacturing divisions from Rochester, N.H., to the company’s headquarters in Springfield, Mass. The Thompson/Center Arms unit makes hunting
Feds propose protecting 2 million acres of native prairie
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The federal government is proposing to spend roughly $588 million over the next two or three decades to prevent 2 million acres of prime migratory bird
WI DNR wants input on Rock River pollution plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – State environmental officials want to know how they should reduce phosphorus pollution in the Rock River basin. The Department of Natural Resources adopted sweeping rules this summer to limit phosphorus in
NJ bear hunt sets record for first 3 days
As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, New Jersey hunters had checked a record 426 black bears in the first Garden State bear hunt since 2005. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is expecting the number to
