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Tennessee Hunting News
Written by Tennessee Hunter
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:00
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee turkey hunters again posted another successful spring season as the harvest for 2012 again nears 34,000 as reports continued to trickle in to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
The spring turkey statewide season came to a close on May 13. The harvest number stands at 33,789 just shy of last year’s total of 34,026. This year’s harvest currently ranks as the fourth highest on record. The record harvest of more than 37,000 birds came in 2010.
“The 2012 spring turkey season was another successful year for turkey hunters in Tennessee,” said Chris Hunter, TWRA Turkey Program Coordinator. “Current figures for the spring stand at almost 34,000 which is right in line with the third best ever season from 2011.
“Tennessee seems to have hit a stable point in the turkey population and this is where we want to be. During the spring season, we harvested over 30,000 birds for the last 10 years and although small fluctuations have occurred, this is expected in a long-term stable turkey population.”
Maury County again was the top county with 1,036 birds harvest up from the 2011 total of 949. Greene County was again second with a total of 936, seeing an increase from 896 in 2011.
Dickson County, a past leader for the spring season, was again in third with 798. Rounding out the top 10 counties were Montgomery 771, Sumner 706, Henry 696, Rutherford 680, Bedford 670, Lincoln 670, and Giles 629. Wilson County just missed the top 10 with a harvest of 623.
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West Virginia Hunting News
Written by West Virginia Hunter
Monday, 21 May 2012 17:00
DAVIS, W.Va. – Summer vacation season begins Memorial Day weekend and Canaan Valley State Park is ready. The elevation of the Canaan Valley Plateau makes it a cool place to spend the hot summer days. The park has several opportunities for vacation travel with extras.
Tennessee Hunting News
Written by Tennessee Hunter
Monday, 21 May 2012 14:00
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, along with the Nashville Sounds baseball club, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture-Division of Forestry, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation-State Parks, are sponsoring a tree planting program to promote the importance of trees to Tennessee. The program is Broken Bat=Planted Tree.
During the 2012 Nashville Sounds season, each home game with at least one broken bat will result in the opportunity for obtaining trees to be planted in the fall. Groups eligible to participate include schools, churches, scouts, little league teams, soccer teams, conservation organizations, watershed groups, and civic organizations.
From the pool of participants who sign up through the TWRA, one group will be drawn at random for each Sounds home game where a bat is broken. At the end of the Sounds season, nine final winners will be drawn. Each of the nine winning organizations will receive trees for fall planting from the Department of Agriculture-Division of Forestry. Forestry professionals will assist with selecting the best mix of tree species for each planting site and provide instruction for proper planting. The groups will be eligible to receive up to 200 trees for planting.
“We are pleased to be a partner in this program” said Ed Carter, TWRA Executive Director. “A single effort can more than double our effort and triple our results. Habitat is the key, and when the whole community comes to the plate we’re all batting cleanup. It’s truly an out-of-the-park home run and wildlife, people, and the environment are all winners.”
Groups wishing to participate in the Broken Bat=Planted Tree program should send registration information, including the organization’s name, mailing address, contact person, phone number, tax identification number, and description of where the trees would be planted in Middle Tennessee directly to the TWRA. Information should be sent to the TWRA Department of Environmental Services, Ellington Agricultural Center, P.O. Box 40747, Nashville, TN 37204.
Organizations participating in the TWRA Clean Streams Program or the TWRA Riparian Conservation Program are eligible to participate in the Broken Bat=Planted Tree project.
Groups proposing to plant trees on public property such as parks or greenways should provide written approval from the federal, state or local lands manager.
The thousands of baseball bats used each season by professional teams are made from ash, hickory or oak which come from the forest hardwoods. In addition to wood products, trees provide shade, wildlife habitat, cool streams, fresh oxygen, erosion and flood control, and are a key part of contributing to Tennessee’s year-round beauty.
The TWRA and Sounds websites will provide updates on Broken Bat=Planted Tree project throughout the baseball season. Sounds players, management and even the team’s mascot, Ozzie, will participate in tree planting celebrations during the late fall.
Radio spots during Sounds game broadcasts will promote programs such as Safe Boating, State Parks 75th Anniversary celebrations, and Tennessee agricultural products. For more information, contact TWRA (Della Sawyers) at (615) 781-6577.
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West Virginia Hunting News
Written by West Virginia Hunter
Friday, 18 May 2012 17:00
ELKINS, W.Va. – The following waters were stocked the week of May 14, 2012:
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