NIAGARA FALLS —
Today
n Spring office hours are now in effect at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. Weekend hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekdays are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Refuge Headquarters at 1101 Casey Rd., Alabama. For more information, call 585-948-5445.
n Deer Search New Handler/Blood Tracking Seminar will be held from 2-5 p.m. at West Falls Conservation Society, 55 Bridge St. (off Route 240), West Falls for all handlers/hunters. Call Kurt at 627-5559 or 648-4355, or visit www.deersearch.org.
n Final Day of the Cleveland Outdoor Adventure Expo from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the I-X Center (adjacent to Hopkins International Airport), Berea.
Monday
n Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs monthly meeting will be held starting at 7 p.m. at the 4-H Bldg., Niagara County Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78), Lockport.
Tuesday
n Lake Ontario Sportfishing Stakeholders Council meeting from 1 to 5 p.m. at Gander Mountain, Henrietta. For more information, contact Bob Songin at 585-733-5829.
Wednesday
n Somerset Conservation Club will be holding their monthly meeting starting at 7 p.m. at Johnson Creek Road, Barker.
Thursday
n Wilson Conservation Club Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. at Cambria-Wilson Road (Route 425), Wilson.
Saturday
n 16th Annual Awards Banquet for Niagara Musky Associaton will be held. Open bar is from 6 to 7 p.m. and dinner is at 7 p.m. at Pearl Street Grill & Brewing Co., 76 Pearl Street, Buffalo. For more information on tickets, contact Scott McKee at 632-5024.
n Niagara Frontier Friends of the NRA is hosting a fundraising banquet with doors opening at 5 p.m. at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Rd., Depew. Dinner is at 6:30. Cost is $35 for a banquet ticket. For more information, contact Mike at 949-4669.
n Bald Eagle Watch is from 1-4 p.m. at Cayuga Overlook, Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. For more information, call 585-948-5445.
Outdoors
Outdoors Calendar published March 21
- Outdoors
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- It's tourney time on local waterways
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Outdoors Calendar published March 28
A listing of outdoors-related events for this week.
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Lake Ontario is top destination for Empire anglers
There were 78,000 boat trips on Lake Ontario in 2009, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Outdoors Calendar published March 21
Outdoors-related events for this week.
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HILTS: Dealing with public perceptions not easy to handle
Ever since those stocking cuts, it’s been a constant battle to deal with that one issue — the perception that people had that all stocking was eliminated in the lake.
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Clearing of creeks should make for better fishing
Many of the smaller streams are already fishable and the larger creeks will probably be on fire by this weekend.
- FISH FORECAST: Mild weather, rain bring in fresh fish
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published March 7
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HILTS: State releases deer, bear figures
While I don’t have any first-hand experience from last year’s big game season due to some health issues, I heard enough comments from the peanut gallery to think that hunting action for whitetail deer was off, down and marginal at best.
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published Feb. 21
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