Today
n Bobcat hunting and trapping opens in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
n Trapping season for raccoon, fox, skunk, opossum, coyote and weasel opens for Western New York.
n Furbearer hunting season opens for raccoon, fox, opossum, and weasel.
Tomorrow
n Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs will hold their monthly meeting at the 4-H Bldg., Cornell Cooperative Extension Niagara, 4487 Lake Ave. (Route 78), Lockport, starting at 7 p.m.
Tuesday
n Niagara County Fisheries Advisory Board meeting at the Snyder Room of the Town of Lockport offices located on Beattie Road, Lockport starting at 7 p.m.
n Great Lakes Small Harbor Coalition workshop from 1-4 p.m. at Tillman’s Village Inn, Route 104 and Route 98, Albion in Orleans County. There is no cost to attend the workshop but pre-registration is requested. Register by calling 315-312-3042 or e-mail sgoswego@cornell.edu.
Wednesday
n Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will hold their monthly meeting at the Twin Village Post 463, Litchfield Ave., Lancaster, starting at 7:30 p.m.
n Great Lakes Small Harbor Coalition workshop from 1-4 p.m. at the Oswego Public Library, Oswego. There is no cost to attend the workshop but pre-registration is requested. Register by calling 315-312-3042 or e-mail sgoswego@cornell.edu.
Saturday
n Halloween Full Moon Adventure at DeVeaux Woods State Park from 8 to 10 p.m. For more info or registration call 292-5154.
Sunday
n Unclaimed Deer Management Unit permits become available and will be issued to hunters who were previously denied earlier this year.
Outdoors
OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published Oct. 25
- 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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