Gary Blockus

Lehigh Valley Wild Blog

blogs.mcall.com — The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is inviting the public to attend an upcoming Webinar on the Landscape Project, an interactive ecosystem-based mapping tool that assists government agencies, planners, conservation groups, the public and others in making decisions that will protect imperiled and special concern wildlife.

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Darian Cruz leads list of six #Lehigh #wrestling recruits

blogs.mcall.com — Gary R. Blockus has been covering the Lehigh Valley sports scene for more than 25 years. Gary, a member of the District XI Wrestling Hall of Fame, has covered sports ranging from the Olympic Games, NFL and NHL to college and high school wrestling, soccer, baseball, softball and recreational sports like Ultimate (flying disc football) and flag football.

Trout fishing contest abound in Lehigh Valley this weekend

mcall.com — If you're into trout fishing, this is the weekend to get out there and do it. Two great contests take place this weekend. Saturday features both the 2013 Lunkerfest on the Lehigh River from the East Penn Township Boat launch in Bowmanstown, and the Little Lehigh Junior Fishing Derby.

Walk This Way to fitness

mcall.com — It launched softly, almost silently, like the inaudible patter that Carl Sandburg called the fog that comes in on little cat feet. The Morning Call's "Walk This Way!" campaign, sponsored by Highmark, began more than two months ago as a way to introduce every-day lifestyle fitness to people from and visiting the Lehigh Valley.

Safe boating requires basic boating courses

mcall.com — National Fishing and Safe Boating Week is June 1-9, just a week after the Memorial Day Weekend signals the unofficial start to boating season. The Boat Ed organization is urging people to make sure to take a safe boating course before heading out on the water in any type of craft.

Special day of fishing for some special people

mcall.com — Stefan Quinones may have had a little trouble seeing the details on the rainbow trout he caught on Saturday, but no one had any trouble seeing the smile on his face. Quinones, 13, of Allentown, lost the vision in his right eye because of a brain tumor, and has just a little vision remaining in his left eye.

Fishing success in Lehigh Valley hasn't been dampened by rain

mcall.com — If you're like most of us, the days on the calendar keep sneaking up on you until all of a sudden it's past the date you wanted to do something. Don't make that mistake with the annual Little Lehigh Annual Fishing Derby, which is scheduled for May 18-19 in Allentown's Lehigh Parkway.

Lehigh Valley Wild Blog

blogs.mcall.com — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today announced the grand opening of the new Centenary College Environmental Science Center at the DEP's Charles O. Hayford Fish Hatchery in Hackettstown, which will serve as an experimental learning facility for the school's environmental studies curriculum.

Lincoln Leadership Academy students run for success

mcall.com — One by one, they crossed the finish line at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown to complete the St. Luke's Half Marathon on April 28. One by one they crossed the finish line with both pain and smiles on their faces as people who resolved a mission they weren't sure they could complete.