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Widespread damage: B.C. fruit growers face millions in losses
It could be a very sour spring in wine country. "A lot of farmers are at the end of their rope," says Binny Boparai-Gill, who helps run Farming Karma Fruit Co in Kelowna B.C. The trouble stems from earlier this winter, which started exceptionally warm. Then in January, temperatures suddenly plunged. A shock many grape vines and fruit trees just couldn’t take. At West Kelowna's Kalala Organic Estate Winery, owner Karnail Singh Sidhu estimates 95 per cent of this year's grape crop has been destroyed.
2023 Prairie Grouse Primer
Prairie Grouse Primer 2023: Idaho Should be a good year for prairie grouse hunting in Idaho By Jack Hutson Idaho’s prairie grouse seem to be responding well to the greater emphasis placed on their management in recent years. However, the harsh weather wildcard was played over most of their range last winter. How did they cope? Let’s find out.
CareerEd expands funding and services for student internships
When Juan Flores, ’24, learned that the Stanford in Washington program had secured an opportunity for him to work as a policy intern at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), he was thrilled. There was just one problem: The internship was unpaid. Flores, a sociology major who plans to attend law school and become an immigration attorney, typically works 20 to 30 hours per week during the school year to pay his bills and send money to his family.
In Praise of Sweeping – KC STUDIO
illustration by Ruben Castillo Something odd. Something off. Something particular, peculiar about the way the tailor sweeps the steps in front of the shop this morning. A sunny morning, a Monday morning, a late winter or early spring morning, depending on how much you might be tilting toward some semblance of hope in this particular moment. This particular moment of invading forces on the other side of the world. This particular moment of more death from war, death from disease, from despair.
Parentage Analysis Reveals Unequal Family Sizes during Hatchery Production
Abstract : Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) is a species of conservation concern that has been stocked in several Great Lakes (North America) rivers. Lake sturgeon were extirpated in the Ontonagon River in Lake Superior and stocking began in 1998. In 2017, gametes were collected from spawning lake sturgeon (9 females, 36 males) caught at the nearby Sturgeon River spawning ground, generating nine family groups using a 1:4 mating design (n = 862).
Hope on the Horizon
Winter hit early and hard, but never count out the ring-necked pheasant By Andrew Johnson A brutal winter has taken its toll on bird populations across the primary pheasant range. But the stage could still be set to produce a bumper crop of birds this spring. Winter came early and often to the Upper Midwest this year. The week before Christmas, temperatures plummeted to well below zero.
DIY: Run Your Own Roadside Pheasant Survey
Run your own roadside survey to check late-summer habitat conditions and pheasant numbers in the areas you plan to hunt … and set yourself up for success this fall By John Pollmann and Andrew Johnson A common mistake many pheasant hunters make is failing to scout the areas they plan to hunt each fall. Yes, you can and should scout for pheasants.
A Future-Proof Digital Denture Workflow | Inside Dental Technology
Making digital dentures make sense Andrew C. Johnson, DDS, MDS, CDT Despite the many years of development so far, we are still on the front end of an active revolution in removable prosthetic dentistry. Even with the many advantages in terms of strength, durability, fit, biocompatibility, and reproducibility, digital dentures are still relatively rare in comparison to traditionally fabricated prosthetics.
Unlit Signals, by Ploy
Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Purchasable with gift card $10 Record/Vinyl + Digital Album Taking reference from the rave energy that has passed through decades of UK dance music and combining influences from harder, noisy, industrial tropes that carry a similar raw approach, Ploy (Timedance, Hessle) delivers his debut LP "Unlit Signals" for L.I.E.S. Records.
Captain Ganja and the Space Patrol, by Tradition
Digital Album Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Purchasable with gift card 2 x Bokeh release vinyl deal!?!? Record/Vinyl + Digital Album Buy this here Captain Ganja LP and get any other Bokeh vinyl release for just £8! Mad - only while stocks last.
Create the Ultimate Back 40 for Pheasants
Create the Ultimate Back 40 for Pheasants IT’S CHALLENGING TO FORMULATE A HABITAT RECIPE THAT WILL ATTRACT AND SUSTAIN PHEASANTS ON A SMALL ACREAGE. BUT IT CAN BE DONE. USE THESE 4 HABITAT BUILDING BLOCKS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR BACK 40, THEN REAP THE REWARDS. By Andrew Johnson The landscape across a majority of pheasant country has changed. There are still a few places, mainly out west, where a pheasant hunter can walk for hours without running into a fence or other property boundary.
Postseason Gun Care: Preventing and Treating Rust on Firearms
For as long as there have been firearms forged from steel—a metal alloy that contains iron—hunters and shooters have had to deal with iron oxide, otherwise known as rust. Even if you take great care to ensure a gun is cleaned, oiled, and stored properly, rust has a way of showing up on barrels and metal receivers when it’s least expected. It’s never a bad idea to periodically check and clean your firearms, even long after hunting seasons have closed.
Effects of a high DHA multi-nutrient supplement and exercise on mobility and cognition in older women (MOBILE): A randomised semi-blinded placebo controlled study | British Journal of Nutrition | Cambridge Core
Access Open access February 2020 , pp. 1-34 Abstract There is a complex interplay between mobility and cognition in older adults. We have previously shown that a high DHA multi-nutrient supplement improves habitual walking speed, verbal memory, and psychomotor response latency in older women. Exercise also improves mobility and cognition in older adults, and omega-3 fatty acids and exercise share a range of overlapping biological effects.
The Art, Science and Voodoo of Blocking
1 of 4 By Andrew Johnson Four of us, all with Labs, kept pushing the half-mile-long strip of standing corn. We were heading west, the sun still high enough to where it warmed our faces even as the November air grew colder. The hunt started slow at first, but about halfway through the 24-row-wide strip a tight-holding rooster rocketed skyward over the head-high corn. The hunter to my right made a clean shot on the bird before it could slip out the side door.
Keep Your Dog in the Game
— By Andrew Johnson When the first bird flushed, the familiar sound and rhythm of its wings caused my heart to skip a beat. I could tell it was an immature rooster that had not yet fully donned its rainbow of adult feathers, but I didn’t shoulder my gun. “Rooster!” I shouted more instructively than instinctively, as the bird rode the west wind toward my 13-year-old son, Gavin. He crumpled the bird with his first shot, and Gauge, our 2-year-old yellow Lab, made short work of the retrieve.
Why I Hunt Closing Day
—By Andrew Johnson I have a hard time ringing in the new year when the ball drops at midnight on New Year’s Eve. As a pheasant hunter, my new year doesn’t begin until the sun finally sets on the current pheasant season. This year’s season, which is the 100th on state record, closes Sunday at sunset. And while many hunters have already hung up their blaze-orange vests for the year, hunting the last day of the season has been a tradition I’ve long shared with Outdoor Forum contributor John Pollmann.
Early birds: Where to hunt pheasants when the crops and cover are still standing
Excitement for this year’s hunting season started building around Labor Day when the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department released its annual brood report indicating the 2018 statewide pheasants-per-mile index was up 47 percent from 2017. While that’s good news, it’s important to remember that the overall population trend is still well below the 10-year average.
Hunting Late-Season Roosters
— By Andrew Johnson When many people think of hunting pheasants in the Dakotas, their minds drift to waltzing through golden fields of manicured, knee-high cover that’s caressed by a clear-blue, warm October sky. However, I’m not most people, and the places I love to hunt are far from being anything close to manicured.
Brown County Rifle Range being renamed after local outdoors legend
For two decades local shooting-sports enthusiasts have been able to ply their trade at the Brown County Rifle Range.
Brown County Rifle Range being renamed after local outdoors legend
For two decades local shooting-sports enthusiasts have been able to ply their trade at the Brown County Rifle Range.
Aberdeen man drops into the duck call business
If you walk into a sporting goods store, the sheer number of duck and goose calls can be overwhelming. It's been that way for decades, as waterfowl call innovation continues to push the envelope with new makes and models fashioned from a variety of materials. From good old-fashioned wood to high-end acrylic and polymer calls, it seems as though the options, as well as the price points, are limitless. Still, all the duck calls in the world weren't enough for Kendall Dosch.
Aberdeen man drops into the duck call business
If you walk into a sporting goods store, the sheer number of duck and goose calls can be overwhelming. It's been that way for decades, as waterfowl call innovation continues to push the envelope with new makes and models fashioned from a variety of materials. From good old-fashioned wood to high-end acrylic and polymer calls, it seems as though the options, as well as the price points, are limitless. Still, all the duck calls in the world weren't enough for Kendall Dosch.
The Other Upland Game
A few years back, a friend of mine from Minnesota swung by the homestead to chase late-season roosters with me out near Woonsocket. Around mid-afternoon on the second day of our hunt, our legs had long since grown tired of plowing through wind-hardened snow drifts and bent-over cattails. The two Labs we had along had also lost their desire to dive nose first into the winter cover (which is saying something), choosing instead to follow in our footsteps.
Hunting the other upland game
A few years back, a friend of mine from Minnesota swung by the homestead to chase late-season roosters with me out near Woonsocket.Around mid-afternoon on the second day of our hunt, our legs had long since grown tired of plowing through wind-hardened snow drifts and bent-over cattails. The two Labs we had along had also lost their desire to dive nose first into the winter cover (which is saying something), choosing instead to follow in our footsteps.
Preserving velvet antlers on deer
For years, killing a whitetail or mule deer buck that still had velvet on its antlers typically meant a bowhunter had to travel to another state with an archery-deer season that opened in late August or very early September. However, that all changed this past June when the state Game, Fish and Parks Department changed the archery-deer season's opening date from the fourth Saturday in September — a traditional starting point that had been in place for decades — to Sept. 1.
My Favorite Gun: A Browning autoloader is Aberdeen man's go-to gun
When hunters are asked to describe their favorite gun, their answers typically fall in one of two categories.The first is a favorite gun that represents memories. Perhaps it’s a gun that’s been handed down through the generations, or maybe it’s the first gun a hunter purchased on his or her own. This type of favorite gun is more than likely in perfect working order, but it rarely sees the light of day.
How you - and your dog - should prep for pheasant season
The state Game, Fish and Parks Department will conclude its pheasant brood survey on Wednesday. While the final report is not intended to be a true population estimate, many hunters view it that way. In fact, the report, which is traditionally unveiled around Labor Day weekend, is heralded as the "unofficial official" kickoff to pheasant season.But if you’ve waited until mid- to late August to kick off your pheasant season, you’re already a day late and a dollar short.
Groton man catches first-place co-angler award in national tournament
Some children dream of becoming firefighters. Some dream of playing quarterback in the NFL or shortstop for the Twins. However, when Zack Kirsch was a kid, he had a different dream.“I want to be a professional fisherman,” said the 26-year-old angler from Groton.
Groton man catches first-place co-angler award in national tournament
Some children dream of becoming firefighters. Some dream of playing quarterback in the NFL or shortstop for the Twins. However, when Zack Kirsch was a kid, he had a different dream."I want to be a professional fisherman," said the 26-year-old angler from Groton. "That's always been my dream."And now he's one step closer after taking home top honors in the co-angler division of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event that was held July 26-27 on Devils Lake in North Dakota.
Reetz Lake reopened for public access
Reetz Lake, a nonmeandered water body south of Webster, reopened for public access on Aug. 1, according to a news release from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department.Due to the access agreement GFP signed with landowners to reopen the trophy fishery, the public access period will close Sept. 30. In 2019 the lake will be open to licensed anglers from May 1 to Sept.
Column: Using technology to bridge the gap between kids and the outdoors
A few weeks ago my son and I were driving home from his baseball tournament along some back roads when I spotted a whitetail buck wading through a soybean field. The setting sun cast a warming glow on the buck's reddish summer coat of hair, causing it to stand out in stark contrast to the dark green sea of soybean leaves.I pulled the car over to the side of the oil road and grabbed the binoculars off my dash to have a closer look.
Akaska making a name for itself in the fishing world
The green sign marking the city limits of Akaska boldly claims a population of 52. That number of permanent residents sounds about right to Bill Waeckerle, who moved to Akaska from Rapid City in 2007."There's a lot more people here during the summers, though," Waeckerle said. "I'd say it goes from 60 to 70 people during the week up to 400 to 500 people on weekends and holidays."The reason?
New volunteer program aims to clean up waterways
The Game, Fish and Parks Department is hoping a new program will help keep lakes and rivers free of litter in an ongoing effort to preserve South Dakota's water resources. The Adopt-A-Lake program is currently asking volunteers to lay claim to a body of water as a way of giving back to the environment and saying thank you to surrounding landowners.Rhet Russell, a wildlife biologist based out of the Watertown GFP office, is the point man for the program in northeastern South Dakota.
New volunteer program aims to clean up waterways
The Game, Fish and Parks Department is hoping a new program will help keep lakes and rivers free of litter in an ongoing effort to preserve South Dakota’s water resources. The Adopt-A-Lake program is currently asking volunteers to lay claim to a body of water as a way of giving back to the environment and saying thank you to surrounding landowners. Rhet Russell, a wildlife biologist based out of the Watertown GFP office, is the point man for the program in northeastern South Dakota.
Fathers are the gateway to the outdoors
A few weeks ago while planning our father's funeral, my brother, sister and I doubled over with laughter while retelling some of our favorite memories of growing up in the Johnson household.
Pheasanomics: Unlikely partners find common ground on salty soils
Two unlikely partners have joined forces to combat a growing soil health problem in South Dakota, and the state’s pheasant population stands to benefit.Earlier this year the South Dakota Corn Growers Association and Pheasants Forever both pledged $100,000 toward a saline soils initiative. The two membership organizations have had differing views on various land management practices over the years, but the threat saline soils pose to the state’s landscape has provided common ground.
Capture-and-collar deer study collecting valuable survival data
For the last four years the state Game, Fish and Parks Department has been capturing and fitting whitetail deer from local herds with radio collars as part of a statewide study on deer mortality.“We started in northeast Brown County where we first captured adult deer in winter 2015, and later that spring we captured fawns for the study,” said Nick Markl, a resource biologist based out of the Webster GFP office. “In 2016 we expanded that study area, which we call a data analysis unit or DAU.
Power sports business, GFP team up to sponsor state park 'hopper' ride
During the month of June, Aberdeen Sport Recreation is joining forces with the state Game, Fish and Parks Department to organize a promotional ride so motorcyclists can rack up miles by visiting and exploring state parks in northeastern South Dakota.“Earlier this spring we had a customer who came in who happens to work for GFP,” said Jackie Beving, who, along with her husband, Morgan, has owned Aberdeen Sport Recreation since 1995.
Long winter leads to later, faster walleye spawn
It took longer than normal this year, but it seems open water has finally wrestled free from the icy grasp of winter on lakes and rivers across northeastern South Dakota.Mark Ermer, regional fisheries manager for the state Game, Fish and Parks Department, said that a majority of the ice sheet disappeared from area lakes last weekend.“Last Saturday we were still at about 80 percent ice cover on most of our lakes, and by Sunday it was down to only 10 percent, if there was any ice left at all,”...
Long winter leads to later, faster walleye spawn
It took longer than normal this year, but during the last few days of April open water finally wrestled free from the icy grasp of winter on lakes and rivers across northeastern South Dakota. Mark Ermer, regional fisheries manager for the state Game, Fish and Parks Department, said that a majority of the ice sheet disappeared from area lakes on April 29.
Long winter leads to later, faster walleye spawn
It took longer than normal this year, but it seems open water has finally wrestled free from the icy grasp of winter on lakes and rivers across northeastern South Dakota.Mark Ermer, regional fisheries manager for the state Game, Fish and Parks Department, said that a majority of the ice sheet disappeared from area lakes last weekend."Last Saturday we were still at about 80 percent ice cover on most of our lakes, and by Sunday it was down to only 10 percent, if there was any ice left at all,"...
Pheasants Forever, SD Corn Growers Find Common Ground on Salty Soils
Two unlikely partners have joined forces to combat a growing soil health problem in South Dakota, and the state’s pheasant population stands to benefit. Earlier this year the South Dakota Corn Growers Association and Pheasants Forever both pledged $100,000 toward a saline soils initiative. The two membership organizations have had differing views on various land management practices over the years, but the threat saline soils pose to the state’s landscape has provided common ground.
Unlikely partners find common ground in fight against salty soils
Two unlikely partners have joined forces to combat a growing soil health problem in South Dakota, and the state’s pheasant population stands to benefit.Earlier this year the South Dakota Corn Growers Association and Pheasants Forever both pledged $100,000 toward a saline soils initiative.
Johnson: Sometimes traditions are passed on without us even knowing
I learned how to tie a fishing knot before I learned how to tie my shoes and, years later, the knot my father called the "fisherman's knot" was the first fishing knot I taught my own children.I don't know the proper name of the knot, and I don't care to. I just know that it's simple to tie and that it works ... most of the time.Dared by the devilGrowing up, I knew better than to raid my dad's tackle box.
Fishing should be better on northern portions of the reservoir this year
Lake Oahe’s fishery is still recovering from the devastating 2011 Missouri River flood, but recent research and surveys by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department have shown an increase in prey fish numbers and improved walleye condition.This is good news for anglers, especially those who choose to fish in the northern portions of the reservoir from Akaska to Pollock, said Mark Fincel, GFP senior fisheries biologist in Fort Pierre.“Things are looking very, very good from Swan Creek...
SD conservation, outdoor recreation programs can tap as much as $18.2M
State wildlife agencies across the nation received a financial shot in the arm Tuesday when the U.S. Department of the Interior announced more than $1.1 billion in federal conservation assistance will be available in fiscal year 2018. Of that, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is eligible for more than $18.2 million in grant money for conservation and outdoor recreation. “We operate off the federal government’s fiscal year, which is Oct. 1 to Sept.
S.D. conservation, outdoor recreation programs can tap as much as $18.2M
State wildlife agencies across the nation received a financial shot in the arm Tuesday when the U.S. Department of the Interior announced more than $1.1 billion in federal conservation assistance will be available in fiscal year 2018.Of that, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is eligible for more than $18.2 million in grant money for conservation and outdoor recreation.“We operate off the federal government’s fiscal year, which is Oct. 1 to Sept.
SD conservation, outdoor recreation programs can tap as much as $18.2M
State wildlife agencies across the nation received a financial shot in the arm Tuesday when the U.S. Department of the Interior announced more than $1.1 billion in federal conservation assistance will be available in fiscal year 2018.Of that, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is eligible for more than $18.2 million in grant money for conservation and outdoor recreation."We operate off the federal government's fiscal year, which is Oct. 1 to Sept.
Thermal imaging equipment is the new frontier of predator hunting
A bill signed March 1 by Gov. Dennis Daugaard will allow coyote hunters who use night-vision equipment a little more flexibility.Currently, properly licensed predator hunters can hunt all year for coyotes at any time, even long after the sun has set.
Johnson: Spring is a perfect time to introduce children to the outdoors
It's been a long winter, and the recent blizzard didn't do much to cure cabin fever.However, warmer weather will soon be here, making March and April a perfect time for children to engage in outdoor activities.
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