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20 years freelance long-form magazine writer/photographer for NY Times Mag, Harpers, The New Republic, Popular Science, Scientific American, Bloomberg Businessweek, etc. Currently outdoors writer/photographer for Post-Standard / Syracuse.com.

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Teen nets bruiser of a walleye and lake trout on Skaneateles Lake

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By Steve Featherstone Verified
| Syracuse.com Verified
Jake Campbell, 15, is having a heck of a summer swinging bait on Skaneateles Lake with his dad, Sean. The teen recently bagged a bruiser of a walleye on a post-dinner sundown outing. The launch was full of boats getting pulled out on the water, so the duo decided to make a few casts while they waited their turn. One minute into that decision, a 9-pound, 30.5-inch walleye took Jake’s Evil Eye spoon. Jake wrestled it to the boat, where Sean netted it with a flashlight in one hand.
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100 partying teens busted 3 times at 2 NY State forests in 1 night

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By Steve Featherstone Verified
| Syracuse.com Verified
Authorities last week broke up a large group of partying teens three times in two state forests located in western New York, citing one person for illegal drug possession. It began at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 15, when a state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger and NY State Police officers prevented a large group of mostly underage people from holding a party with alcohol in Vandermark State Forest, in the town of Almond, Allegany County.
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Why are some of Syracuse’s maple trees turning brown and spotty in August?

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By Steve Featherstone Verified
| New York Upstate Verified
You know it’s late summer in Central New York when the days are getting a little shorter, nights a little colder, and you can almost smell the New York State Fair coming around the corner. And lately, maybe you’ve noticed black-spotted leaves falling at an alarming rate from that big Crimson King Norway maple tree in your front yard. That’s not a premature sign of autumn. It’s a phenomenon caused by a combination of two fungal diseases called tar spot and anthracnose.
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