http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/outdoors/ en-us Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:07:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2118281/posts http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-27-prez-money_N.htm usatoday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2118281/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117882/posts By Jerd Smith Nonprofit land trusts charged with overseeing thousands of acres of scenic lands will have to be state certified next year in order to continue accepting lands, under a new review process. Beginning Jan. 1, 2009, the Colorado Conservation Easement Oversight Commission will begin reviewing dozens of nonprofit trusts to ensure they are qualified to monitor lands and have the financial resources to defend the easements against development or misuse. Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117882/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076190/posts A spokeswoman with the National Championship Air Races confirms to Channel 2 News that a pilot was killed in a plane wreck Saturday morning at Reno-Stead Airport... KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076190/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066180/posts McCain 2008 Announces Sportsmen For McCain Leadership Governors Pawlenty, Keating to Serve as National Co-Chairs ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign has announced the National Steering Committee of the Sportsmen for McCain coalition. These leaders in the angling, hunting and shooting communities are working across the country to emphasize John McCain's dedication to protecting Americans' right to gun ownership and his commitment to preserving and promoting our hunting, angling and shooting traditions. John McCain said, "I am proud to have the support of these national and state leaders within the sportsmen's community and know that their support... The Outdoor Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066180/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062812/posts Like many townies, my prejudices about the Glorious Twelfth were well and truly fully formed. The official start of the shooting season was nothing more than an ancient ritual to massacre thousands of defenceless birds. So it was with some cynicism and not a little trepidation that I agreed to take part in the Glorious Twelfth last Tuesday, the traditional start of the shooting season, on a moor on the Durham/ Northumberland border. (edit) Having missed my first bird and about to hand over my place to the next gun, I looked back at the group. Mums with red-faced... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062812/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056854/posts denver and the west Mountain lion snatches dog from owners' bedroom By Ann Schrader The Denver Post A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished. Officers are hunting the mountain lion and have set a trap, said Jennifer Churchill, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. "A lion that will brazenly go into someone's bedroom . . . we need to be careful of," Churchill said. The dog's body was found near the property. Churchill said the residents had left open the French doors to their... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056854/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055548/posts Reactions from smokers ranged from stunned to furious -- and often unprintable. "Outside?" gasped Isaac Kim, who's about to start pre-pharmacy classes at the Silver Spring/Takoma Park campus. "Do they have the right to do that?" Welcome to the land of tolerance and freedom Mr. Kim. Your rights will be dictated to you in the Citizens Manual. Should you stray, they have a special police force to enforce your right not to smoke or chew tobacco. See if you can pick out the innocent-sounding, Stalinist name for the anti-smoking cops. And yes, employees could ultimately be fired or students kicked... The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055548/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044880/posts People are shunning the great outdoors. Blame conservationists, not video games ON JULY 4th, normally the busiest public holiday of the year, tourists were put off by high petrol prices and more than 300 wildfires raging across California. On Memorial Day, traditionally the beginning of the summer season, it was cold. In 1999 there was a grisly murder. In 1997 the Merced river flooded, inundating a hotel and wiping out hundreds of campsites. There are always excuses for the absence of people in Yosemite National Park. The number of visitors to California’s most spectacular valley has dropped for nine out... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044880/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043011/posts Check out this scary video of a burglar stealing a family’s carpet. If anyone finds a carpet on ebay matching the rug in the video, please report it to the local authorities. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043011/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2028460/posts Wyoming officials confirm fifth case of plague found in mountain lions Friday, June 6, 2008 4:51 PM MDT Mountain lion hunters, the owners of domestic cats and others who may come in contact with mountain lions in Wyoming and other Western states are urged to protect themselves and their animals against plague. “Plague was confirmed in a mountain lion found dead in mid-April by a landowner in rural Johnson County,” said Todd Cornish, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Sciences. Cornish said this is the fifth case of plague confirmed in mountain... The Prairie Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2028460/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:03:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2025098/posts This video is of a red shoulder hawk singing its song and perched on an upper limb, while being watched by a family with binoculars, the hawk gives his view. YouTube Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2025098/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021220/posts Hunting can be fun, think about it, if we kill to eat or supply food for the hungry, is natural but to kill just for fun and target practice is cruel. The characters of this video are my grandchildren, mourning dove and a rare Columbian parakeet called Perija. YouTube Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021220/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 23:28:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021122/posts The throngs filling campgrounds across America this weekend will include hardy outdoors types and those who prefer creature comforts, but they'll have at least one important thing in common: Nearly all of them are white. A small but committed group of campers is trying to change that by growing a generation of black campers, one person at a time. The National African-American RVers Association is composed almost exclusively of black people who camp, although it includes a few whites and Hispanics. The group doesn't have much money to buy ads or solicit new members. Instead, it always holds its major... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021122/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 19:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019305/posts Fayetteville, N.C. — Wildlife agents are scouring the woods near Cedar Creek after a man says he spotted what looks like a king cobra there last week. Vernon Byrd was on an all-terrain vehicle in a field off Johnson Road last Tuesday when he said an 8-foot-long snake reared up beside him – and the serpent's head was about shoulder high to him. "I caught something out of my eye, and this snake comes up beside me and looked at me," Byrd said. "I've seen every kind of snake in this part of the country, but I've never seen a... WRAL TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019305/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 20:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014904/posts The One That Got Away World-record class Dixon Lake bass "Dottie" dies and ends era for three old friends By Kyle Carter ESPNOutdoors.com Jed Dickerson holds world-record class bass Dottie after she was found dead on Dixon Lake Friday. Jed Dickerson had just left Dixon Lake exhausted and was about to sit down for lunch when he got the call from Jim Dayberry, one of the Ranger supervisors with the park's lake division. "You might want to come back down here," Dayberry told Dickerson at around 11:45 a.m. PT on Friday. "We just found Dottie floating on the north side... ESPN Outdoors http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014904/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 19:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2009784/posts May is a wondrous month, bursting with life and growth and energy, with color and scent and sound, a bittersweet taste of what the Garden of Eden must have been like before the fall from grace. Flowers are coming into their own, birds are nesting and hatching their young, puddles are full of tadpoles. Everything is celebrating the passing of winter and preparing for the long, hot summer ahead. With it’s perfect weather, May is the month to enjoy just being alive. May is time to plant the vegetables that need warmer weather. The soil temperature needs to be at... Garden Girl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2009784/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 17:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2007132/posts I have had a week from Hades and will be perfectly honest with you all.........I completely and totally FORGOT about this thread yesterday. And so you all have my heartfelt apologies. My brain is pretty much just mush at the moment and so I am just going to share some of my favorite links.Edible LandscapingYou Grow GirlNational Home Gardening Club My pea brain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2007132/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004580/posts What possessed three 1950s housewives to defy convention and set off together for the forbidden reaches of the Himalayas? And what did they find when they got there? Sally Williams talks to the women today Fifty years ago three English housewives set off on a remarkable adventure. Anne Davies, 35, Eve Sims, 25, and Antonia Deacock, 26, who had no previous experience of overland expeditions, embarked on a journey everyone said could not be done by women: a 16,000-mile drive to India and back, and a 300-mile trek on foot into Zanskar, the remote Tibetan Buddhist kingdom. They were the... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004580/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2000185/posts April is a debutante’s ball for green and growing things! Young foliage garbs the trees in gauzy, pastel gowns of gold and green and russet, like a watercolor by an old master. Their subtle color is a poignant reminder and a future foretaste of the fall’s bold leaves of orange and yellow and rust. The wild azaleas will be blooming soon, their delicate apple blossom pink petals shining through here and there and their honey sweet fragrance filling the air. The violets, from the large purple ones with heart shaped leaves to the tiny, almost invisible white ones with lance... Garden Girl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2000185/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1997655/posts This video is of a family watching a red-shoulder hawk and the voices are from o7jimmy, wife and grandson. The hawk sound is of a red-shoulder hawk. YouTube Video (o7jimmy) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1997655/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 21:11:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993718/posts STOWE, Vt. (AP) - Bob Shannon is an avid hunter, a fishing guide and owns a tackle shop, but he sometimes struggles to get his own son out into Vermont's woods and fields. "He'll be sitting there with the video games," Shannon said of 9-year- old Alexander. "I finally had to lay down the law last summer: 'If it's a nice day, you're outside.'" Shannon's challenge reflects a larger problem plaguing many state governments: Revenue from hunting and fishing license sales is plunging because of waning interest in the outdoors. "We're losing our rural culture," said Steve Wright, a regional... Breitbart/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993718/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990816/posts Poppy lovers flocked to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on Lancaster's west side during the weekend, enjoying the orange blossoms and the great weather. And Judy Elgin, senior park aide at the State Parks Mojave Information Center in downtown Lancaster, can finally tell callers there are poppies to see. "There are scattered blooms throughout the park and there are more poppies coming out each day," Elgin told an information center visitor in the middle of last week. "And there's much variety in the blooms." The 1,800-acre reserve, on Lancaster Road at about 150th Street West, is a chief destination... Valley Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990816/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:37:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983986/posts Noted outdoors writer and television personality Claude H. “Grits” Gresham Jr., who passed away at age 85 Monday after a lengthy illness, will be remembered as one of the best outdoors communicators ever. Gresham hosted The American Sportsman on ABC and Shooting Sports America on ESPN, was shooting editor of Sports Afield magazine for 26 years. He wrote eight books but might be most widely known for his role in a series of commercials for Miller Lite beer. In 2006, he received the only Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which then established, with the Professional Outdoor... Ft. Worth Star Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983986/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981647/posts The Cardinal is a regular, the Doves just started showing up recently. http://www.pbase.com/tsiya/root http://photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/ http://cabbagehammock.blogspot.com/ self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981647/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:51:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978814/posts GOLDEN HILL, Md. -- Contestant No. 1 sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blonde curls, and smiled a radiant beauty-queen smile. She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size of a football. Then she took out a very sharp four-inch blade and stuck the point in just above the animal's tail. "Then," she said, narrating the incision as sweetly as a Miss America contestant talking about world peace, "you're going to want to take your knife . . . " This was the "talent" portion of the 2008 Miss Outdoors pageant, part of an improbable Eastern... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978814/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:18:25 GMT