The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has closed a boat launch at Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) for repair. The launch, off LA 665 in Lafourche Parish, provides access into the St. Louis canal and the marsh north of the WMA’s Grand Bayou management…
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Every October, Georgia’s forests become a brilliant blanket of red, orange and gold, inspiring leaf peepers to pull out their cameras and lace up their hiking boots. To help track the changing leaves and plan autumn getaways, Georgia’s State Parks will launch Leaf Watch 2012 beginning October…
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Officials are gearing up to protect visitors, resources, and the very identity of Biscayne National Park during Columbus Day Weekend (October 5-8), traditionally the most dangerous weekend of theyear. The 57th Annual Columbus Day Regatta occurs outside of NPS boundaries; however, in recent years, thousands of…
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The Perfect Bungee’s flex-web (MSRP $35.99) can be trusted to anything and everything easily and safely. By stringing several fixed end cords together via a central ring to create a 4, 6 or 8 arm “web” in two different lengths, the flex-web secures it all! Like all of The…
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Chatfield State Park offers nature programs to visitors of all ages. Programs vary from hikes, history talks, and nature education to the Junior Ranger programs and Beach Mania. These programs help connect children and adults to the great outdoors and Chatfield State Park. All programs…
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Officers Stuart Spoede and Gregory Bryson were on water patrol when a local marina contacted them and informed them of a hit-and-run boating accident that had just occurred at their dock. The officers located the vessel involved, which was a rental vessel, near the location…
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In order to stop a $4 fee from taking effect, the group Southern Forest Watch is threatening to file a lawsuit against the National Park Service (NPS). The proposed fee, set to take effect in 2013, would affect only backcountry overnight campers in the Great…
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States Go After Visiting Cruisers Staying too long in one place can ruin a good thing. At least that’s the case with boaters making lengthy journeys, who are finding themselves targets of cash-hungry states when they stay too long and are subject to various taxes.…
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A child and four adults were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Sunday after the people spent the night in their sand trapped truck about 20 miles north of Port Isabel, on South Padre Island. The truck had been trapped since Saturday afternoon, but…
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According the National Parks Traveler, a man who told authorities that he had been shot in the Great Smoky Mountains is singing a different tune. Sanford Lethco, 29, received emergency medical attention for two gunshots in the leg earlier in September. He had to be…
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