The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is accepting applications for limited camping permits during waterfowl hunting season at Imperial Wildlife Area (IWA). All camping in the area is by permit only in designated sites; permit holders may use their assigned space at any time during the 2009-10 season.
Applications must be received at the IWA [...]
September 3, 2009 | Posted in
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The Citizens Committee for Michigan State Parks (CCMSP) will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the city of Lansing’s Foster Community Center, located at 200 N. Foster, in Lansing.
The CCMSP subcommittees will have working sessions, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Stewardship Subcommittee will review and discuss the 2009-2019 Strategic Plan for the Parks and Recreation [...]
January 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is conducting a wilderness survival clinic Feb. 21-22. The clinic is part of the Advanced Hunter Education Program. The two-day clinic begins at 9 a.m. on Feb. 21 and runs until 3 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the Tejon Ranch, south of Bakersfield in southern Kern County. [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Registration is open for the next Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop, March 6-8, 2009. The workshop, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), will be held at the 4-H Center near Columbiana in Shelby County.
BOW is held in the spring and fall each year. The workshop is a three-day adventure offering [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Campers can make reservations by phone, mail, or in person
SPRINGFIELD – Reservations for the 2009 camping season at Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) campsites, cabins, group campsites and picnic shelters can be made by mail beginning January 2nd and in person or over the phone beginning February 1st, announced IDNR Acting Director Sam Flood.
“Campgrounds [...]
December 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Just in time for holiday gift giving, the 2009 Minnesota state park annual permit is now on sale. It features a winter scene from Schoolcraft State Park in northeastern Minnesota to represent the theme of “quiet places.” Schoolcraft will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009. Bemidji photographer Richard Jensen supplied the image for the new [...]
December 5, 2008 | Posted in
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BANDERA, Texas-Texas Horse Talk magazine readers have named a limestone trail through Hill Country State Natural Area the “Most Challenging Ride” in Texas. The trail, named Stair Step, leads horseback riders up a hill of narrow limestone steps, guaranteeing a perilous and exhilarating ride.
“We [at the park] are proud of the fact that we cater [...]
December 1, 2008 | Posted in
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Due to recent revisions to federal and state rules, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will open Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) for the first time to muzzleloader deer hunting. The season opens Nov. 29 and closes Dec. 14.
According to Margaret Anderson, Agassiz NWR manager, this new hunting opportunity is a result of the 2005 [...]
November 24, 2008 | Posted in
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AUSTIN, Texas — The largest urban wilderness park in the continental United States — Franklin Mountains State Park in El Paso — is destined to grow even bigger as a result of action taken Thursday by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Commissioners directed the executive director to take steps necessary for the Texas Parks and [...]
November 11, 2008 | Posted in
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LAREDO, Texas — South Texas families who may have always wanted to go camping together, but weren’t sure how to go about it, are encouraged to consider bilingual weekend campouts this winter at state parks near the Texas central coast, the Laredo area and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Earlier this year, the Texas Parks and [...]
November 11, 2008 | Posted in
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