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‘Little I’ celebrates 100 years
For 100 years, students at Penn State have gained experience handling large animals by showing at Penn State’s Little International Livestock Exposition.
Bear Island is a Canadian landmark to see
Learn about the second largest island on Lake Temagami.
2016 will be a great year for trophy fishing
It’s no secret between avid Great Lakes anglers that nearby western Lake Ontario and the mighty Niagara River are top spots for fast and furious trophy fishing.
Sears and Roebuck shaped Christmas traditions
My Christmas column this year is, as they say on the air, an “encore presentation,” having appeared in December of both 1995 and 2000. How many of you remember the anticipation, and the agonizingly long wait, after your mother sent in an order to Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward? This Christmas season made me
Cicadas won’t be visiting Ohio this year
The buzz is on its way for the East Coast this summer. Several states up and down the East Coast are expected to be inundated with Magicicadas, but Ohio has to wait for this extraordinary natural event. Magicicadas, or periodical cicadas, usually appear between May and July. Periodical cicadas are a 1 to 1.5 inch
Birder or not, ‘The Big Year’ is worth seeing
About a year ago, when I heard Hollywood was making a movie of Mark Obmascik s 2004 book, The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession, I worried. I feared it would make a joke of birders and birding. Remember Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies? When I heard the three stars
Male black bears expanding territory
AKRON, Ohio — In 2010, approximately 31 different black bears were confirmed in the Buckeye State according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. While the population of Ohio’s largest mammal, a state endangered species, may not exactly increase in 2011, sightings of the burly creatures are expected to rise in the summer months. During spring
Protect this year’s Christmas tree crop
RALEIGH, N.C. — Hair clippings, cayenne pepper and raw eggs — these are just a few of the odd ingredients recommended to keep those pesky deer away from your backyard garden. But what about farmers who have hundreds of acres of Christmas trees to protect? An alternative North Carolina State University extension specialists have now
Early visitors this year: Hummingbirds are back
Bird migration epitomizes spring. But unless you spend a lot of time outdoors with binoculars, or you really know bird songs, the players often pass through unidentified. Hummingbirds Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the exception. Hang a nectar feeder, and you’ll know when they arrive. And thanks to a Web site that maps hummers as they return,
Trumbull Farm Bureau celebrates year
Recipients of Trumbull County Farm Bureau’s Tom Schwartz Environmentally Friendly Farmer award were David and Becky Lynn and Roland Wildman. The awards were presented during last week’s annual meeting.
