Though the males are colorful, purple may be an exaggeration for this lavender-pink colored finch that inhabits the coniferous and mixed forests of northern New York.
Annually, nearly 40 million anglers generate over $45 billion in retail sales with a $125 billion impact on the nation's economy, creating employment for more than a million people.
Lake trout and Atlantic salmon now have a new and, at the present time, plentiful food source, even if it may be at the cost of losing a lot of rainbow smelt, or at least forcing the smelt to other locations in the lake. Vermont fisheries biologist Shawn Good, however, doesn't see the alewife, a small non-native baitfish, as a plus.
I do believe that there are things out there that we may not have immediate answers for, but in the West Chazy case, at this stage, the evidence for a mountain lion as the killer is not there.
What is so different this year is that all of these hatches are emerging around the same time. This not only provides an abundance of food for the fish, but at the same time sometimes makes it difficult for the fisherman to figure out what the fish are taking.
Several local and state dignitaries celebrated the opening of Waterfront Park near Plattsburgh Boat Basin Friday, praising the area's transformation from a busy rail yard to an expanded public-access site.
Jack Downs discusses grassroots issues surrounding the green movement. But you won't find any eco-grandstanding here. Downs understands, it's not easy being green.
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