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Better get your copper order in with A-Tom-Mik. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yxv0yj40ko.amp

Eh, I look at all of em from time to time.

Please America, stop thinking Fox is a news agency. Fox is an opinion piece with news sprinkled in. Bring back your independent minds. I think it was Mark Twain that wrote “generalizations are false, including this one” (might have been Aristotle-who cares) https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2024/09/01/what-the-numbers-say-about-presidents-and-oil-drilling/

Ha. No problem

Fine. https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-votes-against-condemning-russia-ukraine-war-trump-admin-chases-peace-deal

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/24/politics/us-joins-russia-ukraine-un-vote

https://dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/sea-lamprey#:~:text=Increased Economic Benefits,in the Lake Champlain area. looks like treatments may only need to be completed every 4 years. Depending on when last treatments were rendered, we may be okay for the time being.

Glen, just trying to figure it out. With Lampricide application and alewife surveys, timing is crucial. If grant money doesn’t flow it might mean a year without (or maybe four years without). Nothing wrong with asking questions about what’s next.

Do we know if government agencies are able to accept private funds for something like Lampricide? Perhaps we will be living in a world where organizations such as LOTSA or ELOTSA need to have benefit tournaments or private donation options to fund these critical programs?

The Outdoor News plug is because they do a good job of covering all things outdoors that is facing legislative challenges.

Two year subscription is $61 for the Outdoor News. The cost of one meat rig combo.

https://www.outdoornews.com another alternative

I knew it would be a great challenge to get people to try not to turn this thread into a political fight (myself included in that statement). Before this thread gets locked again, let’s redirect our intentions into providing information on outdoor projects at risk and make sure are doing our part to advocate with our representatives. It is the only way we are going to make a difference (maybe).

they don’t know because they don’t know. Despite the courts blocking trump’s executive order to hold grant money, grant money still cannot be accessed. There will be a ton of businesses that will be closing up shop in short order. We are about to face a healthcare crisis, especially in rural areas.

Where are you located Tony?

With boredom comes innovation of some new worm spoons patterns. Friekin weather has to break.

Yep, definitely needed to rein in frivolous spending. I just hope there is some thought behind the cuts and they are made stepwise. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mount-rushmore-bill-anna-paulina-luna-2022609

https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2025/2/14/eodwispvhseybqgjow291z3k5wxerh

My understanding is that the fear of states taking control of BLM land is they could sell it off to private.

The antis downstate don’t know why we fund a put and take sport.

https://www.wpr.org/news/illinois-delays-invasive-carp-project-great-lakes-federal-funding let’s hope the lampricide programs get funded

I think they need a different term or definition of what “ice coverage” is. This shot from 2/11 is deemed 90% covered. I don’t think I will be venturing out to ice fish any time soon.