Animal House: ; West Virginia State Wildlife Center Has Some Unusual Residents
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By Rick Steelhammer  rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com  FRENCH CREEK - As John Wines waved his arms to distract Junior, the 6-year-old bull elk, Darrell Barlow darted through the elk enclosure's gate with a bucket of grain, deposited it in a feeding trough, then made a hasty retreat.
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West Nile virus appears to have claimed its first human victim this year in Fairfax County (website - news) . Health officials say an elderly man in the Mount Vernon section of the county is the first probable case of the year.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A flying mammal with freakishly large ears is looking for its place in the sun.
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The 66th Annual West Virginia State Conservation Camp took place at Camp Caesar near Cowen in Webster County from June 11 to June 16.  This year, 106 campers attended, including Nathan Carte, who represented Kanawha County.
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By Jerry Allegood, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 22--SWANSBORO -- With hundreds of colorful birds already visiting and calling Eastern North Carolina home, the state is encouraging bird lovers to bring their binoculars and billfolds to watch them.   The N.C.
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By Monique Curet, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 10--Sylvia Zimmerman is unabashedly fond of her dairy cows, singing out, "Hi, girls, hi, girls," to the animals as she motors past them in a cart.  "A cow is such a marvelous creature," says Zimmerman, who farms in Delaware County.
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CUMBERLAND, Ohio _ There's something new at The Wilds.  The wild animal/conservation facility just opened a new venue in east-central Ohio: the $5 million Mid-Sized Carnivore Conservation Center.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser. Sure, there's plastic excrement in the exhibit room, skunk scent for spritzing, and robot animals that use cutesy terms like "barf" and "dookie" while talking about hairballs and digestive tracts...
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On her blog, Elizabeth Naramore has posted some thanks to the sponsores out there that are helping out with this year's PHP Appalachia event and some last minute details for those attending.   I wanted to give a quick acknowledgement to our sponsors for the event, as posted by Ben on our PHP Appalachia site. We have so many sponsors, and so many door prizes to give away, a good time will definitely be had by all. Their donations are really helping our grass roots gathering come together, and we all greatly appreciate their efforts. I also want to give a quick thanks to Cal Evans who also personally donated numerous t-shirts and goodies as well.   She gives a rough schedule for things, including how the talks will run and links to some info on the area to let you prepare for your trip.
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By John Cramer, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 14--Wildlife, water quality and eco-tourism would benefit under legislation proposed Tuesday in Congress to designate nearly 55,000 acres in Southwest Virginia as wilderness or national scenic areas, the bill's sponsors say.
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 14--KENTON -- Wildlife officials think they have seen the first case of a mountain lion preying on livestock in the state.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Animal rescue workers have released about 100 birds that were treated for shock and concussions after crashing into an office building's windows last week.  The birds, cedar waxwings, were released Tuesday at the Honeywell wildlife refuge near Irmo.
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- The ranch house here where Marc Moxon and his family live is a sparkling winter wonderland: trees garlanded in glittering lights, illuminated plastic penguins, polar bears and other characters dotting the lawn, even a reindeer-drawn sleigh on the roof.
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By Art Lander Jr., The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 15--The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has issued a Wildlife Disaster Contingency Measure for brown and rainbow trout in the lower 40 miles of the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two West Virginia turkeys have been dispatched to Washington to await a presidential pardon on Wednesday.  The National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate were chosen Tuesday from about 30 male turkeys raised on the Hardy County farm of Kevin Foltz.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 18--Conservationists found an unlikely ally in the fight to save Marks Creek: a home builder.
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If you want to try to understand what went on at Abu Ghraib prison, visit a Wal-Mart, Wendy&#39;s or Winn-Dixie. Ideally, you would go to a small town in West Virginia or Pennsylvania.