If Town Clears Out, It Must Be Squirrel Season
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In Villa Platte, La., squirrel season's opening celebrates and preserves a distinct Cajun custom.
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By Elmer Ploetz  The Orchard Park Town Board has set an Oct. 18 public hearing regarding the creation of a "conservation management overlay district" that could change how some of the town's larger housing developments are done.
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Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon&#39;s Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions.
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By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 20--It needs to stop raining soon, or Wichita could find itself with a shortage of new homes available for sale this fall.
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A new study suggests that even if backyard feeding stops at winterâs end, it has a carry-over effect on birds later in the spring.
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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People in Philadelphia would swelter through as many as 30 days with temperatures higher than 100 degrees each summer. The Northeastern ski industry, except for western Maine, would probably go out of business. And spruce and hemlock forests -- as well as songbirds such as the Baltimore oriole --...
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep.
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By Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
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By ASHLEY KINDERGAN, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD  If state funds for environmental preservation are allowed to dry up next year, the burden of creating and maintaining green space will fall to counties and municipalities, local officials said.
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By Courtney Sherwood, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.
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It's scary being a little, tasty squirrel, but some species of the rodents have come up with an intimidating camouflage -- snake smells.
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CLEVELAND - This squirrelly newcomer caused quite a stir at Jacobs Field. A brown squirrel ran onto the field in the bottom of the third inning Wednesday night and ran circles around the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians...
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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By Katie N  Johannes, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 8--A hint of red can be seen on berry plants, and ash trees are just starting to turn yellow, signaling the approach of fall in the mountains.