AREA REPORT: Weather Changes May Affect Late-Spring Spawn
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 7--Tony Christnovich believes he knows why fishing success has been good, bad and ugly the past week or so.
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A Europe-wide study offers "conclusive proof" that spring is getting earlier, say researchers.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Dec. 14--The rain and wind have washed out most fishing plans, but those willing to venture out should find an odd place here and there to catch something.
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By BOB HAYWOOD  A QUIET revolution among the birds and the bees is changing the face of wildlife in the Midlands.   This year's blazing hot summer - against a background of global warming - has brought exotic new species to the region which have not been seen for centuries, or ever.
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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 Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.
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As the first signs of winter push into the Northeast, researchers have some good news for fair weather fans &#151; spring is coming earlier than it used to.
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As the first signs of winter push into the Northeast, researchers have some good news for fair weather fans &#151; spring is coming earlier than it used to. The lilacs say so.
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While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 14--Changes in operations at the Post Falls dam could be delayed for a year, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.
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By John Jeansonne, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 18--Spring training really is a show about nothing much, its true baseball merit apparent only when one factors in the mid-February wind chill on fans in the North and Northeast.
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By Doug Pike, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 19--Winter coastal-fishing strategies are as dependent on water temperature as on any other factors. To catch more trout and reds now, keep one eye on the wind, one on the tide and another on the thermometer.
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The forecast this week is for balmy days in the mid-70s and low 80s in both Washington and New York. This could provide, depending on your perspective, either a fitting or discomfiting backdrop to two major international events on the climate.
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Even with the big winds from the week's cold front keeping many boats ashore, there is a sense that the roundup just before the fall migration is about to begin. That means lots of fattened fish -- stripers and bluefish mainly -- are on the move and doing their best to load up on food before the 1,000-mile swim south. ...
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IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY to call it a drought, but anyone with a vegetable garden, flower patch or lawn knows that we are in a significant dry period. As of Monday, Springfield was about 4 inches behind the amount of precipitation it would normally expect.
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By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 10-- -- The seeds of a great many fish catches are sewn about this time of year.   During these cold days on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, there isn't a lot of actual fishing going on.