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Cottonwood Campground in Theodore Roosevelt National Park's South Unit will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to allow for herbicide treatment of leafy spurge. The campground will reopen Thursday.
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One of my buddies had a brilliant idea I hadn't thought of: Check Pennsylvania's maps for what's called a co-op farm. It's not a commune, it's a farm which offers up it's land to the public for hunting.  What the Farmer Gets  If the hunters are decent-folk, they generally clean up the trash off the property. I personally built a blind out of rocks I happened to find in a fallow field to give me something to sit on and a hiding place. The blind is next to a power utility pole, so it gives me a great shot at birds coming in slowly to land on the wires. He got his field cleaned essentially for free since I also picked up trash. I don't want my game animals eating garbage.  The other bonus the farmer enjoys is limited crop losses to wildlife. This particular farmer was doing the soy-corn-fallow crop rotation which is pretty typical Pennsylvania crop rotation. Doves love this stuff and eat it up. Probably about 2/3rds of the doves I cleaned had corn in their crop.  What the Hunters Get  A place to hunt with a ton of acreage devoted to what essentially amounts to bait.
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) - Fire officials have pulled all crews fighting the aggressive Tatoosh blaze burning out of control near Manning Park in southern B.C.  Fire information officer Jeff Moore said Friday that poor weather conditions forced withdrawal of the crews to safety.
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By SHANNON DININNY  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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By Joe DePriest, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jan. 31--A portion of the trail system at Crowders Mountain State Park in Gaston County is closed to hikers today because of a controlled burn, according to Park Superintendent Larry Hyde.
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--LOWELL -- Members of the Lowell Fire Department and its Hazardous Materials Team worked early Monday afternoon to contain a substance that had been spotted on the water of the city's Northern Canal.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 16--OVER BRULE LAKE -- At sunset Friday a Minnesota Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was busy scooping water from a pond and dumping it on the back line of the Famine Lake Fire.
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Anne Arundel County and state officials are calling for federal authorities to clean up a former pharmaceutical factory that holds more than 50,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals and could have devastating effects if it catches fire.
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By LOVELL-SMITH Mary  Canterbury's rural firefighters are calling on residents to clean up their gardens after the cool, wet spring, which, says spokesman Tony Teeling, has resulted in excessive vegetation growth and significantly increasing fire risk.
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By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 1--An agreement limiting the number of trees that can be cleared around natural-gas storage wells in the Mohican-Memorial State Forest has eased some opponents' fears.
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By Fred Hiers, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.  May 30--OCALA -- Every few days, the Ocala National Forest is marred.  Piles of trash, abandoned boats and cars, leaking batteries and worn out tires  are illegally dumped, scarring the landscape like cancerous tumors.
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A town in Ohio brought out snowplows and fire hoses Monday to clear the muck away. In New Jersey, the Statehouse was closed after its parking garage was flooded by the Delaware River.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 19--Several days of cooler, damper conditions may be the beginning of the end for both the Gunflint Trail fires and, just maybe, the summerlong drought.
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By By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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By Dan Sorenson, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A stubborn magnesium fire at a South Side recycling business ignited propane tanks, tying dozens of firefighters up for hours Thursday and closing down the business for at least the next few days.
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Don't try to spray with regular roach killer. Do seek out professional help. Don't pick up couches off the street. Do make sure your new mattress is wrapped in plastic when it's delivered.