Cumberland Times-News Michael A Sawyers - Outdoors

Worm dunkers still persona non grata

2012-02-11T17:42:07-05:00

The study

When Bob Hilderbrand was an undergraduate student at Frostburg State University, he had a part-time job electrofishing the upper tributaries of the Savage River and reporting the results to Ray Morgan at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - Appalachian Lab.

They have their ways

2012-02-04T18:43:25-05:00

“Brrrrrrrt! Brrrrrrrt!” my phone vibrates in my shirt pocket. Sometimes when that happens I think that I just burped.

“Hello?”

Md. hunt rules being formed

2012-02-04T18:43:12-05:00

The Maryland Wildlife & Heritage Service, currently in the early stages of setting hunting regulations for the next two years, envisions no changes to the deer bag limits in Region A (Garrett, Allegany and western Washington counties).

On the other hand, substantial changes are being eyeballed for Region B, which is all of Maryland from Clear Spring eastward to the Atlantic Ocean.

Officers allowed to enter

2012-01-28T19:05:57-05:00

Is it legal for Maryland Natural Resources Police officers to walk onto your private land?

Wapiti survey begins

2012-01-21T20:30:27-05:00

What’s up with this elk stuff anyway?
I’m speaking, of course, about the news announced this past August that some folks are going to look around Garrett and Allegany counties to see if it would be feasible to reintroduce Rocky Mountain elk. Elk used to live here, you know.

Jury still out on Marcellus shale drilling

2012-01-08T19:16:52-05:00

Mother Earth, having been around as long as she has, should be given the right to choose elective surgery when needed rather than have exploratory surgery forced upon her.

Gobblers hunted on Sundays; sun still rises

2012-01-07T19:32:57-05:00

See. It wasn’t the end of the world.
Well, wait a minute. I better check before I speak too quickly.
Getting on the Internet, hmmmm, hmm! Yahoo now. Hmmmm! Nope, nothing there. Checking Bing. OK. Now MSN.

2011 was a very (insert adjective) year

2011-12-31T11:41:43-05:00

As January started, grumbling could be heard on both sides of the North Branch of the Potomac River.

Progress in eye of beholder

2011-12-24T11:46:34-05:00

Folks in the state-run hunting and fishing industry are always looking for ways to attract new license buyers.

W.Va. buck kill up

2011-12-17T19:18:52-05:00

I have always thought that the wildlife biologists for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources were brave. Each year, about the middle of November, they predict the buck kill for the upcoming firearms season.