Wildlife Archives - S-N IWLA https://sniwla.org/sniwla/category/wildlife/ Suffolk-Nansemond Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:05:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 April 2022 Guest Speaker https://sniwla.org/sniwla/april-2022-guest-speaker/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:52:49 +0000 https://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=42022 The guest speaker for the April 20th member’s meeting was Kevin Cornwell. Kevin is a Wildlife Control Officer (WCO). His presentation was titled “An Introduction to the Wildlife Control Industry”.

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]]> May 15th, 2021 Picnic and Member’s Meeting https://sniwla.org/sniwla/may-15th-2021-picnic-and-members-meeting/ Sun, 16 May 2021 13:33:36 +0000 https://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=40689 The chapter held it’s first member’s meeting in over a year at the park on Saturday. The weather was perfect and best of all, no masks were required! Everyone brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed a great afternoon catching up with current members and getting to know some new members. … Read more →

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]]> Consumer Alert: Aquarium Moss Balls May Contain Invasive Zebra Mussels https://sniwla.org/sniwla/consumer-alert-aquarium-moss-balls-may-contain-invasive-zebra-mussels/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:28:00 +0000 https://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=40520 Submitted by: Tim Doxey, Treasurer, Chair of Awards, SOS/Clean Water Liaison, Media Outreach, Awards, and Budget committees; Source Credit: ncwildlife.org

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created an informational webpage dedicated to what to do if you have purchased aquatic moss balls in the past month.  DESTROY! DON’T DUMP! … Read more →

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]]> Spring Turkey Season https://sniwla.org/sniwla/spring-turkey-season/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:42:58 +0000 https://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=40518 Article Submitted by Chapter Ike Rob Carpenter (board member, chair of archery and outdoor ethics committees, and youth coordinator).

Since Spring Turkey Season starts next month, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about some of the safeties you should be aware of while hunting Gobbler. Season … Read more →

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]]> March 2019 Guest Speaker https://sniwla.org/sniwla/march-2019-guest-speaker/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:29:53 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=4364 The guest speaker for our March 20th member’s dinner meeting was Chris Prohaska. Chris is the Outdoor Recreation Specialist for Suffolk Parks and Recreation. He … Read more →

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]]> September 2017 Pond Management Sampling https://sniwla.org/sniwla/september-2017-pond-management-sampling/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:24:40 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=2998 On September28th, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist, Chad Boyce, and his partner Jared, collected representative fish samples from our pond. This consisted of electro-fishing (shocking), collecting the fish and then counting, weighing and measuring each species. This information will be used to formulate recommendations to assist our chapter … Read more →

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]]> September 2016 Guest Speaker https://sniwla.org/sniwla/september-2016-guest-speaker/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:28:17 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=1984 The guest speaker at our September Banquet meeting was Deloras Freeman. She is a Visitor Specialist at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Deloras and her family have lived in Chesapeake, near the eastern boundary of the refuge, for 34 years. The title of her presentation was “The Great … Read more →

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]]> July 2016 Guest Speaker https://sniwla.org/sniwla/july-2016-guest-speaker/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:40:09 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=1854 Our chapter’s guest speaker at the July member’s meeting was Ms. Kelly Morris. Kelly is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service working at the Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife  Refuge. Her presentation consisted of an overview of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) Recovery Program and specifically the project … Read more →

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]]> Neonics in Pesticides https://sniwla.org/sniwla/neonics-in-pesticides/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 20:39:20 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=1469 honeybeeNeonicotinoics (or neonics) are a powerful class of pesticides used on many crops.

They persist in soil, water, and plants for a very long time, and are lethal … Read more →

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]]> Coyote Sterilization Program in N.C. Protects Red Wolves https://sniwla.org/sniwla/coyote-sterilization-program-in-n-c-protects-red-wolves/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:38:33 +0000 http://sniwla.org/sniwla/?p=1353 A sterilization program to stop coyotes from hybridizing with the only wild population of red wolves in the world has been successful so far, according to new research.  “Coyote genes are under 4 percent in the red wolf genome, so that’s good,” said Eric Gese, a research wildlife biologist with … Read more →

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