Month: August 2012

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation found that hunters nationwide increased by 9 percent while anglers grew by 11 percent. Nearly 38 percent of all Americans participated in wildlife-related recreation in 2011, an increase of 2.6 million participants from the previous survey in 2006. They spent $145 billion on related gear, trips and other purchases.

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- According to the Bangor Daily News, the issue surrounds the town's contention that an RV used as a permanent living residence was placed too close to a neighbor's property. Zoning laws require a 25-foot setback, and the RV was originally placed about 17 to 18 feet from the boundary line.  

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- Christopher Flippin, owner of Hi-Tide Beach and Campground, told The Times Wednesday he finds it hard to believe his lake and/or pool is the origin of a virus that reportedly caused 17 people to fall ill earlier this summer. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- Several conditions were imposed on Ravenwood RV Resort, like reduced unit density from 162 units to 114, and a required quiet time at night. The resort mus also maintain a tree or shrub buffer around the property and install a 6-foot fence, the paper noted. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- Debra Holden, 53, of Fort St. John, B.C., faces two counts of injuring or endangering animals and two counts of causing animals unnecessary suffering after police found a dead dog and kennel burning on a campfire and witnesses said another burned dog ran into the woods, the Edmonton Journal reported. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- A Superior Court judge has appointed a receiver to manage the Tispaquin Family Campground and bring it into compliance with a permanent injunction, issued in June, that called for the number of sites in the campground to be reduced by half, Southcoast Today reported. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- Police said that a large amount of meth and firearms were found in a travel trailer at Shamrock RV Park along with a cache of ammunition and drug paraphernalia. A road leading to the park was shut down for four hours to allow the bomb squad to collect the explosives, KAMR reported. One person was injured in the explosion. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- John Phillips, 80, was charged with two counts of public sexual indecency after he was accused of exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl at the Phon D Sutton Campground, the East Valley Tribune reported. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- The attack occurred around 8:30 p.m. while his family was camping near Sproat Lake. His parents were cooking when they heard their son cry. On seeing the cougar holding his son in its mouth, the boy's father hit the animal and it dropped the boy, CBC News reported. 

(Aug. 16, 2012) -- Crane Company Philanthropic Organizations donated more than $20,000 to three local charities this month. Actively involved in charities year round, Crane Composites made a donation Aug. 1  to the United Way and the Salvation Army in Elkhart County, Ind. A donation was also made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Indiana State Chapter, located in Indianapolis, Ind.