Life
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Why Save the Delta? Meet the farmers and river people who don’t want to say goodbye to their way of life
Why save the Delta? Unknown river towns fear untold devastation from Jerry Brown’s twin tunnels project.
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700 old life jackets replaced during life AZGFD jacket exchange events in 2017
More than 700 old life jackets were replaced with new ones during life jacket exchange events held throughout Arizona this year. The events aim to ensure everyone has a fully functioning life jacket in the appropriate size
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Life Jacket Exchange Program Announced
Life jacket exchange events taking place Saturday, July 8 Bring your old, worn and less-effective life jackets and exchange them for a new one
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Six Ways Lengthen the Life of Your Rods
A surprising number of anglers have developed the bad habit of reeling their lure right up against the tip guide. For co-anglers who do not have the luxury of laying their rods flat on the deck of the boat, this can be compounded when the rod tip is left to bounce up and down when running about the lake, further subjecting both the rod and tip guide to undue stress and impact
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5 Lucas Oil Products that Make John Murray's Life Easier
Bassmaster Elite Series pro and west coast fishing legend John Murray drives thousands of miles each year as he competes at the highest level in bass fishing.
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Life as a Professional Bass Angler with Mike Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli reveals what life on tour is like as a professional bass angler. It isn't all fun and games compared to when your average weekend fisherman heads out for a day on the lake. Filled with stressful fishing, every hookup could potentially make-or-break your day, tournament, or even year... There's a ton of driving, missing your family, hard work and preparation, but at the end of the day, Ike still gets to go out there and do something he loves, which is something he is truly grateful for.
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Life as a Professional Bass Angler with Mike Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli reveals what life on tour is like as a professional bass angler. It isn't all fun and games compared to when your average weekend fisherman heads out for a day on the lake. Filled with stressful fishing, every hookup could potentially make-or-break your day, tournament, or even year... There's a ton of driving, missing your family, hard work and preparation, but at the end of the day, Ike still gets to go out there and do something he loves, which is something he is truly grateful for.
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Public swaps 300 old life jackets for new under AZGFD Life Jacket Exchange program
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) swapped more than 300 old and tattered life jackets with new ones during life jacket exchange events at area lakes this summer.
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Dam Removal Brings New Life to Michigan River
For nearly a century, the Pigeon River in the northeast Lower Peninsula has been a beautiful, blue-ribbon trout stream scarred with a flaw sometimes fatal to fish – a dam situated about 15 miles downstream from the river's source.
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Subway Cars Generate New Life
Each summer staff conduct offshore artificial reef monitoring via SCUBA diving at as many reef sites as possible. Through diver surveys staff can assess material structural integrity, species abundance and diversity, as well as fish and invertebrate biomass accumulation over time.
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Life Jacket Exchange events Saturday and Sunday at Canyon Lake, Saguaro Lake and Lake Pleasant
The Arizona Game and Fish Department will hold multiple life jacket exchange events this weekend to help prepare boaters for a day on the water at Lake Pleasant, Saguaro and Canyon Lakes.
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Wear a Life Jacket – Your Life Could Depend on it
Since boating season started to ramp up in April, 11 boaters have died from drowning across the state. None of the victims were wearing a life jacket.
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BoatUS Offers Map of Life Jacket Loaner Sites
If you need to borrow a kid's life jacket for the day or weekend, chances are there is one near you at one of the over 1,500 life jacket loaner sites across the country at BoatUS.org/loanermap.
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Life Jacket Research from North American Safe Boating Campaign
A 2015 survey of recreational boaters found the North American Safe Boating Campaign continues to have a positive impact on boater behavior. The yearlong campaign promotes safe and responsible boating and the value of voluntary life jacket wear by recreational boaters through the national theme, Wear It!
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Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day on Friday, May 20
The Arizona Game and Fish Department, together with boating professionals and enthusiasts nationwide, will demonstrate the importance of remaining safe on the water by participating in Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day, Friday, May 20.
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Conowingo Dam Report Shows Time is Now for Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
A newly finalized report on the Conowingo Dam underscores the urgency of finding innovative multi-state solutions to reduce the water pollution that threatens the Chesapeake Bay. The Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment Study ─ conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the state of Maryland ─ confirms that the Conowingo Dam reservoir and two dam reservoirs further upstream have essentially reached their capacity and are no longer capable of trapping sediment and associated nutrients over the long term.
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Public Swaps 800 Life Jackets under Arizona Exchange Program
The program began with one exchange event during National Safe Boating Week at Lake Havasu City. Today the department swaps life jackets during multiple events at Lake Pleasant, Lake Havasu, Saguaro Lake and Canyon Lake throughout the year.
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Mustang Survival Voluntarily Recalls Two Models of Inflatable Life Jackets
ALEXANDRIA, VA, October 15, 2015 -- Mustang Survival has announced it is voluntarily recalling two selected models of inflatable personal flotation devices (PFDs) manufactured in Canada between September 2014 and September 2015.
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Pro Angler Shaw Grigsby Reminds Boaters to Wear Life Jackets
The annual Wear It! boating safety campaign is pleased to announce legendary pro angler and TV host Shaw Grigsby as a spokesperson of the campaign. "Whether you're out fishing or enjoying a day cruising in your boat, always wear a life jacket and boat responsibly,"
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Arizona Debuts Life Jacket Loaner Stations on Lakes Havasu, Mohave
LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Arizona Game and Fish Department is working to save lives on Arizona's waterways by helping to prevent drownings at Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu with the installation of new Life Jacket Loaner Stations.