COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL This stinking pandemic has caused numerous negatives for the world, the most obvious being 2.5 million deaths. We’ve lost 506,000 citizens in the United States and over 2,200 West Virginians. Add to that the loss of thousands of businesses (many gone ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – “We need your help to clean up our trout streams! Angler litter specifically … you know what we’re talking about. It sucks.” That call to action is one that likely brings images burnt into the forefront of anyone’s mind who’s spent time on a public ...
A few days ago, news broke in the West Virginia outdoor media realm that Division of Natural Resources Director Stephen McDaniel wanted to “overhaul” the Natural Resources Commission. While “overhaul” might be a strong word to use, some of the reported plans are ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL If someone made a list of things that can happen in nature, I’d have rated this one dead last (no pun intended). I’d have never guessed that some research would show that wolves kill mountain lions. It turns out that they can. In February 1999, five ...
Though I’m only in my mid-20s, the longer I go through life the more I see myself taking a stance that people should be able to do what they want as long as it doesn’t hurt someone else, and that government sticking its fingers in every aspect of life isn’t necessary. Some may call this ...
One thing I wasn’t without this year was an abundance of hot peppers. Whether I picked them up from my parents’ garden, a garden in Smithsburg, Md., or meticulously picked through the bins at Kroger, I’ve been dehydrating and using those peppers since the weather was still nice and ...