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One of my favorite annual events offered by Richmond’s parks and recreation department is a series of short workshops on trees for Arbor Day. An admitted tree geek, I look forward to this every spring. The 2010 mini-seminars - April 3 starting at...
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March 08, 2009
Volunteer camp hosts earn free time in Virginia state parks
Spring can’t be long in coming. Virginia State Parks have opened their cabins and campgrounds. For many campers, the new season might bring a week...
March 06, 2009
Youngsters trying to hook peers on fishing
The activity levels of America’s youth are often lamented, and probably deservedly so. We’re all familiar with news reports of rising child...
March 03, 2009
Richmond’s herons should be fine in snow
The snow disrupted life for many Richmonders, but it should not hurt the great blue herons nesting near Shockoe Slip. “They are used to having to...
March 01, 2009
Game board focuses on quail, bear
As usual, the house was packed and the docket full at Friday’s meeting of the board of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Quail and black...
Great Smoky Park marks 75 years
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe 75th-anniversary celebration of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is under way. The park, with 8 to 10 million annual visitors, is the country’s...
February 27, 2009
Powhite Park works for beavers, mountain bikers
Many species of mammal call Richmond’s Powhite Park home, but two set it apart. Their combined influence has altered the park’s landscape more...
FISHING REPORT
Castaway Sporting Goods, (804) 706-9100, reports crappie are hit-and-miss. To catch them, anglers are having to really hunt them out. Yellow perch are...
February 24, 2009
Great blue herons back on the James
Richmond’s love birds are back. The great blue herons that delighted onlookers last year are once again courting and building nests in the James...
February 20, 2009
Andy Thompson goes to Colorado
WINTER PARK, Colo. It’s still dark in this A-frame cabin at 9,000 feet. Friends slumber upstairs, but my mind races. I tiptoe down to the living...
February 16, 2009
Riverkeeper’s job: Helping solve problems on the James
The James River ran gray and icy, not a great place for paddling. But David Sligh was about to shove off to work. Sligh, 48, is the new riverkeeper for...
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Check out expected tide conditions for some of the popular hunting and fishing areas, and look up state record catches, plus citation requirements for freshwater and saltwater catches. All this in the Times-Dispatch's 2010 Tide Table
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Andy Thompson takes us through Virginia's wild and wet adventure opportunities in the Outdoors Blog.
Parks exploration a mind-blowing journey
This time a year ago, I embarked on a journey that, in retrospect, was as rewarding as any I’ve ever undertaken. Last December, I decided...
Kaine enjoys canoe for two in the James River
In a canoe in the James River, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine made an easy paddle stroke and recalled how he landed in Richmond.
