DeFUNIAK SPRINGS When Teance Blackburn leaves in the morning for a fishing tournament, the director announces her boat, saying, “She’s the only girl in the tournament. Thanks for coming out.”
At least that’s how it’s been the past few competitions. The DeFuniak Springs resident competed in Florida B.A.S.S. Nation’s tournament at Black Creek, where she caught two fish and then fished a second tournament at Lake Loch Loosa in Cross Creek, Florida, to qualify for the state tournament. There, she won the Co-Angler division and the Big Bass division with a catch that weighed 7.91 pounds.
It was an executive order that made waves in environmental circles: after only a week in office, President Joe Biden pledged to preserve 30% of US lands and waters by 2030. The so-called 30 by 30 conservation goal has already met with bipartisan support in Congress, and it aligns with science-based global preservation targets to reach an eventual target of 50% by 2050. So which US areas might be at the top of the list? Environmentalists have a.
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Letters: Another loss to our people and environment
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The Panhandle lost another great steward of our environment on Jan. 4 when Mr. Bill Davis was taken by the river that he loved.
Mr. Bill had more houseboats than anyone I knew, and he could normally be found somewhere on his beloved River Swamp (or Lake Wimico if the Shellcracker were biting.) Mr. Bill never missed a chance to visit us at our annual Thanksgiving camp on Cutoff Island at Piney Reach slough, and he was always willing to share with us kids exactly where the Squirrels were and his techniques for getting them.