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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Hello and welcome to this week’s Nature Tracks. It’s turkey season - so how does it look? </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>The outlook is good for a successful 2008 New Hampshire spring gobbler hunt, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Turkey Project Leader Ted Walski. The state's spring turkey hunt runs from Saturday, May 3, through Saturday, May 31. The youth turkey hunt weekend (April 26-27) precedes the regular season. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Last year (2007), a total of 3,651 turkeys were harvested from 226 towns during the New Hampshire spring turkey season and youth turkey weekend. This was a slight increase (92 turkeys) over the harvest of 2006 and a new state record. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>"I'm optimistic," said Walski, who predicts that New Hampshire's spring 2008 turkey season could be as good as the last year's record harvest, or perhaps even better. "Males were gobbling and displaying by mid-February, which was a good sign," he said. "While it was a long hard winter in the Granite State, turkeys did well because much of the time they had fairly good mobility on top of the snow crust, so they were able to travel much further to find food without burning up a lot of energy." </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Turkey hunters must hold (depending on their method of hunting) either a current N.H. hunting or archery license AND a turkey license. 2008 turkey licenses are $16 for N.H. residents and $31 for nonresidents and cover both the spring and fall seasons. Licenses can be purchased at http://www.HuntNH.com. Youth hunters (under age 16) need a $16 (or $31 for nonresidents) turkey license, but do not need a hunting license; youth hunters must always be accompanied by a properly licensed adult at least 18 years of age. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Hunting hours for the spring turkey season are from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 12:00 noon. "One has to get up quite early and be in the woods before light, because turkeys start gobbling from the roost trees just before daybreak, then they're down on the ground displaying for prospective girlfriends." said Walski. "Get out and scout now before May starts; set yourself a 5 or 10 mile route around town and stop every half-mile or mile. Look for fresh scratchings in the fields and woods. Look and listen for turkeys displaying and gobbling early in the morning. 6 a.m.-6:30 a.m. is prime gobbling time." </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>For more information on turkey hunting, including 2008 regulations and registration stations, visit http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Hunting/Hunt_species/hunt_turkey.htm. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Turkey hunting has become an increasingly popular activity in New Hampshire. During 2007, hunters purchased a total of 19,371 turkey licenses, in addition to 3,466 fall shotgun turkey permits. In 1980, the first year a turkey hunting season was offered in New Hampshire in modern times, just over 700 permit holders harvested 31 turkeys. To view graphs illustrating the annual increases in New Hampshire's turkey harvest and license sales since 1980, plus how the state's turkey population has changed during that time, visit http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/hunting/turkey_trend_charts.htm. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>As of August 2007, New Hampshire's statewide wild turkey population was an estimated 35,000 birds. Turkey numbers continue to grow in northern and eastern areas of the state. Last year, three late snowfalls and cold temperatures in April 2007 may have caused abandonment of some early nests and delayed further nesting. "If we have normal hatching weather this year -- no cold rains at the critical hatching time -- we could see a productive year for turkeys," Walski said. Hunters are only allowed a single bearded or male turkey during the spring season. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>The return of wild turkeys to New Hampshire is a true wildlife restoration success story, funded through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration program. Turkeys had completely disappeared from the state for more than a century until N.H. Fish and Game released 25 birds in 1975. The Department has managed the population through science-based research since that time, guided in recent years by 10-year Big Game Management Plans. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>First-time hunters who need the required hunter education course should sign up as soon as possible; a list of available hunter education classes is posted at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Hunting/hunter_ed_schedule.htm. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>All hunters should keep in mind some basic safety tips when turkey hunting: Always positively identify your target. Never assume that calls and movement indicate the presence of a turkey -- hunters commonly imitate turkey calls and use decoys in order to locate and/or attract turkeys! Never stalk a turkey, you could be mistaken for game -- rather than stalking, scout out a good spot, call and wait for the turkeys to come to you. Be seen! Turkey hunters should always wear a blaze orange hat or vest as they enter and leave the area they are hunting. Tying blaze-orange survey tape around a decoy/calling location can alert other hunters to your presence and won't scare the birds. Avoid clothes with the colors red, white and blue and black, as these are the colors of the male turkey. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the guardian of the state's fish, wildlife and marine resources and their habitats. Visit http://www.HuntNH.com. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today announced that human cases of Lyme Disease increased dramatically in 2006 to 617 statewide, up from 271 in 2005. The Division of Public Health Services attributes the increase to an what is believed to be an greater number of infected ticks in New Hampshire, particularly the Southeast portion of the state, as well as increased awareness by doctors and other medical providers after a vigorous outreach by DHHS and other public health agencies for health care providers to look for the signs of Lyme Disease. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>“This significant increase in Lyme Disease should be a warning to everyone about the importance of prevention,” said DHHS Commissioner John Stephen. “Lyme Disease is spread by ticks and can be avoided by taking precaution when you are in areas where ticks might be. While Lyme Disease is easily treatable when it is caught early, it can have very severe complications if left unchecked. We urge everyone to follow basic protective measures, for all, but especially for those individuals in Strafford, Rockingham and Eastern Hillsborough Counties.” </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Lyme Disease is caused by a bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, that is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks and cause more than 20,000 infections in the United States each year. If a tick feeds on an animal infected with Lyme Disease and then on a person, it can transmit the bacteria to the person. There is no evidence that Lyme Disease is transmitted from person to person. The illness is most prevalent in the northeastern part of the United States, which includes New Hampshire. The disease can be treated with antibiotics. There is no vaccine for Lyme Disease that is commercially available. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Lyme Disease starts as a large reddish circular rash around or near the site of the tick bite. During the rash stage, or occasionally prior to the rash, other symptoms included chills, fever, headache, fatigue, stiff neck, swollen glands, and muscle and/or joint pain. These may last for several weeks. If the disease is left untreated for a few weeks or months after the rash onset, complications such as meningitis, facial palsy, arthritis, and heart abnormalities may occur. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>“If an individual has signs or symptoms of Lyme disease, regardless of a recognized tick bite, they should promptly seek medical attention,” said Dr. Jason Stull, State Public Health Veterinarian. “Early diagnosis improves the outcome of treatment so it is important to promptly contact a healthcare provider if you are feeling sick or develop a rash. People may be exposed to Lyme disease wherever deer ticks are present, including their own yards, or other wooded or grassy areas. Whenever in areas with ticks, follow precautions to reduce tick bites and promptly remove attached ticks. Through these prevention methods we can remain active and continue to enjoy New Hampshire's outdoors.” </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>To avoid Lyme Disease, in tick-infested areas, DHHS recommends that the public take the following steps: </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Wear light-colored clothing to make ticks easy to see </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Tuck pants into socks and shirts into pants </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Use insect repellent. Products containing DEET have been shown to be effective in repelling ticks. Clothes may be treated with Permethrin </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Check after every two or three hours of outdoor activity for ticks on clothing and skin </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Do a thorough check of your body for attached ticks at the end of the day </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• Reduce the number of ticks around your home by keeping grass short, removing leaf litter, and creating a wood chips or gravel barrier where your lawn meets the woods. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>• If a tick is attached to your skin for less than 24 hours, your chance of getting Lyme disease is extremely small. But just to be safe, monitor your health closely after a tick bite and be alert for any signs and symptoms of illness.
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>To avoid a moose collision: </B></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>* Drive below the speed limit -- especially at dusk and dawn and especially in moose-heavy areas; </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>* Use high beams when possible; </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>* Be able to stop within the zone of your headlights; </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>More than 200 moose are struck by vehicles each year in New Hampshire, according to biologists and law enforcement authorities. New Hampshire has an estimated population of 5,000 to 6,000 moose. </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>To spread the word about sharing the roads with moose, Fish and Game created "Brake for Moose," an award-winning campaign that includes the popular yellow bumper sticker and highway signs. </FONT></DIV>
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