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Growing up as a farm kid six decades ago, I decided to take up fur-trapping during the winter to supplement my meager allowance that I received for doing daily chores. My trapping primarily took place ...

Nevertheless, in 1948, 76 industrious beavers were subjected to a once-in-a-lifetime “work trip” to Idaho’s remote ...

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Seventy-five-year-old Robert Stitt’s youthful energy, clear eyes and hearty laugh might perhaps be chalked up to 55 years of ...

Opening the door to the side porch one recent sub-zero windy morning, I was about to step out. But instead I stopped cold, ...