Harsh winter impacts deer hunt

AMHERST – A harsh winter with heavy snow took its toll on the deer population across northern Nova Scotia, meaning there won’t be as many antlerless deer tags issued this year by the province.
“Last winter was a very deep snow winter and we found the second highest winter mortality in my time here,” Tony Nette, a biologist with Natural Resources, said. “We have found a very high loss of fawns and yearlings.”

Jay Ambrose: Yes to a collectivist future? - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Take a look at cap-and-trade, an industry-crippling, prices-increasing idea that will accomplish nothing without international cooperation about as likely as ice cubes in biblical hell.

Bill Kennedy: The good, the bad and the ugly

Meanwhile, Obama is supporting a cap-and-trade bill to reduce carbon emissions that is nothing more than a tax that will run up costs on energy production, putting an additional brake on economic growth when we can least afford it.

Cap-and-trade comes with costs | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

This is the most convoluted attempt at economic and environmental central planning this nation has ever attempted. Cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it.

This bill inflicts economic pain and will make all families poorer. As the increasing emissions standards are met, families will be forced to spend more on energy.

Terry W. Mulawa

N.D. Could Be the Badlands for Cap and Trade - NYTimes.com

The fate of major climate legislation in Congress could rest with North Dakota.
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"There are a lot of people here who think the whole thing is a hoax," said Robert Wood, an assistant professor of political science at the university who has worked with Romsdahl about global warming. The negative impression of Washington, D.C., politicians, combined with strong ties to energy industries among most of the state's residents, will make it very difficult for Dorgan and Conrad, he said.