Monthly Archives: January 2022

With a little luck and a bit more ambition, I may have added to Jefferson County’s archery deer harvest tally. For the tenth consecutive year, Jefferson County maintained its reign as the top county in the state with 1,563 reported to the state’s Telecheck system. The total is below the record setting 1,645 from lastContinue reading “Ten-year streak: Jefferson County holds top archery status”

Maybe it is for the best, because I have had mixed success trying to grow the trees I have ordered from the George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking, Missouri. When I went to the website this winter to place an order, I found that nearly 75% of their trees were sold out. IContinue reading “Most species of seedlings sold out at state nursery for 2022”

All around my hometown of Crystal City you can find signs with an iconic little insect pleading with everyone who passes, “Don’t be a litterbug. Help keep your community clean.” If only it were that easy. Actually it is as simple as that. If people heeded the message and disposed of their waste properly, thereContinue reading “Litter pick-up programs could be eliminated if people policed themselves”