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Local FFA Members Attend National Agriscience Fair
The National FFA Agriscience Fair recognizes students who gain real-world, hands-on experiences in agricultural enterprises. Students use scientific principles and emerging technologies to solve complex problems related to agriculture, food, and natural resources. Middle and high school students (grades 7-12) from around the U.S. begin at the local level and progresses to state and national levels. National FFA Agriscience Fair participants are FFA members that Danica Knapp & Saree Hillstead 2nd have been selected as winners at their state’s agriscience fair. The participants must conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture and food science industries and present their findings to a panel of judges with a display Josiah Knapp & John Kinder 3rd and a report. Students can compete in the national agriscience fair in one of six categories: Animal Systems, Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Plant Systems, Power, Structural and Technical Systems, and Social SciBrooklyn DeVries ence. They also compete as individuals or with a team. & Annalise Coit 6th
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
December 1, 2021
Vol 45 Num 48
Idaho F&G Seeks Input on Upland Game, Turkey & Furbearer Seasons
by Connor Liess, Public Information Specialist
In January 2022, Idaho Fish and Game will be setting the new seasons for upland game, turkey and furbearer for 20222023. Hunters and trappers are highly encouraged to review the proposed seasons and changes and weigh in with their own comments. Comment period is open until December 10, 2021. Fish and Game staff will also host a series of open houses at Fish and Game regional offices from December 1st to 9th. Season proposals are broken down by regions, so it’s easy to find which changes pertain to each hunter’s given location. The final draft of the plan will be presented ot the Fish and Game Commission for their consideration at their January 2022 meeting at the new Fish and Game Headquarters Office in Boise. Here’s what is being proposed for our area:
Magic Valley Lift beaver closures in Big Deer and Elk creeks (Camas County), King Hill Creek (Elmore County) and Black Canyon Creek (Gooding County) Eliminate spring Controlled Hunts #9012 (April 15 - May 5; 30 permits) and #9013 (May 6-25; 30 permits) in Unit 54, and replace with a single controlled hunt from April 15 – May 25, with 15 total permits Reduce the number of wild turkey tags from 30 to 15 in youth Ethereal, elusive, mesmerizing; all describe the aurora borealis, more commonly known as Controlled Hunt #9004 the northern lights. Whereas from Idaho, these mysterious lights are rarely seen, in northern Alaskan, Canadian, and Scandinavian skies they can appear almost nightly. Arora, the Faulkner Southeast Planetarium’s newest show, takes you on an Icelandic journey to witness the aurora. Eliminate controlled beaver trapping Unit Permit 204 (Pearl Arora, the goddess of the dawn and the aurora, tells the story of the northern lights in this Creek Drainage) fascinating program. Take a journey with her across the solar system to witness her sister aurorae Remove beaver trapping closures from the following areas: on other planets. Discover the interplay of forces that give rise to aurorae. Explore the myths Cherry Creek (tributary to Marsh Creek; Bannock County), that various cultures wove to explain these ethereal lights. Arora’s tale will mesmerize you, as Cottonwood Creek Drainage and Dempsey Creek above the will the incredible time-lapse videos of the northern lights dancing over Icelandic landscapes. cattle guard (Bannock County), Pearl Creek Drainage (Bear Maybe, if she feels like being seen, Arora will take you on a journey of discovery. Lake County), and Logan River Drainage including Beaver Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald says of the show, “Arora is an absolutely gorgeous Creek and White’s Creek (Franklin County) show. The beautiful way in which the narrator takes the audience on an intimate journey of Convert spring turkey Controlled Hunts (#9005, #9014, discovery is capped off by the last five to six minutes of the show; a tour de force of the northern #9015) in Unit 68A to general season opportunity lights dancing over Icelandic landscapes, set to a chorale piece that is sure to evoke an emotional Change the opening date for turkey Controlled Hunt #9106 continued on page 7... response within you. Arora is not to be missed!” continued on page 6... from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 in Unit 70
CSI Faulkner Planetarium Presents: ARORA