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OUTDOOR INFORMATION & INSPIRATION

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Now that’s a happy meal. A mature bull moose appears to crack a smile as he munches on twigs in the wilds of central Ontario last winter. An adult moose can eat an impressive 20 kilograms of browse in a single a day.

NUMBERS GAME

85th

Anniversary this year of Ducks Unlimited Canada, established in 1938 to conserve, restore and manage waterfowl habitat. Headquartered at Manitoba’s Oak Hammock Marsh, DUC launched one year after its U.S. counterpart.

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Spawning Pacific salmon threatened by debris from a massive landslide this past September on northern B.C.’s Ecstall River, a tributary of the famed Skeena River. Any eggs already laid at the time of the slide were also threatened.

Length in inches of a rare muskie caught in Toronto Harbour this past October by fishing guide Will Sampson. In more than 30 years of environmental monitoring, muskies had never been caught along Toronto’s waterfront.

Weight in pounds of a smallmouth bass caught by Ohio angler Gregg Gallagher on the Canadian side of Lake Erie this past November. The biggest smallie ever recorded on Erie, once certified it also stands to best Ontario’s 9.84-pound record, caught by Andy Anderson on Birchbark Lake in 1954.

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ON THE RECORD

“I will ensure that conservation and our heritage sports are always considered in every decision.”

—Red Deer-Lacombe, Alberta, MP Blaine Calkins vows to make good on his October appointment to the Official Opposition shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Hunting, Angling and Conservation. The portfolio is one of several new positions Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre created in unveiling his 51-member team of front benchers.