The Need for a New Jersey Bear Hunt, Now

http://www.nrahuntersrights.org

By Ed Cartier

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New Jersey last had a black bear hunting season in 2005. At that time, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) estimated the state’s black bear population to be 1,600 animals. During the six-day season that year, hunters harvested 298 bears, down from the 328 bears taken during the 2003 hunt. Since that last hunting season, New Jersey’s bear population has grown, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)—parent agency of the DFW—now reports that bears are present in every county in the state.

The range of New Jersey’s black bears has grown from a concentration in the northwest section of the state in the late 1990’s, predominantly in Sussex and Warren counties, to a distribution that now includes all but the state’s most densely populated urban areas. Bear populations have expanded to the point that they are encroaching upon suburban areas, and the state DEP reports having received 1,262 bear-related damage and nuisance complaints from Jan. 1 to July 20 of this year. The number of complaints has increased about 20 percent from the same time period in 2008.

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Tips and Snippets: Broadway Work, Skinheads, Paying for Water, Et cetera

By Bill Cleary

$\"O$ GLOUCESTER CITY-Did you notice all the construction work on South Broadway between Market and Monmouth Streets last week? If you rode by the area it was pretty hard to miss the workers cutting up the sidewalk and the backhoe loading buckets of dirt into trucks. Trying to get into the City Post Office was a nightmare since the area was roped off with traffic cones and construction tape. I couldn’t recall reading anything about plans for a major project this size anywhere. And so being a curious person I contacted Councilman Nick Marchese.

PHOTO South Broadway between Market and Cumberland Streets

Marchese explained that $150,000 is being spent to enhance this section of South Broadway. \”Plans call for five iron park benches, 12 banner poles and 17 free standing decorative lights to be installed along with state-of-art sidewalks. Depending on the weather it is expected to take between two to three weeks to complete.\”

Marchese said the funds for the work are being provided by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Gloucester City Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ). He added, \”The City engineers are working on a similar streetscape plan for Market Street from Broadway to King Street and for sections of Burlington Street. Plus the City recently received $270,000 from President Obama’s stimulus project to be used to extend the project north on Broadway from Monmouth Street to Hudson Street. The work will begin in spring 2010.\”

I came across an article about protestors at the 3rd Annual $\"030409officerassaultsuspect2_20090304152333196_320_240\"$ \”Leif Erickson Day Celebration\” in Philadelphia at the statue of the Viking explorer on October 11. The demonstrators were from the Keystone State \”Skinheads\” . The reporter for the blog http://libcom.org interviewed the convicted felon Christopher DeMunguia, of Gloucester City. I can’t believe this guy is not in jail. Checking with the local police department I was told his case is still pending.

PHOTO: Christopher DeMunguia

From …http://libcom.org

In February, DeMunguia, only six months out of jail on an aggravated assault conviction, assaulted a police officer when he and three other officers went to a bar in Gloucester City to arrest him on another aggravated assault charge. A judge not knowing his background or the threats he made to police, allowed him to post bail, even though he didn\’t even have a known address. DeMunguia told the libcom reporter that he justified his situation with the fact that child molesters and rapists are also released. \”I would rather somebody that beat somebody up live next to me than somebody that\’s going to molest my kid,\” he said.

$\"O$ I received a Tip this past week about the contractor who is storing equipment on the Market Street lot between north and south Route 130. The individual, a plumber, wondered why there was no meter on the water hydrant the contractor is using to gauge the amount of water being used. Administrator Jack Lipsett said, \”The City charges a contractor either by bulk or by a meter. In this case the contractor for the 295 project, RE Pierson is being charged by bulk. The City is being paid.\”

Et Cetera…By the way I don’t post comments on ClearysNoteBook.com that pertain to family members of elected officials. I mention this as I received a remark this past week about the wives of three city council members that never saw the light. I don’t believe family members should be singled out just because their husband/wife happens to be serving on council. This particular commentary was posted to the article PBA Union Official Response to Gannett News Articles. Why this person thought it was necessary to bring the wives into the contract fight between the City and the union is beyond me.

Send your Tips to [email protected] or my mail to Gloucester City News, PO Box 151, Gloucester City NJ 08030,

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PA HUNTERS REMINDED THAT LICENSES STILL MUST BE DISPLAYED

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The omission of a regulation that has been in place for decades in this year’s digest has caused some hunters and trappers to wonder whether they still are required to display their licenses in the middle of the back as has been done for many, many years. Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe answered, \”Yes, it still needs to be displayed.\”

Roe noted that the Game Commission is supporting House Bill 460, sponsored by Rep. Neil Goodman (D-Schuylkill), which proposes to remove the statutory requirement that licenses be displayed, and thereby allow hunters to place their hunting license in their wallet with other ID.

Roe said, when the agency was drafting the digest, it was believed that the HB 460 may be enacted before the start of the license year on July 1. So, to avoid potentially conflicting information, a decision was made to modify the wording about the requirement that licenses must be displayed.

\”License buyers do need to remember that the digest is not the ‘Game & Wildlife Code’ or its attendant regulations, and should not be considered final on legal interpretation,\” Roe said. \”In printing the digest, the agency simply summarizes the more important and frequently misunderstood hunting and trapping regulations.\”

via www.pgc.state.pa.us

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Iona, Marist and Wagner to Compete in 2010 ECAC Women\’s Water Polo Championships

Cape Cod, Mass. – The University of Maryland has been selected as the No. 1 seed for the 2010 ECAC Women\’s Water Polo Championships. Princeton University will host the 2010 championships at DeNunzio Pool on Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28.

Rounding out the field of eight are No. 2 Marist College, No.3 Brown University, No. 4 Princeton University, No. 5 Iona College, No. 6 Wagner College, No. 7 Harvard University and No. 8 Bucknell University.

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No. 1 University of Maryland

No. 2 Marist College

No. 3 Brown University

No. 4 Princeton University

No. 5 Iona College

No. 6 Wagner College

No. 7 Harvard University

No. 8 Bucknell University