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March 11, 2021
PULASKI COUNTY, Va. – Two people died when a pair of fishing boats collided on Claytor Lake in Pulaski County Wednesday.
The deaths were confirmed by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources but the names of the two people who died were not immediately available.
A passerby spotted the accident and called authorities. There were no witnesses to the collision so wildlife officers are trying to reconstruct the events that led up to the accident.
Officials believe the fishing boats collided just before noon Wednesday.
The investigation is continuing.
Zebra mussel found within a moss ball. USGS Photo.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Agency of Natural Resources staff scientists were alerted last week that an aquarium plant sold within Vermont and throughout the country may contain an invasive aquatic animal species, zebra mussels
(Dreissena polymorpha). The aquarium plant commonly known as moss balls, may be sold under names including “Beta Buddy Marimo Balls,” “Mini Marimo Moss Balls,” and “Marimo Moss Ball Plant” and were available to purchase in large department stores or through online sales. While the plant is benign, the plants may harbor zebra mussels within the plant, or within the packaging.
Black bear population surges across Virginia
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Virginiaâs black bear population has roared back after dropping to an estimated 1,000 about 70 years ago. We have a healthy bear population. It has been growing. (But) itâs too early to say whether these changes have started effecting a decrease in the places we want it to happen. Nelson Lafon, Virginia Forest Wildlife Program manager
By Sarah Vogelsong
From numbers that had dwindled to around 1,000 at midcentury, Virginiaâs black bears have been making a comeback.
For the past few decades, thanks to reforestation and state management, the black bear has become more and more common in the commonwealth. And while population estimates arenât an exact science, relying as they do on factors like hunting data and human-bear interactions, one Virginia wildlife official puts the current count at between 18,000 and 20,000.
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