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NATURAL RESOURCES IT'S A DOG'S LIFE.


Bringing the family pet on a camping trip? Or are you not considering bringing the pooch?

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 ``Camping With Your Dog'' (www.coyotecom.com/dogcamp.html) it is a feasible idea.

Just remember some of the following tips, according to the Web site:

--Bring two extra days of dog meals ``just in case,'' and, just as people food, lock it up to keep the bears away.

--Remember the physical demands older dogs might be under joining the family on a hike through challenging terrain.

--Bring an empty two-liter plastic soda bottle. Why? To hit yourself on the head if your dog scuffles with another canine. ``Didn't hurt but made a terrible noise, right?''

--Bass finder: The best bass fishing spots in the area are much easier to find on the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region,  Bass Fishing Web site (www.scbf.cc).

An interactive map provides access to such lakes as nearby Lake Castaic, Lake Perris Lake Perris State Recreation Area, or simply Lake Perris, is a reservoir that was completed in 1973. It is the southern terminus of the California State Water Project. It is situated in a mountain-rimmed valley between Moreno Valley, and Perris. , Lake Isabella Lake Isabella is a man-made earthen reservoir in Kern County, California that consists of a main and auxiliary dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two forks at Whiskey Flat.  and Lake Cachuma Lake Cachuma is a lake located in central Santa Barbara County, California on the Santa Ynez River. It is formed by Bradbury Dam, a 201 foot (61 m) earth-fill dam built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1953. .

The fishing report on this site is informative because it includes links to all areas in the state, including four regions in Southern California.

- Chris Cocoles

BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS ...

``Sworn to Protect: More True Game Warden Adventures''

By Terry Hodges (T&C Books), $21.95

Anyone who wants to know what the life of a game warden is like or who is looking for Looking for

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 some riveting tales of enforcing California's fish and game laws game laws, restrictions on the hunting or capture of wild game, whether bird, beast, or fish. After the Norman Conquest (1066), England enacted stringent game laws, known as the Forest Laws, which made hunting the sole privilege of the king and his nobles. , should read this book. Winner of several Outdoor Writers Association of California awards, Terry Hodges is a patrol lieutenant for the California Department of Fish and Game.

This is the third in a series, making Hodges the Louis L'Amour of game wardens, except that Hodges' works are true stories. They read like a western, with clearly drawn bad guys and dedicated good guys. Kind of like watching ``Cops'' but without the domestic calls.

``Sworn to Protect'' contains 26 stories, set from San Diego to the Oregon border, about deer spotlighters, fish, pig and bear poachers, boat thieves, abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear.  divers and predatory mountain lions. There's a gripping story about the rescue of the crew of the Nona Maria, a purse seiner that foundered off Catalina Island.

Fish and Game wardens have been the unsung heroes of the outdoors, with long hours, low pay and real danger. But now they have a voice.

Grade: A for Adventure

- Bill Becher

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Date:Oct 11, 2001
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