WOMEN

WOMEN
Ladies & amp; Lures Bass Fishing School
JMS Outdoors, Inc. will host a special bass fishing school for women, "Ladies & amp; Lures."
The school encompasses all of the aspects needed for basic and intermediate bass fishing strategies. It will begin Friday evening, April 22, at the Comfort Inn at 2873 S. Arlington Rd., Akron, (330-645-1100).
Classes start Saturday at 9 a.m. and run to about 11:30 a.m. at the Pride & amp; Joy Detail Shop (23567 S. Arlington Rd. Suite 5, Akron) with lunch and shopping to follow.
Sunday classes resume at 9 a.m. and the class will conclude at 11:30 a.m. The material covered in the classes will include lure selection for Ohio lakes and ponds with regards to cover and structure.
Instructors for the course include professional angler, John Shirhal of Ranger Boats, and Marcie Yurko, a regional professional with over $75,000 in winnings.
At the conclusion of the program, each participant will receive a bag of equipment, curriculum guide, magazines and a book on fishing valued at over $80. Cost of the five hour school is $100 per student or $150 per child and one accompanying adult (ie: mother - daughter, etc.) Make checks payable to JMS Outdoors, Inc. 745 Barlow Rd., Hudson, Ohio 44236. For information call evenings at (330) 650-6206.
PENNSYLVANIA
Hook your fishing license online
Pennsylvania fishing licenses are now available on-line. A quick visit to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's homepage (www.fish.state.pa.us) and a click on the "Outdoor Shop" allows outdoor enthusiasts to purchase fishing licenses, subscriptions to Pennsylvania Anger & amp; Boater magazine and other publications and products. The service can also be accessed through www.state.pa.us.
U.S.
Census Bureau updating information on wildlife activities nationwide
A nationwide survey conducted by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that 77 million U.S. residents 16 years and over enjoyed some form of wildlife-related recreation in 1996.
This number includes 35 million anglers, 14 million hunters and 69 million people who observed, photographed or fed wildlife.
The source of these data was the 1996 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. The survey, which the Census Bureau conducts every five years, helps state and federal natural resource agencies plan, implement and evaluate programs to protect and restore wildlife resources.
Beginning this April 1, Census Bureau field representatives will begin contacting 80,000 households nationwide to determine how many people currently fish, hunt or engage in wildlife-watching, how often they do so and how much they spend on these activities. Some of these households will also be contacted for follow-up questions once or twice between September 2001 and February 2002. Households are randomly selected to participate in the survey; they represent the entire population.
BIRDS
Viewing date set
A special bird viewing day will be held April 4 from 6:30 until dark at Pine Lake off state Route 7 near North Lima.
For information call (330) 783-6287