CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTS FROM THE WEEK NOTED A BUSY END TO THE FIREARMS DEER SEASON. MOST VIOLATIONS WERE OF THE TYPICAL VARIETY. THEY DID HAVE A CASE OF OVER LIMIT ON BUCKS, SAFETY VIOLATIONS SUCH AS HUNTING WHILE INTOXICATED, AND AN OVER LIMIT ON CANADIAN GEESE.
COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR PLANS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGAL SALE OF CANNABIS, LIKELY TO NOT HAPPEN UNTIL EARLY 2025, OUTSIDE OF TRIBAL LANDS. LAW REQUIRES THAT THEY MAKE AT LEAST ONE LICENSE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY 12,500 RESIDENTS, WITH MUNICIPALITIES ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION OF ISSUING MORE. MANY WILL ALSO PONDER WHETHER THEY WANT TO SELL THOSE PRODUCTS OUT OF MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORES, OR POSSIBLY OPEN THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL DISPENSARIES.
A FINAL HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH TO POSSIBLY GIVE FINAL APPROVAL TO A CITY OF NEWFOLDEN FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECT THAT WOULD REMOVE THE CITY FROM THE FEMA 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. THEY WILL USE WATER IMPOUNDMENT STRATEGIES AND ALSO IMPROVE RAILROAD BRIDGES. THE ESTIMATED COST IS $9.3 MILLION.
AS WINTER MAY FINALLY BEGIN TO TAKE HOLD, NUMBERS ARE BEING TABULATED FOR MOTORCYCLE SEASON, THAT SAW 65 MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES, THAT IS DOWN 82 IN 2022, WHICH HAD BEEN THE MOST SINCE 1985. SEVENTEEN OF THIS YEAR’S DEATHS INVOLVED EXCESSIVE SPEED, 41 WERE NOT WEARING HELMETS.
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