Jim Morris has worked for newspapers, radio, television and various Websites for more than 47 years. He has been a writer, an editor, an editorial writer and a columnist. For 23 years, Morris worked for the Troy Daily News as sports editor, managing editor and executive editor. In 1994 he began working at the Dayton Daily News as an outdoor sports columnist and night sports desk editor. He retired from the DDN in January of 2010 and is now a freelance writer with his own Website for outdoors stories.
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Tuesday, 17 October 2017 / Published in Features

State Ready to Release Pheasants

State wildlife areas in southwest Ohio will soon have pheasants and pheasant hunters in the field, starting with youth hunters this weekend and next. The regular season begins Nov. 3.
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Wednesday, 11 October 2017 / Published in Features

Fall Turkey Season about to Begin

Although not quite as big as the spring season, Ohio’s fall wild turkey hunt is getting larger. Eleven new counties have opened.
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Monday, 02 October 2017 / Published in Features

A Story of Nature at its Worst

A child innocently searched for tadpoles in a small stream in a county park near her Orange County, Calif. home. She and her mother stood back to back in the ankle-deep stream. Then, in an instant, their lives changed forever.
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 / Published in Features

Lake Erie Perch Fishing Heats up in Fall

Fall is the season for pumpkin pies, apple cider and colorful leaves. For anglers, it’s also traditionally the best time to go perch fishing on Lake Erie. If you go, here are a few tips that might just point you toward a limit of 30.
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Monday, 04 September 2017 / Published in Features

Report: Algae Affects Property Values

The dangers involved with the presence of toxic algae are well known. At Grand Lake St. Marys, the EPA posted warning signs on the beaches several years ago. Those signs are still there. But what has happened to property valu