Outdoors
The latest Outdoors coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
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Area Sports Notes: Harrison’s Jacob Wheeler 2nd, Dayton’s Michael Neal 4th in fishing tourneys
Harrison resident Jacob Wheeler was the runner-up Sunday in the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest on Lake Travis, earning $34,000 for his four-day haul of 20 fish weighing in at 64 pounds, 8 ounces.

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Group of men racing to raise prostate cancer awareness in this weekend’s Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga
Men's Health Month may be two weeks away, but a group of men visiting the city for this weekend's Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga are doing what they can to make prostate cancer a topic of conversation year-round.

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Downtown Chattanooga trees infested with scale insects, suffer from high pH levels
More than 500 trees located in downtown Chattanooga are infested with a small insect and suffering from elevated pH levels that threaten the health and existence of the plants that line the hub of the city's downtown core.

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Case: Don’t let these crazy birds drive you crazy
I spit out the diaphragm call and rubbed two mosquitoes off my forehead. The gobbler had not made a sound for 30 minutes, and I knew it was over for today.

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Outdoors calendar, May 17
Introduction to mountain biking is May 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Greenway Farm.

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Officials usher in final Ocoee River paddling season under old contract, celebrate new agreement [photos]
A coalition of private and public groups met along the Ocoee River on Monday to usher in the 2018 commercial paddling season and look ahead to an overhaul of the current system.

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Lula Lake officials outline reasons behind decision to raise rates [photos]
More than 900 people crowded into the Lula Lake Land Trust core property on one sunny March Saturday.

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Hundreds of endangered fish hatch at Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute
More than 450 endangered Laurel Dace fish recently hatched from eggs spawned at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute, according to a news release from the aquarium.

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Larry Case: To read Patrick McManus is to laugh out loud
Kingfishers are crazy birds. They fly erratically, have a call that can be described as a cross between an injured chipmunk and pebbles on a tin roof, and nest in holes on muddy riverbanks. Kingfishers are noisy, flighty, beautiful and funny-looking at the same time, and I love them.

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Monthly cycling calendar for May
Here's a new cycling listing that will run on the second Thursday of every month:
