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Garden Notebook: An early case of the winter blahs (Journal Inquirer)

Last year’s crop of colorful catalogs are being replaced by new ones daily. I know it’s way too early in the season, but after being stuck in the house for several days following the heavy snowstorms the weekend before Christmas, I’m already feeling the winter blahs.

Tenn. refuge hosts annual bald eagle/waterfowl tour (Dyersburg State Gazette)

When it's cold and wintry weather, not many people think of doing outdoor activities, but mid-winter is the perfect time for a drive down to Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge.

Mississippi Outdoors: Plan in place to reintroduce panthers to Miss. (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Could it be?: A recent Associated Press report out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., listed Mississippi among several states federal wildlife officials plan to reintroduce panthers into in an effort to boost the panther population by restoring new populations outside the endangered cat's South Florida stronghold. Other states in the reintroduction plan are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Louisiana. ...

Chester Zoo to launch vital new wildlife project (ic CheshireOnline)

CHESTER Zoo is teaming up with a leading biodiversity information centre to launch an important new wildlife project. It follows survey results which show that numbers of house sparrows, starlings and blackbirds have fallen dramatically over the last 30 years.

IN THE OUTDOORS: Jackalopes handed out (The Morning Journal)

Feeling run down or out of place? Chances are it's just a cold.