Syracuse.com - Figura looking for suggestions of what outdoors stories from 2011 warrant an update (Dec. 23, 25)

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Have a story idea for the Outdoors Page in The Post-Standard? Call Outdoors Editor David Figura at 470-6066 or email him at [email protected]. This week's offerings include deer hunting stories from readers and the annual "Heroes of Conservation" feature.

I'm working on a piece concerning outdoors-related stories from 2011 that warrant an update.

Among the ideas I've come up with:

- The St. Lawrence River border dispute

- The first ever crossbow bow season

- The move to get have the hunting age for big game reduced to 12.

Anything else I should consider?

The stories I plan for this week include:

FRIDAY

Main piece: The top three deer hunting stories submitted by readers from this fall's firearms season in the Southern Zone

Column: An update on the informal boat launch on the southern shore of Onondaga Lake, which appears to be somewhat inaccessible at this point.

SUNDAY:

MAIN PIECE: The Post-Standard's annual "Heroes of Conservation" feature.

ANYTHING ELSE READERS OF THIS REPORT WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME WRITE ABOUT?

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