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It took Good Samaritan Greg Marshall 20 minutes or longer to free a young Coopers hawk caught up in landscape netting and pinned to the ground in the Hickory section of Chesapeake recently.

The water around the Santa Monica Pier earned F grades year round on Heal the Bay’s 2015-16 Report Card released Thursday, landing it on the environmental non-profit group’s “Beach Bummer” list for the third year in a row.

PICKENS COUNTY — It’s hard to believe that at one time, the Canadian Geese — branta canadensis — was nearly driven extinct.

Strict hunting regulations along with population conservation and re-introduction protocols have successfully brought the birds back from the edge, but with an unintended consequence: now they won’t leave.

Although traditionally migratory birds, a substantial number of Canada Geese have been making South Carolina their permanent homes.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Don’t worry, the 17-year cicadas won’t eat all your trees and kill all your plants. But there are some still ways that homeowners can prepare for the incoming invasion.

And the cicadas can have some positive effects on hardier fruit trees.

Circle Line services were out of action after netting to stop pigeons nestling on the tracks collapsed at High Street Kensington at around 4.25pm.

A train in front of the netting, and the entire station, was evacuated.

One enraged user tweeted: “It is absurd that some obstruction whatever it may be is causing an entire line to go down!”

A Transfort for London (TFL) spokesman said that services were slowly making a recovery after the track was reopened at 5.12pm.

Today, Knox offers customised nets, designed for application in aquaculture, camouflage, sport or industry. This is complemented by a highly-engineered net service plant for the fish farming industry.

The Charlotte Knights have no immediate plans to install additional safety netting to BB&T Ballpark after a young fan was seriously injured last weekend by a foul ball hit into the stands.

“I don’t think we are right now,” said Knights general manager Scotty Brown. “We’re always evaluating and monitoring how our operation works. We’re relieved to have what we have, but there’s no way to completely protect every part of the ballpark and we continue to urge our fans to be alert at all times.”

If you enjoy fishing and use fish netting in Australia, you might want to read the rules put out by the local government:

Small fish species used for bait can be caught with a throw net in the Pilbara/Kimberley, but you require a recreational net fishing licence.

Some fishers who holiday in the north at this time of year use local species, such as bony bream and greenback mullet, as bait when fishing for barramundi, mangrove jack or fingermark, so it’s important to know how many of these fish you can legally take for bait.

There’s nothing fancy about what’s been going on at the Valencia County Courthouse the past few years during the spring season: birds nesting and leaving quite a mess.

So far this year, crews in Valencia County appear to found a solution.

A bit of advice for blueberry growers who share a yard with birds like catbirds: We have found bird netting with 1- or 2-inch wide holes doesn’t work.