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In this Thursday, March 4, 2020, photograph, a motorist carries a canoe on the roof his pickup truck while leaving the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces, N.M. With events cancelled by the new coronavirus, people have turned to the great outdoors for entertainment as well as exercise in these turbulent times. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

In this Thursday, March 4, 2020, photograph, a motorist carries a canoe on the roof his pickup truck while leaving the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces, N.M. With events cancelled by the new coronavirus, people have turned to the great outdoors for entertainment as well as exercise in these turbulent times. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health …

March 29, 2020

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Call to the wild: Great outdoors an escape in tough times
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Call to the wild: Great outdoors an escape in tough times

Jim Klug's office phone rings off the hook with anxious anglers inquiring about the status of their upcoming fly-fishing trips.