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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

HUNTING HELLBENDERS

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A younger Hellbender salamander found in a mountain in stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

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Volunteer Kelly Prewett examines a large Hellbender salamander captured and released from a stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Volunteer Kelly Prewett signals that there is no hellbender salamander underneath this rock as they search in streams near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Biologist Lori Williams of the N.C. Wildlife Commission comes to the surface after snorkling for large salamanders called Hellbenders in mountain streams near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Large salamander called Hellbenders found in stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

 

 

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A younger Hellbender salamander found in a mountain in stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Volunteer Kelly Prewett examines a large Hellbender salamander captured and released from a stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Volunteer Kelly Prewett signals that there is no hellbender salamander underneath this rock as they search in streams near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Biologist Lori Williams of the N.C. Wildlife Commission comes to the surface after snorkling for large salamanders called Hellbenders in mountain streams near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

Large salamander called Hellbenders found in stream near Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

 

 

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