E15, pink salmon, frog-hunter, white chipmunk: Notes, Chicago outdoors

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors.

WILD OF THE WEEK

Ken ``Husker’’ O’Malley sent the photo above and noted, ``This guy was hunting frogs along the shoreline.’’

WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Send nominations to @BowmanOutside on Twitter or Instagram, message Dale Bowman on Facebook or email BowmanOutside@gmail.com.

WILD TIMES

HUNTER SAFETY

Sept. 10, 12, 17 and 19: Downers Grove, (630) 963-1300 Class 471004-01

Sept. 21-22: Morris, (708) 302-8566

ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS

Saturday, Sept. 7: Teal season opens

STURGEON

Saturday, Sept. 7: Hook and line season at select spots in Wisconsin, including below the Wisconsin Dells dam, https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/sturgeon/SturgeonInlandFishery.html

DALE’S MAILBAG

Provided by Michael Dodd

``We have a white chipmunk.’’ Michael Dodd in Homewood.

A: It did not look like an albino, but it was a white chipmunk. It reminded me of trekking to Downstate Olney to see their collection of white squirrels.

BIG NUMBER

3-4: Pounds-ounces of the Illinois record pink salmon, caught by Neil Duba on July 5, 1992 from Lake Michigan.

LAST WORD

``Most recreational boaters refuel their vessels at roadside gas stations where pump-labeling requirements are minimal with just a small orange E15 warning label. You add the clutter of video screens; signage advertising coffee, donuts and car washes; fuel pricing; and other myriad pump information, and consumers can become distracted. Before you know it, you have unfortunately put the wrong fuel in your boat.’’

David Kennedy, BoatUS manager of government affairs, cautioning recreational boaters about filling up with ``Regular 88’’ fuel, because the blend may contain up to 15 percent ethanol.