Bill Cochran is a Roanoke Times outdoors columnist.

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Bill Cochran's Outdoors

Recent columns

• Less freedom at Hatteras for surf casters
• Here’s the scoop on hunting shed antlers
• Want more grouse? Get used to hearing chainsaws
• Sunday hunting bills aplenty, but some hunters hold out
• Column archive

Bill's Mailbag

• Hunting for a book on rabbit hunting
• More comments on Sunday hunting
• Mail archive

Bill's Field Reports

• Winterize your boat? Heck no! Keep on fishing
• Senator gets attention of DGIF
• Field reports archive

Resources

• Trout stocking schedule

BILL: I applaud your coverage of the problems that ethanol can cause to boat owners (see last week’s Cochran column). I hope EPA gets the message that the E15 blending mandate is a threat to a lot of property and public safety and it heeds what a number of us commented on, and you wrote about, that the only safe way to do this is to leave all premium unleaded ethanol free. Will be interesting to see what they rule.

BILL:  Thanks for helping on the ethanol issue. It’s a mess. We fliers need the help from boaters. There are many more of you guys.