...agency's failure to designate critical habitat for the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear. "The Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population has been warranted and waiting for uplisting to endangered status for over 20 years, since 1993," said Mike Garrity, executive director of the alliance. "The Fish and Wildlife Service has also never designated critical habitat for the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear even though a published scientific journal article found that species with critical habitat for...
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The results of Michigan's 2014 wolf population survey indicate no significant change in the estimated number of wolves in the Upper Peninsula compared to the results of last year's survey, Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division officials said Wednesday. DNR wildlife biologists estimate there was a minimum of 636 wolves in Michigan this winter, with a confidence interval of plus-or-minus 42 animals. In comparison, the 2013 population estimate was 658 wolves, with a confidence interval of plus-or-minus 56 animals. "Based on the 2014 minimum population estimate, it is clear that wolf numbers in Michigan are stable and have experienced no significant change," said Adam Bump, DNR furbearer and bear specialist. "We also did not see a significant difference in the…
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Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, calling hunting "a piece of the solution." But Rep. The reason they're interacting with humans is trash.
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There has been some regenerative growth, though not as much as we'll see in a year or two. A decade later, the general-season archery elk season was eliminated in the Colockum, and permit hunts in generally were largely eliminated.
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That state's laws also make it illegal to interfere with lawful hunting and fishing activities. The Senate proposals were introduced by state Sen. Those are separate proposals for hunting and fishing. John Gordner, R-27, cosponsored the bipartisan legislation in the Senate.
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Spring Black Bear Season To Close In Bear Management Unit 700 By order of the Montana Fish &Wildlife Commission, the hunting of all black bears in Bear Management Unit 700 closed one-half hour after sunset on Monday, April 21, 2014. The order halting the hunt came shortly after Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest quota for the district had been met. To check Montana's black bear harvest go to the 2014 Black Bear Hunting Status Report by Bear Management Unit link: http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/huntingGuides/blackBear.
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Marc Gergely of Allegheny County, are seeking co-sponsors for a bill that would reauthorize the conservation tag program. Commissioner Ralph Martone of New Castle is interested in adding a second week to the statewide archery bear season. One would allow Sunday hunting for all species in Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties.
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MISSOULA, Mont.--A massive bighorn sheep that died of natural causes and was later found by wildlife officials could be a new World's Record, according to the Boone and Crockett Club. The ram was found in Alberta. The skull now is in possession of provincial officials and will be entered into Boone and Crockett records on behalf of the citizens of Alberta. "Many hunters are unaware that Boone and Crockett records include many found trophies," said Richard Hale, chairman of the Club's Big Game Records Committee. "The main reason we keep records is to document conservation success. Although they aren't taken by hunters, found trophies are nonetheless an important gauge of outstanding habitat, strong recruitment of game animals into older age…
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Wyo. (AP) -- A golden eagle that was apparently electrocuted near Sheridan was more than 30 years old, which ties the record for second-oldest in the species that has ever been tagged in North America, Wyoming wildlife officials said. The eagle was found March 19 on Soldier Creek Road by a resident, who alerted Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials, the Sheridan Press reported ( http://bit.ly/1pivUH1 ).The bird's body was found under a...
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Wolves are causing an impact, there is no doubt about it; I don't want to downplay that at all, but two-legged wolves are probably killing more or stealing more game than wolves. For example, Cummings said there is a $10,000 civil penalty in Idaho for poaching a moose, and a $750 fine for illegally killing an elk. Hill said his definition is simple: anyone who violates hunting rules to take an animal.
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