It is intended to preserve antlerless deer and increase the population. First, following recommendations from the public at deer population goal-setting meetings in 2005 and 2006, the DNR began bringing deer populations down by issuing more antlerless deer permits. Officials discussed deer population modeling, the Winter Severity Index and deer research, using examples from specific deer permit areas.
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The population includes 107 packs and 20 breeding pairs. At the end of 2012, Idaho had an estimated 683 wolves, 117 packs and 34 breeding pairs. In 2013, hunters and trappers killed 356 wolves and another 94 were killed in population control actions authorized by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
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That statement lists the top three threats to sage grouse in Idaho as invasive plants, infrastructure and fire. Research in other states has shown the method benefits sage grouse, he said. Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, was one of several lawmakers to advocate for poison program funding in the state's fiscal year 2014 agriculture appropriations bill, he said.
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...unchanged from the prior year even as state wildlife agencies adopted aggressive tactics to drive down wolf numbers.Under pressure from livestock and hunting groups, Idaho officials have used helicopters to shoot packs. Montana has eased hunting and trapping rules.Federal wolf recovery coordinator Mike Jimenez says he expects the population to gradually decline over time in the face of the states' efforts, but to remain healthy.
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DURANGO, Colo. - All hunters and anglers who are concerned about wildlife and related issues are invited to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southwest Region "Sportsmen's Roundtable" meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., April 14, at the Monte Vista Co-Op in the San Luis Valley. The meeting is part of the statewide "Sportsmen's Roundtable" process set up by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to assure that hunters and anglers statewide can provide input, concerns and discuss issues with leaders of the agency. During the first hour of the meeting a presentation about an ongoing elk research project will be given by local wildlife managers. In the South San Juan Mountains, Parks and Wildlife biologists have put radio-telemetry collars on elk to monitor their movements…
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...door meeting today, were culled from a list of 13 applicants, according to a Game and Fish spokeswoman. They are: --Edward "Ted" Koch -- a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee. --Brian Wakeling -- an Arizona Game and Fish Department employee. --Alexandra J. Sandoval -- a New Mexico Department of Game and Fish employee. --Matthew Wunder -- a New Mexico Department of Game and Fish employee. The Game Commission is expected to conduct finalist...
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DALLAS-It's 9,500 miles from West Texas to South Africa. But both places are home to wildlife species joined in a struggle that pits local, on-the-ground conservation measures against the world's most suffocating bureaucracy in Washington D.C. The lesser prairie chicken is proposed for listing as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week. The African lion is in the queue for same consideration, the agency says. "Everyone wants healthy wildlife, but nothing divides people and fractures efforts more than wrapping that issue in politics," said Dallas Safari Club (DSC) Executive Director Ben Carter. Carter pointed out the Endangered Species Act's poor record in species recovery. Since 1973, hundreds of species have…
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On Wednesday, April 2, the Nebraska Senate failed to override the Governor's veto of LB 671-the mountain lion hunting ban. Pushed by Senator Ernie Chambers, the motion which needed 30 votes to pass only garnered 24 yes votes. "This is a huge win for sportsmen and scientific wildlife management," said Nick Pinizzotto, USSA's president and CEO. "Nebraska sportsmen should thank Governor Heineman for vetoing this bill-and the sportsmen-friendly legislators that sustained the veto." On Monday, March 24, the Nebraska legislature passed the bill that removes the authority of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to manage the state's growing mountain lion population. The effort to ban mountain lion hunting is being driven by Senator Ernie Chambers. Senator Chambers has vowed…
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By then Fleischaker was standing between Smith and her two children. "It wasn't running away.
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Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is correct that the Endangered Species Act could do with a small change in how species are counted. Stewart wants the feds to count species that dwell on both private and public land. The bill does not compromise the goals of the Act to preserve species.
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