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Bill to suspend wolf hunt

By Wolves
Some groups and individuals have protested the hunt and filed lawsuits trying to prevent it. Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center. "The wolf data bill is an alternative proposal that addresses common-sense concerns with Minnesota's wolf population and wolf hunt," Dr.
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Oklahoma ready for statewide elk hunting

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The limit will be five elk in southwest and southeast Oklahoma. That number is excluding the elk taken in the controlled hunts or the elk hunts already established on private land in Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo counties, where elk have escaped to from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The elk herd in southeast Oklahoma is about 250, and state wildlife officials hope that legalizing an elk hunting season will deter poaching in the region. "There are a lot of elk getting killed...
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Kansas battle to reduce feral hog population seems to be working

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Most of the spread has more to do with highways than hooves. Both biologists blame hunters wanting to establish feral hog populations near their homes for the spread. They also banned all but landowners from sport hunting wild swine, too. Salter said the lone exception is in a Bourbon County in southeast Kansas, where some landowners desire feral pigs so they can hunt them with dogs.
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State confirms 4 new wolf packs

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...new pack, the Wenatchee Pack, appears to be made up of two female wolves from the Teanaway Pack, whose territory stretches between Ellensburg and Wenatchee. Under the state's Wolf management plan, a wolf pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together. Despite their growing numbers, wolves were involved in fewer conflicts with humans and livestock in 2013 than in the previous year, Martorello said. Stephanie Simek, WDFW's wolf conflict-resolution manager, said...
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BRIEF: Tribe gets grant to study wolves

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...grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will help the Colville Confederated Tribes' wildlife department continue to study gray wolves and develop a plan to manage them on the reservation. The tribes' fish and wildlife department is now conducing howling surveys, using remote cameras, trapping and collaring wolves and using DNA sampling to track their movements and identify home ranges, a news release from the tribe said. This winter, biologists used helicopters to locate...
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Arizona Game and Fish Not Supporting USFWS Finding on Jaguars

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On March 4, 2014, the Southwest Region of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) notified the public that the Service had designated 764,207 acres of land in Southern Arizona as critical habitat for the rarely-present jaguar. This action completed the third review by the Service that examines the need for jaguar critical habitat in Arizona. The two prior reviews found that designation of critical habitat in Arizona-New Mexico was not warranted. The Arizona Game and Fish Department does not support the latest finding of the Service that designating critical habitat is essential to the conservation of the jaguar. Game and Fish Assistant Director for Wildlife Management Jim deVos states, "I find it difficult to justify designating critical habitat…
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Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Celebrates Virginia Decision

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Washington, DC - Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed Sunday hunting into law, allowing Virginia to join the 40 other states that allow hunting on privately owned lands on Sundays. Sponsored by Delegate Todd Gilbert, and cosponsored by many members of the Virginia Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, HB 1237 passed the Senate on February 18 (28-11) after clearing the House of Delegates on January 30 (71-27). An identical bill (SB 154) sponsored by Senator Phillip Puckett also reached the Governor's desk, after passing the Senate on February 10 (29-10) and later the House on February 28 (73-24).With written permission of the landowner, Sunday hunting will now be allowed on private lands throughout Virginia; waterfowl hunting on public waters will likewise be…
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