Many water experts say they expect Obama to offer some kind of financial aid and cooperation of federal agencies with state and local authorities. Gov.
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...flow per a 2003 plan developed after similar litigation, and the minnow hasn't spawned in three years. Instead, what's spawning is another protracted legal battle to save a species that under current environmental conditions might not be saveable. A group of House Republicans is calling for an overhaul of the Endangered Species Act, with states getting more authority over the imperiled plants and animals and litigation from wildlife advocates limited. Forty years after the act...
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...animal should it escape. "Wildlife watchers outnumber wildlife killers five to one -- and if even a fraction of these kind of people use Air Angels, they'll go a long way toward exposing hunters' dirty secrets," the post read. Illinois already has banned the use of drones for the purpose. In a statement to The Verge, PETA maintained that it is monitoring hunters, not attempting to harass or interfere with them. Bedford said he did not know of any incidents in Alabama as...
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Last year, few bison migrated out of the park, preventing the park from culling the herd as staff had hoped. So far this hunting season, almost 100 bison have been killed. Hunter success only recently increased in the Gardiner area, with 23 bison killed since Jan. 23.
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At least in Oklahoma, it would be biologically unsound to manage with an antler point restriction." Harwell said both she and Rep. We just wanted to start the conversation." Peoples said the Wildlife Department does assist landowners who want to manage their property for bigger deer.
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Bob Jenson, R-Pendleton, introduced the bill at the request of a constituent and U.S. Army veteran who lost his eyesight while on active duty in Iraq. The vet, James Rabourne, grew up hunting in eastern Oregon, and wants to pursue the sport. Some lawmakers on the panel wanted to know whether they would qualify to get a laser sight because they wore glasses.
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That's down from 32 million in the previous farm bill. At least 5 percent of the program funding is directed to projects that support wildlife habitat, and wildlife considerations can be included in the application selection process.
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The Montana Land Board meets on March 18. He is offering to buy the ranch and deed it to the DNRC in return for the state's inholdings in his Dana Ranch. The Killam family was ranked No. 33 with 255,000 acres.
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More than 1,800 Copies of "The Real Wolf" Sold in First Week BOZEMAN, MONTANA - After many years of research, hundreds of face-to-face and telephone interviews and thousands upon thousands of miles of travel, Texas attorney and Montana landowner Ted Lyon came to the conclusion that "something had to be done about the wolves in North America. They had to be managed by people who truly understood what was going on in the field, and those people needed to be respected and supported." That "something" was Lyon's first book, "The Real Wolf - The Science, Politics and Economics of Co-Existing with Wolves in Modern Times", which just sold more than 1,800 copies in its first week of distribution in the…
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Pope & Young Issues Policy on UAV/Drone Assisted Bowhunting The Pope & Young Club, a non-profit North American Conservation and bowhunting organization announces policy on UAV/Drone assisted bowhunting. POSITION STATEMENT: DRONES The core values of the Pope and Young Club revolve around the principles of high standards of conduct and ethics in our bowhunting lifestyle. The Club believes that an ethical code is necessary for all responsible bowhunters and is the key to protecting bowhunting's future in our society. The concept of fair chase is a component of an ethical code. Simply defined, fair chase is the ethical, sportsmanlike and lawful pursuit of free-ranging wild game animals in a manner which does not give the bowhunter an improper or unfair…
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