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Webcam installed to capture activities in Hays eagles’ nest

By Outdoor Heritage
The batteries for transmission of the feed have been donated by Interstate Batteries of North Versailles. Powers is also using solar panels for the camera system. "This is going to show real life," Fazi said. "This is going to be educational. The bird is protected by state laws as well as the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Mary Ann Thomas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.
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Pike fishing prospects are at an all-time high across North Dakota

By Hunting
...northern pike as the species of choice among the state's anglers. --The North Dakota Game and Fish Department first stocked Devils Lake with northern pike in 1956. --Greg Power, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, offers this list of the top state waters for big northern pike: 1. Lake Sakawea; 2. (tie) Lake Oahe/Missouri River and Lake Darling; 3. Lake Audubon. Other big lakes, including Devils Lake, Pipestem Reservoir, Lake Ashtabula and Lake Tschida...
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BRIEF: State’s wolf harvest officially ends Monday

By Wolves
...wolf harvest. Wolf Harvest Zone 3 is the sixth and last wolf harvest zone to be closed this season, according to a DNR news release. Zone 3 is in the northwest part of the state and includes portions of Burnett, Washburn, Rusk and Taylor counties. The other regions of the state had already been closed to wolf hunting and trapping, when quotas were met. The wolf hunting season in Zone 3 began slowly, but hunters neared the DNR's quota over the weekend, harvesting...
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Wildlife officers determined to catch nasty python invading South Florida

By Issues
African python. Growing larger than the notorious Burmese and with a nastier disposition, the snake also known as the African rock python was first spotted in South Florida in 2002 -- probably an abandoned pet. About 30 have been found over the past five years, mainly around the C-4 levee north of Tamiami Trail, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife biologist Jennifer Eckles. While Eckles said there's no estimate of the population, the snakes...
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Grizzly bear issue heating up

By Issues
Biologists have proven that Yellowstone grizzlies always have had a far higher diet of animal protein than grizzlies studied elsewhere. Outside of the park there are grizzlies in the Washakie Wilderness, North and South Absaroka Wilderness areas of Wyoming today -- places where bears hadn't been seen in more than a century! There have been reports of grizzlies in the northern Wind River Range in Wyoming, again an area where grizzlies hadn't been seen in modern times.
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BRIEF: Wolf season closes in Northeastern Minnesota zone

By Hunting, Wolves
...of Wednesday afternoon, hunters and trappers had harvested 33 wolves in the zone, reaching the zone's target harvest. Wolf hunting and trapping continues in the northwest and east-central wolf zones to anyone with a valid license. The late season in those zones is scheduled to end Jan. 31 or whenever the target harvest is expected to be met, whichever comes first. As of Wednesday, hunters and trappers had harvested 51 wolves in the northwest zone, where the target harvest is 89,...
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