...-- Turkey outfitters aren't giving up hope that they can overturn a recent decision to allow guided waterfowl hunts in Idaho. In September, the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board lifted a 25-year moratorium on guided turkey and waterfowl hunts in Idaho. Back then, the state Department of Fish and Game feared landowners would lease land to licensed outtfitters or clubs and result in a loss of public hunting access. The board's decision is considered a legislative rule...
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But a gray wolf known as OR7 spent more than a year in Northern California after migrating from Oregon. That wolf crossed back into Oregon on March 1. Officials at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife expect more wolves to eventually disperse into California. That petition is still pending. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also extended the public comment period on the federal delisting proposal for the wolf.
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...elk and deer meat still warm, especially in its core, soured by putting the warm meat in coolers and also plastic bags," he said. "Many conversations with meat locker-butcher shops during facility inspections over the years confirm that this is a common error in packing/storing warm elk and deer meat. "One case, for example, involved poachers using ORVs who had killed two elk on National Forest Land, boned out the bulls and neatly wrapped all of the meat in black plastic bags. The meat...
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All announced success or failure by choosing a lane of traffic cones. One lane for hunters who harvested deer on the opening weekend of Idaho's regular deer season. Admiration colored Woolley's voice as he described a deer. "That's what you come to Idaho for. If deer were only field dressed and not cut up, biologists weighed them too.
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Hansen said the aforementioned river section is one of the more successfully fished and increasingly popular portions of the river. The rule of thumb is water, flowing at a pace similar to a relaxed walk, two to six feet deep. Those fish must be hatchery fish, which are marked by a clipped adipose fin.
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...the bikeway that is specifically impinging on the orchids and sensitive habitat and requiring CDOT to take action. That affected ground, located in the area where South Boulder Creek crosses under the highway, includes ideal habitat for the Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, a perennial plant with small white or ivory flowers, and the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, a small water-loving rodent with large hind feet suited to leaping. Both are federally listed as threatened species. CDOT...
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...22--LAS CRUCES -- Wolves and cattle ranchers have come head to head again in the Gila and Apache national forests. Attacks on livestock have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue orders to remove three Mexican wolves from the New Mexico and Arizona land where the endangered species is being reintroduced, according to internal memorandums. The service says its goal is to capture the wolves alive and hold them in captivity, likely in one of the service's 52 breeding...
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A bill to hold FWP responsible for such damages was vetoed by Gov. Steve Bullock. "The bottom line is landowners in Montana want to be part of the solution to restoring bison," Denowh said. "It's already happening. Private entities and tribes are restoring bison." Under its original plan, FWP had proposed having an EIS finalized by next winter.
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Since the 1950s, hunters have been required to register deer at stations. Though time-consuming, the practice enabled the DNR to collect important physical data on harvested deer. The action team recommended an aggregation only if it retained current DMU boundaries so historical information would be valid. The DNR has 134 deer management units.
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