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Bear debate marked by contrast in funding

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Inland Fisheries Wildlife Commissioner Chandler Woodcock said the decision to send state biologists out to campaign came from Gov. He was one of two panelists chosen by Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting to speak for its campaign in a television forum held by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and WCSH-TV. Ten years ago the number of black bears tagged by hunters averaged 3,700 annually.
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Wolf hunt opens Wednesday

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Wisconsin's third annual wolf hunt opens Wednesday, but the 2014-15 harvest quota is only about 60 percent of what it was last year...Department of Natural Resources carnivore specialist David MacFarland said Zones 3 and 6 are the areas of concentration for the DNR. "Those areas have a lower quality of wolf habitat, more agriculture and a larger human population...
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