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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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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A necropsy of the carcass will be conducted Friday. This is the third reported lion incident in the last few weeks. On Jan. 27, two dogs were attacked by a mountain lion off Bogus Basin Road, and the following day, a jogger with a dog encountered a lion in the Avimor Subdivision off Idaho 55.
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...conservation. Landowners with the highest-ranking applications will be selected to receive payments up to 125 percent of the estimated cost of establishing their conservation plan. The lesser prairie chicken has seen its population reduced by 84 percent in recent years, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The service originally scheduled a listing-determination for December, but then granted an extension. Under the Endangered Species Act, threatened species are...
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Rob Bishop, are correct in calling for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act. What they want are targeted reforms that place a greater emphasis on the law's intent, which is getting endangered species delisted. They are steps to make sure that the money spent on the Endangered Species Act accomplishes its main goal, protecting endangered species until they can be delisted.
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...drought as state fishing regulators shut down recreational angling on portions of two water-starved rivers because of concerns about the survival of salmon and steelhead trout.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Natural Resources Conservation Service announced another $14 million for water management improvements in the state, a day after Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack committed $20 million.Meanwhile, California's Fish and Game Commission...
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...hunting and fishing measure, as the Obama administration announced its opposition to the bill.The legislation would require the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to open public lands under their jurisdiction for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting."This legislation ensures that American's ability to fish and hunt will not be limited by the whim of federal bureaucrats," Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said.Members adopted by...
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...as a law professor at the University of Idaho.Goble added that the main reason some species linger for decades on the endangered list is a shortage of federal money to help pay for their recovery.Vanderbilt Law School professor J.B. Ruhl said previous attempts to reform the Endangered Species Act in the 1990s and again last decade failed. Regardless of the merits of the latest proposal, Ruhl said the topic remains a "third rail" many...
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