The bear that died had been previously trapped and fitted with a radio collar.Grizzly bears were first listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1975. Teams plan to start trapping on public land in the southern Madison range this weekend.
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BOZEMAN - As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey would like to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific trapping operations will continue on private land in the southern Madison Mountains, Montana. In agreement with landowners, biologists, with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST), will be working until July 15th on private land in southwest Montana. Trapping operations can include a variety of activities, but all areas where work is being conducted will have major access points marked with warning signs. It is critical that the public heed these signs. Monitoring of grizzly bear distribution and other activities are vital…
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An FWS document acknowledges that between 1980 and 2012, the lesser prairie chicken's occupied range increased by 159 percent. Yet it's clear that the lesser prairie chicken is actually increasing in number thanks to state-level conservation efforts. No federal intervention is necessary. Thus, the evidence suggests federal officials' true regulatory goal wasn't to increase the number of prairie chickens.
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Total payments amounted to $190,000. In response, Feld Entertainment sued the groups under federal anti-racketeering laws known as the RICO Act. According to a statement posted at ringlingbrostrialinfo.com, the court found that the animal rights groups and their attorneys "sought to conceal the nature, extent and purpose of the payments" during the litigation.
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June 12--New Mexicans need to do more with less water, according to Sen. The dam's managers are required to pass through incoming water, only capturing water temporarily in a major flood.
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Co-plaintiffs in the case are Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have announced an agreement to extend and expand the Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) Federal Grant for at-risk species in Oklahoma, a development that promises to enhance current efforts to conserve the lesser prairie chicken. The grant's scope has been expanded to allow the Wildlife Department to focus remaining LIP funds and resources on helping Oklahoma landowners who are enrolled in the Lesser Prairie Chicken Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA). Also, the Service has agreed to extend the LIP grant until June 30, 2015. "Facilitating the expansion of the scope of this grant enables ODWC to focus additional resources on private landowners enrolled in the Oklahoma…
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed temporary rules regarding coyote hunting in the five-county red wolf reintroduction area in northeastern North Carolina. The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 19 in the auditorium of Columbia High School, located at 902 East Main Street, Columbia, in Tyrrell County. The comment period is June 2-23. Comments can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 1701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1701. For more information on Wildlife Commission temporary rulemaking, go to http://www.ncwildlife.org/ProposedRegulations.aspx. The temporary rules will fulfill the requirements of a recent federal court order that prohibits taking of coyotes in Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde,…
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It seems to them they've got that many in their backyards. Central Florida tops the state in nuisance-bear complaints. Bear kills on roadways are a growing problem too. None will be near neighborhoods. Next week, doughnuts will be dangled about six feet off the ground from a wire tied between two trees.
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The Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission is seeking comment though June 23 on some upcoming hunting seasons and additional proposals related to sage grouse and wolves. For sage grouse, the commission is seeking comment on a proposal that would either maintain the same 30-day season and two-bird daily bag and four bird possession limit as last season; adopt shorter seasons and reduced bag and possession limits; impose region-specific hunting opportunities or closures; or close the sage grouse hunting season statewide. The sage grouse proposal comes in response to surveys on sage grouse breeding grounds called "leks" that show a continued population decline of the state's largest native upland game bird. Montana's 2004 management plan identifies a season closure when lek…
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