Application Date for Pay for Presence Program for Mexican Wolves Extended PHOENIX -- The Mexican Wolf/Livestock Coexistence Council is extending the deadline for livestock producers to submit applications to receive payments for wolf presence under the Mexican Wolf/Livestock Coexistence Plan. The previous May 1 deadline has been extended to June 2 to accommodate additional livestock producers desiring to apply. The Coexistence Plan, announced in March 2014, is comprised of three core strategies: payments for wolf presence, funding for conflict avoidance measures, and funding for depredation compensation. "We hope to broaden the number of Arizona and New Mexico livestock producers that receive financial compensation to offset the additional management costs associated with the presence of wolves," said Coexistence Council Chairman Sisto…
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Bipartisan Vote Supports Sportsmen's Call for Transparency in Environmental Litigation MISSOULA, Mont.--The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill to publish details on lawsuits lost or settled by federal agencies that must pay the private legal fees of the other side. The Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act, H.R. 2919 - which passed the House on May 6 by voice vote with support of both Democrats and Republicans - would create an online public database of court cases against the U.S. government. Agencies do not keep usable data on cases brought against them according to investigations by the Government Accounting Office. H.R. 2919 would provide a common base of information available to all citizens. Boone and…
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Fish and Wildlife Service and state and county officials in Utah intended to keep two rare species of desert flowers off the federal list of endangered species.Environmentalists have been trying for more than 30 years to win Endangered Species Act protection for the Graham's and White River beardtongue species of penstemon, which are known to grow only on oil shale outcroppings in the Uinta Basin.The Fish and Wildlife Service formally proposed...
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...agency's failure to designate critical habitat for the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear. "The Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population has been warranted and waiting for uplisting to endangered status for over 20 years, since 1993," said Mike Garrity, executive director of the alliance. "The Fish and Wildlife Service has also never designated critical habitat for the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear even though a published scientific journal article found that species with critical habitat for...
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Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, calling hunting "a piece of the solution." But Rep. The reason they're interacting with humans is trash.
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That state's laws also make it illegal to interfere with lawful hunting and fishing activities. The Senate proposals were introduced by state Sen. Those are separate proposals for hunting and fishing. John Gordner, R-27, cosponsored the bipartisan legislation in the Senate.
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Wolves are causing an impact, there is no doubt about it; I don't want to downplay that at all, but two-legged wolves are probably killing more or stealing more game than wolves. For example, Cummings said there is a $10,000 civil penalty in Idaho for poaching a moose, and a $750 fine for illegally killing an elk. Hill said his definition is simple: anyone who violates hunting rules to take an animal.
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...list the rare grouse, native to New Mexico and four other states, has been chastised by landowners for the effects they fear it will have on their operations, including an onslaught of regulations and fees to protect the bird. Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative employee Kory Webb said the biggest issue resulting from the decision is a violation of property rights and private land. "If the federal government can control your land, they can control you," said Webb, who was met...
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Bears ought to run from people, especially if shooed away or hazed. Despite FWC's repeated explanations, critics assailed the agency on social-media sites.
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Late Monday evening the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) captured an adult male bear near the scene of a recent bear attack in the Carisbrooke neighborhood of Lake Mary. As with the other bears, the FWC removed from the neighborhood, this bear showed signs of being highly habituated to people. Therefore, staff determined that this bear was a potential threat to public safety and needed to be put down. FWC staff will remain in the area working with residents and local authorities. The FWC reminds residents in this area to be aware of their surroundings and always supervise pets and children while outdoors. The FWC relies on residents to report threatening bear behavior. Residents should contact the FWC's…
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