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Ohio Insider: Drone surveys show deer at or near healthy levels in counties hit hard by EHD last year

It’s well known by now that thousands of southeast Ohio whitetails succumbed to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) last summer. The epidemic was so bad, in fact, that it caused the ODNR Division of Wildlife to alter the deer bag limit in a handful of Ohio counties midstream last year.

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Pennsylvania legislator wants hearing on deputy cuts

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Ryan Rothstein: Assessing America’s wildlife recovery journey

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