By Steve Piatt Editor Syracuse, N.Y. – DEC is continuing to gauge hunter sentiment on Quality Deer Management-like regulations for several central New York Wildlife Management Units. This time, the department has contracted with Cornell University’s Human Dimension Research Unit to take a random telephone poll of 400 deer hunters to gather their opinions on […]
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Staff report Elizabethtown, N.Y. – Deer hunters seems to have Mother Nature on their side heading into this year’s Northern Zone deer season. A mild winter created a perfect 1-2 combination for boosting deer numbers – low winter mortality followed by excellent reproduction in the spring. “That’s really the big news heading into this season,”
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Staff report Oswego, N.Y. – A U.S. Coast Guard plan to create live firing zones on the Great Lakes includes three sites on Lake Ontario and has sparked some concerns that fishing boats could unknowingly enter the “safety zones.” Coast Guard officials, however, say observers would be on hand to make sure no civilian watercraft
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By Tim Eisele Correspondent Green Bay, Wis. — The state Natural Resources Board has directed the DNR to take new fishing tournament rules to public hearings, but not until it shot down an alternative that would have had state anglers paying some costs incurred to monitor tournaments. Board members thought they’d made clear their opposition
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer Bismarck, N.D. — Current provisions in the Farm Bill are contributing to the loss in the Prairie Pothole Region of the native prairie important to duck production, according to Ducks Unlimited. The group is aiming to change that in the 2007 federal Farm Bill with an amendment known as “Sodsaver,”
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — Changes to the way land appraisals for the Wetlands Reserve Program are done have officials at the Natural Resources Conservation Service working harder to enroll landowners into the program. An audit completed by the Office of the Inspector General, released in August of 2005, found NRCS wasn’t
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — For the second consecutive year, hunters don’t have to wait until November to target deer with a gun. For one weekend this month – Oct. 14 and 15 – whitetails are fair game for gun hunters in five northwest and three north metro permit areas. “It knocked
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Staff report Ray Brook, N.Y. – New York state may have lost one or two percent of its moose population to highway mishaps and, in one case, a railroad accident this summer and early fall. DEC officials said four moose – three bulls and a cow – were killed in accidents across the North Country,
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