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April 13, 2009

Wisconsin testing 70 lakes, rivers for fish virus

Madison, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is testing more than 70 state lakes and rivers for a deadly fish virus. It’s also expanding efforts to look at susceptible species in the Lake Winnebago system. Fisheries expert Mike Staggs says testing didn’t find the disease in any new waters a year ago. […]

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Wolf Depredations Confirmed; Wolves Killed Under Federal 10j Rule

A landowner shot and killed a wolf on March 18 after witnessing the wolf harassing dogs on private property near Grant southwest of Dillon. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service investigated the incident and determined it was warranted. Under the Federal 10j rule a wolf in the experimental area, which includes southwest Montana, can legally

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Connecticut online fishing, hunting licenses booming

Hartford, Conn. (AP) – With the fishing season set to start in just days, many bait and tackle shops are not selling fishing licenses for the first time in decades. One retailer says he can’t justify the $1,856 the Department of Environmental Protection is charging for a terminal to sell licenses. But a Voluntown retailer

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No CWD found in Arizona deer and elk testing

Phoenix – The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports lab tests found no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the 2,343 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona’s 2008-09 hunting season. The department has tested approximately 12,500 deer and elk samples since beginning its surveillance program in 1998.

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Hunter pleads guilty in WV teen’s shooting death

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – A St. Albans man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a teenager during a turkey hunting trip. Twenty-year-old Andrew Scott Hardin pleaded guilty Friday to a felony and two misdemeanors. Authorities say Hardin shot 16-year-old St. Albans resident Nicholas Lee Caldwell while hunting in April 2008.

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