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May 12, 2011

Wolves remain protected in Washington state

Although wolves have been removed from federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection in the eastern third of Washington state, they remain protected as a state endangered species throughout Washington. Under Congressional direction that prevents any judicial review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has removed the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves from […]

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Wisconsin Senate committee to vote on earn-a-buck rules

Madison, Wis. (AP) – The state Senate’s natural resources committee is set to vote on a bill that would scale back Wisconsin’s much-maligned earn-a-buck program. Hunters in areas where earn-a-buck applies must kill an antlerless deer before they can take a buck. Hunters generally despise the requirements because it forces them to pass up trophy kills.

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Alaska Biologists study lake trout population for trouble

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Federal biologists are seeking answers to why lake trout in Hidden Lake on the Kenai Peninsula appear to be shrinking both in size and numbers. The Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday that Ken Gates of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying the size and status of lake trout in

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NRA antler theft charges dropped against Maryland Men

Pittsburgh (AP) – Pittsburgh police aren’t commenting on a prosecutor’s decision to drop charges against two workers charged with stealing two massive sets of elk antlers after the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh Allegheny County District Attorney’s spokesman Mike Manko tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the charges were withdrawn at a scheduled preliminary hearing Tuesday

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OH: Rain hurts fishing, hunt trips

Columbus – While the rains are seriously dampening Ohio’s spring wild turkey hunting, they’re figuratively drowning the fishing. And while Northeast Ohio steelheaders have felt the thunder of passing rain showers, so, too, have their inland counterparts. Not surprisingly either is that all of the precipitation has water-logged fish spawning conditions throughout the state’s system

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OH: Gross walleye overbag results in fines, license suspensions

Port Clinton, Ohio – Thirteen out-of-state walleye fishermen pleaded guilty to overbagging violations that have resulted in restitutions totaling nearly $5,000, the DNR Division of Wildlife reported. DOW investigators conducted a surveillance April 6 on Sandusky Bay in Lake Erie that resulted in 22 walleye-related charges being filed against the fishermen from Iowa, Illinois and

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