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June 20, 2011

Watch Minnesota roadways in June and July for swans

People who encounter a white, four-foot-tall bird walking down a road are asked to give it the right-of-way, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said. Trumpeter swan families with newly hatched young will sometimes cross highways or rest on the shoulders of highways that border their nesting marshes. They are at risk of being […]

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Minnesota ruffed grouse counts still high; sharp-tail count decreases slightly

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were higher than last year across most of the bird’s range, according to a report released by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “The grouse population is probably still near the high end of the 10-year cycle,” said Mike Larson, DNR research scientist and grouse biologist, “because drumming counts

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Missouri: MDC & U of M using radio collars for elk research

Radio collars will help answer questions about elk population growth and habitat use All 34 elk and five new calves at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Peck Ranch Conservation Area are sporting new jewelry, specifically radio collars, which are part of a cooperative research project with the University of Missouri. According to MDC Resource

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NH: Learn how to run your own trap line — Free Workshop June 25 in Holderness

HOLDERNESS, N.H. — Learn the skills you need to set up and manage your own trap line in New Hampshire at a free workshop being offered on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at the N.H. Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, N.H. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To sign

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Iowa: Dubuque County Fish Kill Traced to Livestock Operation

A fish kill on Whitewater Creek in Dubuque County was determined to have originated at an open lot hog and cattle operation near Peosta. The livestock operation is owned by Wayne Demmer of rural Peosta. Manure from the feed lots flows to a reception pit that overflowed due to recent heavy rains in the local

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Sportsmen Win Courtroom Battle Over Hunting on Public Lands

The lengthy battle over hunting access on dozens of units of the 100 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge system has ended in favor of hunters. In April 2011, federal Judge James S. Gwin ruled for sportsmen across America by granting summary judgment denying a lawsuit filed by anti-hunting groups aimed at closing hunting on National Wildlife

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Trout take flight — to New Hampshire’s remote ponds

CONCORD, N.H. — This week, some brook trout took to the air for distribution into remote ponds in New Hampshire. Every year, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department contracts a helicopter to stock remote ponds from Sunapee to Pittsburg. During this one-day event, 48 remote ponds were stocked with brook trout fingerlings from New

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OK: Altus sportsman, farmer and rancher named to Wildlife Commission

Altus sportsman Robert Dan Robbins will serve as the District 7 representative on the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission through 2019, after having recently been appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin and confirmed by the Oklahoma Senate. Born and raised in Altus, Robbins is a fourth generation farmer and rancher whose great-grandfather arrived to the area in

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