Albany – DEC has a serious shortage of environmental conservation officers that could grow if a long-awaited contract is approved and many ECOs choose to retire at that point. Peter Fanelli, DEC’s director of law enforcement, said the division is currently down 38 officers, a number that includes ECOs, lieutenants, investigators, investigative lieutenants, captains, majors […]
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Albany (AP) – Wildlife officials in New York may ban captive boar hunts as they try to curb a growing feral hog population before it gets as bad as it is in Southern states, where roaming droves have devastated crops and wildlife habitat with their rooting, wallowing and voracious foraging. Feral swine are breeding in
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Southern District Highlights Basement spill leads to panic (Orange County) On June 22, ECO Michael Bello received an after-hours call from dispatch requesting he respond to assist the Town of Deer Park police with a mess of a spill into neighboring yards and the Neversink River. Earlier in the day, a Port Jervis resident noticed
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I’m not a massive fan of the U.S. Forest Service lottery system for obtaining a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits, but it’s worked pretty well for me the past couple of years. If you have your act together, and know what entry point you wanted when the lottery period opened, you’d get your permit.
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Springfield – A court has ruled that agents in the state can search taxidermy businesses without a warrant. The ongoing battle ended in the 7th Circuit Court in Springfield late in September when a judge ruled that the government has a substantial interest in regulating the taxidermy industry. According to Illinois Wildlife Code, taxidermists must
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Region I A District 1 CPO investigated a complaint of an individual keeping wild turkeys in an enclosed pen in his back yard. Upon arrival the officer could plainly see an enclosed pen housing six wild turkeys in the back yard. The owner of the property stated he caught them in his back yard and
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Springfield – A little over a year into it, Illinois’ grasslands wildlife biologist Mike Wefer is settling into his job. But he’s got a mighty challenge ahead of him: The state’s upland game species are in a tenuous condition. “He’s done a good job so far,” said Dave Howell, a Quail Unlimited regional director. “He’s
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The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides, and the following sporting goods stores: South Crab Orchard Lake: Crappie action continues to be good. Minnows and jigs in 6-8 feet of water around the brush should produce a nice mess of fish. Around the rocks and bridges about 10
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Springfield – The first shoe – make that hunting boot – has fallen in the Jeff Foiles case. As expected, the Illinois-based waterfowler, call maker and hunting video star was officially sentenced to serve 13 months in prison after his guilty plea was accepted Sept. 21 in U.S. District Court in Springfield. Foiles, 54, of
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