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December 3, 2024

Early ice getting positive reviews in Minnesota, officials urge anglers to use caution

After two years of tenuous ice conditions thanks to record snowfalls and warm weather in Minnesota, this early-ice season is showing promising signs for potentially a solid year of lake ice across the state.
“It looks like we should be making some ice every day. We’ve got some single-digit temperatures overnight, which is nice, and there’s not much snow cover,” said Chad Mertz, owner of Pines Resort and Campground on Lake Winnibigoshish.

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Canada lynx proposed for new habitat protections in U.S. southern Rockies

U.S. wildlife officials finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx on Nov. 27 and proposed new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for the forest-dwelling wildcats that are threatened by climate change.
The fate of the proposal is uncertain under President-elect Donald Trump: Officials during the Republican’s first term sought unsuccessfully to strip lynx of protections that they’ve had since 2000 under the Endangered Species Act.

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Colorado officials are hunting a coyote that attacked and injured a 4-year-old girl

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are hunting a coyote that attacked a 4-year-old girl on Thanksgiving after she mistook it for a dog crouching behind a tree, the agency announced over the weekend.
The girl and another child approached the coyote in northern Colorado Springs, about an hour’s drive south of Denver, when the animal lunged, grabbing the back of her head and causing serious injuries that led to a night in the hospital, CPW said in a press release Saturday.

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Mike Raykovicz: Don’t forget to report your deer or bear harvest in New York

Deer season closes Dec. 8 in both the Northern and Southern Zone in New York and undoubtedly many hunters have been successful. The meat has been butchered and packaged and freezers are full, but there is one more important chore to complete before putting the hunting gear away for another year. 
Reporting any deer or bear kill is a mandatory hunting requirement, but it’s a task many hunters neglect to do.

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Gretchen Steele: Delta Waterfowl welcomes new regional director for Illinois

Delta Waterfowl has recruited a new regional director for the state of Illinois to boost chapter committees as the organization’s volunteer chapter system continues to grow.
According to the Delta Waterfowl website, Matt Ward will lead Delta’s existing chapters in the state, pioneer new chapters, and provide crucial support to volunteers as they hold fundraising events that support Delta’s mission to produce ducks and secure the future of waterfowl hunting in North America.

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