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December 10, 2024

Habitat planning for bad weather is key to supporting Iowa’s pheasant populations

The first snow of the season is a popular event with pheasant hunters because it often sends the birds to cover where hunters expect to find them. And while a little snow is good, too much snow can be bad, burying waste grains that are an important food source and collapsing marginal habitat.
This was the scenario Iowa experienced from 2007 to 2011 when winters were averaging 30-50 inches of snow, and the spring nesting season was averaging 7-12 inches of rain. The statewide pheasant population survey was knocked down from 27 birds per 30-mile route, to an all-time low of seven.

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Little Grassy Lake in southern Illinois to be completely drained as USFWS ‘proactive’ measure

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a proactive approach and drawdown of Little Grassy Lake in southern Illinois is necessary to protect communities downstream.
Little Grassy Lake is a deep, clear, 1,000-acre impoundment located in the south portion of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge between Marion and Carbondale in Williamson County.

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Carp eDNA found in central Kentucky lake

Using environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife found six of 330 samples taken at Taylorsville Lake tested positive for invasive carp genetic material.
“A positive eDNA sample does not necessarily indicate the presence of live fish,” said Dave Dreves, director of the Fisheries Division at Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.

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World Shooting Complex in Sparta seeking a new site superintendent

Bolinski said this position is separate from the complex executive director role, which was filled a little over a year ago and has been occupied by Skip Klinger. While Klinger oversees shooting sports and other events at the facility, the site superintendent will be the complex caretaker the same as any other state park in Illinois has.

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