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December 24, 2025

Canada ends program for remote border crossing

On Friday, Dec. 19, the Canadian Border Services Agency announced it would discontinue the long-standing remote area border crossing permit program by Sept. 14, 2026. People who have a remote area border crossing permit as of Sept. 1, 2023, will have their permit extended until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2026.
Prior to the mid-December announcement, all extended RABC permits were set to expire Dec. 31, 2025.

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Patrick Durkin: Dissecting the numbers from Wisconsin’s 2025 gun deer season

Wisconsin deer hunters killed lots of deer during the nine-day firearms season, with slightly more does and fawns shot than bucks.
That surprised some folks, given how many called Nov. 22-23 the quietest opening weekend they’ve ever heard. But y’know, magazine-emptying fusillades seem a thing of the past.

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Salmonid egg collection to benefit Illinois, Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan

Three million fish eggs destined for the Lake Michigan waters of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin have been collected in Michigan as part of an effort to keep the salmon fishery intact.
Specifically, Michigan’s DNR has been working throughout the fall gathering the eggs to produce fish for stocking. Fall egg collections have been completed for wild Chinook and coho salmon and for captive broodstocks of brown, brook, and lake trout.

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Bird flu killing flocks of snow geese again in Pennsylvania

Avian influenza appears to be impacting snow geese along the eastern edge of Pennsylvania.
In December, several hundred snow geese were discovered at a Northampton County quarry, and an avian influenza outbreak is the likely cause. Since the initial finding, the Pennsylvania Game Commission now estimates that 900 snow geese died at the site.

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