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Conservation group calls deal to protect huge northern Wisconsin forest ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity

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Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday, Jan. 30, that he secured federal money to complete the largest land conservation purchase in Wisconsin history, going around Republicans in the Legislature who had blocked the project.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) planned last year to spend about $4 million from the state’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program to help finance the purchase of a conservation easement on the nearly 70,000-acre property east of Rhinelander in northern Wisconsin’s Oneida County known as the Pelican River Forest.

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Louisiana looks to revive black bear hunt after nearly 40 years

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A move is under way that animal-rights advocates hope will persuade the state to end plans to overturn a nearly 40-year-old hunting ban on black bears in Louisiana.
Jeff Dorson, executive director of the Humane Society of Louisiana, started an online petition in late December after the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries began a process that could let hunters kill up to 10 bears this year.

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Former leader Oliver North testifies in New York NRA trial

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Oliver North testified Tuesday, Jan. 23, that he was forced out of the National Rifle Association after raising allegations of financial irregularities within the powerful lobbying organization, likening the group’s reaction to that of a “circular firing squad.”

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Wayne LaPierre, one of the most powerful figures in U.S. gun policy, leaves NRA days before trial

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The longtime head of the National Rifle Association announced on Friday, Jan. 5, his resignation, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and other extravagant perks at the powerful gun rights organization’s expense.

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Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

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Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet federal government data reveals striking disparities in how much money is allocated to save various biological kingdoms.
Of the roughly $1.2 billion a year spent on endangered and threatened species, about half goes toward recovery of just two types of fish: salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast.

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122 people rescued from Upper Red Lake ice chunk on Dec. 29

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More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday, authorities said.
The anglers were on an ice floe in the southeastern area of Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County – about 200 miles northwest of Minneapolis – when it broke loose from the shoreline. An emergency call shortly before 5 p.m. said the people were stranded with more than 30 feet (9 meters) separating them from shore, according to a statement by the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office.

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Anglers help rescue an Indiana man after he survived 6 days on only rainwater

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A 27-year-old man survived for six days on only rainwater while pinned tightly inside his crashed pickup truck beneath a highway bridge in northwest Indiana, police said.
His ordeal ended when two men scouting for fishing spots on Tuesday afternoon noticed the badly damaged vehicle, its white airbag deployed, and reached inside.

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As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those who first enforced it reflect on its mixed legacy

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On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.”
The powerful new law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America and enjoyed nearly unanimous bipartisan support. The Act was so sweeping that, in retrospect, it was bound to become controversial.

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