Ruling could open door for shooting derbies in Idaho
Court says east-central Idaho wolf and coyote derby doesn’t need Forest Service permit.
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GPS-collar failures hinder wolf-tracking in Oregon
The minimum known wolf population in 2016 was 112, a 2 percent increase from 2015, the report said. That’s much smaller than the previous three years in which the population increased by 27, or 36 percent. The weak increase could be caused by wolves being present but not counted, decreased births, human-caused deaths, diseases affecting pups, and wolves leaving the state, the report said.
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Study: Road salt levels spike, threaten Twin Cities lakes
Lakes reportedly so contaminated with road salt that they’ll no longer support native fish and plants within three decades.
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Maine lawmaker backs off call to restrict foraging
Saviello says he’ll call for the Committee On Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to vote against passage of the bill.
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Cyanide predator traps temporarily banned in Idaho
Idaho boy was injured last month when he checked one out with his dog on federally-owned land about 500 yards from his house on the outskirts of the small city of Pocatello. His Labrador retriever dog died.
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Court: Baiting deer legal if not for hunting
John Walker was cited in 2015 for placing corn and pumpkins near his deer stands on his Washburn County property. A circuit judge tossed the citation, finding there wasn’t any evidence Walker intended to hunt over the food.
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In New Hampshire, drought may have hurt farmers, but moose doing OK
Preliminary numbers from a project that puts tracking collars on moose show that only one of the calves — the most vulnerable group — died from winter ticks this year. A year ago, nearly 75 percent of the calves tracked died.
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Tribe resumes netting pike in bid to protect cutthroat trout in Idaho
The tribe is also offering rewards to anglers who turn in pike caught in the southern third of the lake. Coeur d’Alene Tribe spokeswoman Heather Keen says anglers can get $5 per fish, and some fish marked with special tags carry rewards of between $50 and $500.
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New York environmental agency nixes natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation says it would endanger wetlands, streams and other habitat.
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