Former Montana guide gets lifetime hunting ban for poaching
Also ordered to pay $33,050 in restitution to the state of Montana.
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Audit: Game Commission didn’t track royalties from oil, gas
Auditors said the commission should consider its “full financial position” when making a budget or considering an increase in hunting license fees.
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Oregon ranchers blame eagles for livestock deaths
State and federal reports say predation of livestock by eagles is rare on the North Coast. Many people don’t report it or are not sure it’s a bald eagle that did the killing.
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Caterwauling cats: The sight – and sounds – as pair of Canada lynx face off [video]
BANGOR, Maine — A Maine man who was scouting fishing locations came across a rare sight: A pair of Canada lynx facing off on a dirt road. Daniel Wadleigh, of Belgrade, tells the Bangor Daily News that the two cats were so focused on their showdown that they didn’t notice him Friday night. He stopped
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Conservation Congress rejects CWD bounties idea
Board delegates worried over creating a bounty system and the amount of payouts and believe the DNR should continue researching CWD.
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With hunting in limbo, grizzlies on the move in U.S. Rockies
Run-ins with bears are happening in agricultural areas where the fearsome animals hadn’t been seen for decades, raising tensions in communities over the grizzly’s status as a federally protected species in the U.S. outside Alaska. They now occupy almost 27,000 square miles, a range that has grown 34 percent in the past decade.
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DNR board OKs bear revisions, disallows hounds in new zone
The revisions mark the first updates to the management plan since 1980.
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Fight over wolf hunting in Minnesota is heating up again
MINNEAPOLIS — The last time the federal government removed endangered species protections for wolves in Minnesota, the state held recreational hunts aimed in part at culling the population. The open seasons between 2012 and 2014 were controversial, yet backed by both Democratic and Republican leaders, including DFL Gov. Mark Dayton. Now, as the federal government
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Officials: Asian carp DNA found near Lake Michigan
But a follow-up search turned up none of the invasive fish.
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