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Gary Peters, Bernie Moreno to lead Senate Great Lakes Task Force

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U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) will lead the Senate Great Lakes Task Force in the 119th Congress.
Founded in 1987, the Task Force is a bipartisan working group that advocates for the protection of the Great Lakes. As co-chairs, Peters and Moreno will convene meetings between Great Lakes senators and staff to coordinate legislative initiatives, funding priorities, and oversight efforts to address the most important issues facing the Great Lakes.

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Michigan Mixed Bag: Marquette County’s Arfelin Lake boating access site is temporarily closed

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Spring snowmelt and flooding have forced the temporary emergency closure of the Arfelin Lake Boating Access Site in Marquette County until road repairs can be made.
Culverts and the dirt access road have failed, and water is moving swiftly. A pickup truck became stuck when a portion of the road collapsed.

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Officers earn honors for work on Christopher Alexander deer poaching case

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Xenia, Ohio — Ohio wildlife officers Isaiah Gifford and Matt Roberts each received the national Pope and Young Club’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer Award for their work on a white-tailed deer poaching investigation, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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Expansion of hunting, fishing opportunities on USFWS lands; and an end to early teal hunt on a Minnesota refuge proposed

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In a release issued on Friday, May 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced 42 new proposed hunting opportunities across more than 87,000 acres within the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System. 

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Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast Iowa

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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispatchers from counties in northeast Iowa to discuss how to respond to black bears in the spring.
The DNR said in a release issued on April 29 that encounters with bears are likely becoming more common in this region of the state.

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Illinois Mixed Bag: Fish salvage declaration at Little Grassy Lake

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Illinois DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for Little Grassy Lake in response to rehabilitation plans for the Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway. Salvage may be conducted until April 1, 2026. Aquatic life may be taken by a person possessing a valid sport fishing license or a combination hunting and fishing license.

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