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MFL landowners get new accreditation
Madison – Dec. 16 was an important date for Wisconsin’s woodland owners enrolled in the Managed Forest Law. On that day, the SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance awarded Forest Stewardship Council accreditation to more
Legislator plans look at lead bullet restrictions
St. Paul – State Rep. Sandra Masin says there are a couple reasons she’s being moved to introduce legislation this session that could restrict or ban lead bullets – and other lead-based ammo and/or fishing
Feds officially move to ‘relist’ wolves
Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official the “relisting” of gray wolves in the Midwest, where they’d been removed from the Endangered Species List just a year and a half ago. At
Feds to Blagojevich: Put DNR funds back
Springfield – The federal government has sent a letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office, demanding the state return millions of dollars it “swept” from a handful of DNR accounts last year. It also requests that
Ranchers oppose Yellowstone bison relocation
Billings, Mont. (AP) _ Ranchers are voicing concern about plans to relocate some Yellowstone Park bison to Indian reservations in Montana and Wyoming. The ranchers are worried about the animals’ history of carrying brucellosis, a
Group sues to force EPA to clean up Chesapeake Bay
Washington (AP) – A conservation group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law and clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay, citing 25 years of failure to
Conservation ‘stimulus’ plan offered
Washington – As long as the federal government is considering a job-creation “stimulus package” that’s nearing $1 trillion (the actual latest rumored amount was about $750 billion), why not give conservation a boost via the
Charges dropped in shooting of black bear
Coshocton, Ohio – Just hours before it was scheduled for a jury trial, prosecutors dismissed the case against a Coshocton County man charged with killing an endangered black bear. But, the defendant will still pay
Deer hunt ends with fatality in Beaver
Pittsburgh – Tragedy marred the final day of firearms deer season with the shooting death of a Beaver County hunter who was standing next to his 9-year-old son. Duane Smith, 35, of Frankfort Springs, was
