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State wildlife’s fate at heart of CRP signup
As the state’s farmers and landowners consider the fast- approaching round of CRP signups, Illinois Pheasants Forever is recognizing the need to nudge and budge them.

It’s clicking: hunters here online more than anglers
Come March 31, last year’s statewide hunting and fishing permits become nothing more than useless slips of paper.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – March 8th, 2013
Region I A Region 1, District 6 CPO continued an investigation into a CWD season firearm deer hunting complaint. The district sergeant received a phone call from a citizen regarding illegal hunter(s) who were hunting

Randolph shown the door as NRB upholds wolf rule
New Natural Resources Board chairman Preston Cole had animal rights activist Patricia Randolph removed from a Feb. 26 meeting at which NRB members eventually agreed to make no changes to wolf/dog hunting rules.

USDA announces new CRP signup
The nation is set to lose 3.3 million acres of federal Conservation Reserve Program land this September

Is a bobcat season coming for south of Hwy. 64? Not just yet
Hunters and trappers could soon get their wish for a bobcat season south of State Hwy. 64.
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars – March 8th, 2013
District 1 — Ashland area Warden Amie Egstad, of Bayfield, was working ice fishermen on Lake Superior when she noticed several trucks parked in a state lot on the south end of Chequamegon Bay. The
Links from New York Outdoor News – Issue 5, 2013
Page 23 Step-by-Step Instructions for Constructing Our Wood Duck House Wood Duck Society Minnesota Waterfowl Prairie Pothole Chapter Page 29 Expanded snow goose opportunities: March & April madness DEC Snow Goose Information Eastern View Outfitters

License overhaul unveiled
Some fees cut, several licenses eliminated under streamlining plan