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MN: Region’s wolves removed from ESL
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced the delisting of gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region, the third time in the past five years it’s undertaken such action.
MN: LCCMR’s Thornton loses job
According to her attorney, Vince Louwagie, the Legislative Coordinating Commission told Thornton she would be off the job as of Jan. 2, 2012.
MN: Third state carp summit refines new battle plan
They proposed a variety of actions they say could prevent the spread of Asian carp north of Minneapolis; limit movement into the Minnesota and St. Croix rivers; better understand the fish; and limit the movement
WI: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 26
Editor’s note: Field reports from conservation wardens in northern Wisconsin, District 1 through District 9 usually appear in the first issue of each month, with the reports for districts 10 through 19 in southern Wisconsin
WI: Wolves delisted, but will it last this time?
Madison – Wisconsin landowners who have had problems with timber wolves will be able to apply for wolf-shooting permits from the DNR by Jan. 27. Trappers from the DNR and USDA Wildlife Services also will
NY: 2011’s top news story: deer plan
Elizabethtown, N.Y. – It’s perhaps not surprising that New York Outdoor News’ top news story of 2011 has yet to see its final chapter. In the ever-changing world of white-tailed deer management, there may, in
NY: Blackfish regs tightened for ’12
Spring season axed entirely East Setauket, N.Y. – New York’s tautog (blackfish) regulations will be dramatically tightened in 2012 by a sharply shortened season and an increased size limit for both recreational and commercial anglers.
MN: The Nature Conservancy Gives Twin Cities Preserve to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Nature Conservancy has donated Black Dog Preserve in Burnsville to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so that it can be added to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The 95-acre preserve was acquired
NM: San Juan habitat work opens more trophy trout fishing
NAVAJO DAM – The world-class, trophy trout waters of the San Juan River became hotter than ever this month as crews completed a $300,000 project to enhance fish habitat and control sediment. After a month
