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Maine oversees record year for piping plover hatchlings

September 5, 2018

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)OGUNQUIT, Maine — Maine officials say the effort to protect a rare bird species has met success with a record number of piping plover hatchlings. Maine Audubon says beaches across the state saw 128 piping plover fledglings, a record number since monitoring began in 1981. The Portland Press Herald reports Ogunquit Beach ended up seeing the…

Arizona refuge makes for uncommon family hunting experience

September 5, 2018

USFWS Reports

Three generations of Andersons have a particular attachment to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and hunting bighorns on craggy mountainsides under the desert sun. (Sid Sloan/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)Autumn is for remembering. The last light of summer yields to the first beautiful days of fall. This time of year is a communion between…

U.S. judge reinstates proposed listing of bi-state sage grouse as threatened

August 31, 2018

Associated Press

Leaders of three conservation groups who sued to protect the bi-state grouse said it could help save the ground-dwelling bird as well as other species with distinct population segments isolated from larger, related populations.

With grizzly hunts looming, still no decision on federal protections

August 31, 2018

Associated Press

Judge declines to issue quick ruling, says he will issue a decision as quickly as possible, but did not say whether he would rule before Saturday, when Wyoming and Idaho have bear hunts scheduled to begin.

Environmentalists celebrate as wolf pups born in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains

August 31, 2018

Associated Press

Two wolf pups seen near the mountain for the first time since wolves were exterminated from the state nearly 70 years ago.

Summit Metro Parks letter spot-on about endangered species protection

August 22, 2018

Steve Pollick

Northeast Ohio organization takes on USFWS policies.

USFWS: Duck numbers down in 2018

August 21, 2018

USFWS Reports

But survey says most populations are still above long-term averages.

Governors say ban on land deals could hurt sage grouse

August 15, 2018

Associated Press

A directive issued in late July severely limits a type of land swap involving federal property. Critics say that eliminates an important technique for saving habitat for the shrinking population of greater sage grouse.

Illinois Raptor Center joins effort to lift osprey numbers

August 6, 2018

Associated Press

An endangered species in Illinois, the effort’s goal is to restore the osprey as a nesting species in the state.

Hunter permits still being granted to bring back lion trophies from Africa

August 3, 2018

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A wildlife advocacy group says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued permits to hunters in South Dakota and Wisconsin to bring back lion trophies from Africa. Nonprofit Friends of Animals disclosed recently that nearly three dozen Americans have been granted such permission since Donald Trump was elected president, the Star Tribune reported. Jon F. Dagel is…

Grizzly relocated to grow numbers in northwestern Montana

July 30, 2018

Associated Press

It’s the 20th bear to join the region near the Montana-Idaho border under an augmentation program that began in 1990.

Scientists continue battle to save bats from mysterious disease

July 30, 2018

Associated Press

The Pennsylvania species being targeted by this fieldwork include northern long-eared bats. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services photo) QUANTICO, Va. — When the sun sets and nearby Marines wind down for the evening, Sam Freeze suits up and goes bat hunting. Six nights a week in the summer, the doctoral student at Virginia Tech tromps through the woods at Marine…

First no-fee public shooting range opens in southern Wisconsin in more than 20 years

July 24, 2018

Wisconsin DNR Reports

The facility is at the Mud Lake Wildlife Area. It features 100- and 50-yard rifle ranges, a 50-yard shotgun patterning range and a 25-foot pistol range; earthen backstops and side berms and overhead baffles in shooting sheds to ensure everyone’s safety.

More than 2,000 pounds of red swamp crayfish confiscated; largest AIS seizure ever by DNR

July 24, 2018

Michigan DNR

(Michigan DNR)More than 2,000 pounds of live, illegal red swamp crayfish recently were seized by Michigan DNR conservation officers – the largest aquatic invasive species seizure by the Michigan DNR, the agency said in a news release Tuesday, July 23. Red swamp crayfish are prohibited in both Michigan and Canada. They burrow and create shoreline erosion, creating instability. Additionally, they…

Investigation: Michigan family poaches nearly 20 deer over 16 years in Iowa

July 24, 2018

Iowa DNR

Michigan-based Hebert family agrees to pay more than $51,000 in fines and forfeit 17 deer mounts. Iowa landowners supplied them with lodging and tags for any deer that were harvested by the group in exchange for fishing opportunities in Michigan.

Living with grizzlies just a part of life in northwestern Montana

July 23, 2018

Associated Press

As bears continue to move further into the prairie and remake their home in their historical territory, it’s up to both the agencies and the residents to prevent conflicts.

No wonder feds take risks to kill lampreys – stakes are high

July 17, 2018

Jeff Mulhollem

Fishkill in Pennsylvania stream from lampricide shows risk of program that protects Great Lakes.

Suit: Renewed federal protection needed for Louisiana black bears

July 13, 2018

Associated Press

Even 700 bears for today’s population is an overestimate, because it counts a different subspecies of black bears brought from Minnesota in the 1960s for sport hunting, the lawsuit contends.

At nearly 29,000, pelican population strong at North Dakota wildlife refuge

July 13, 2018

Associated Press

Number of breeding adults at the refuge reportedly down slightly from last year, but still among highest on record.

Piping plovers, common terns making conservation history on Presque Isle

July 13, 2018

Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports

For the second consecutive year, a pair of federally endangered piping plovers are raising chicks on Presque Isle State Park’s Gull Point. Further heightening this breaking conservation news is the nesting of a pair of state-endangered common terns on the same beach, maybe the first time both species have nested there since the mid-20th century.

Bolstering rare captive trout brood stock – through ‘cryopreservation’

July 12, 2018

USFWS Reports

For rare, native trout, “it’s like backing up your data. You store off-site what’s precious, and we’re confident that this is good for Apache trout conservation.”

Fisheries biologists look for answers, grass carp in Sandusky, Maumee rivers

June 19, 2018

Ohio DNR Reports

Part of continuing efforts to remove invasive grass carp, assess grass carp capture techniques and increase information on grass carp populations in the two rivers.

DNA results show mysterious canine is a wolf

June 18, 2018

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Reports

Confusion about the animal might be due to the condition of the animal and the photos, which seemed to show short legs and big ears. Inspection revealed a relatively normal-looking, dark-brown wolf.

More than 50,000 rainbow trout killed when water supply cut off at Georgia hatchery

June 15, 2018

Associated Press

SUCHES, Ga. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says an estimated 51,000 rainbow trout being raised at a hatchery in Georgia were killed when the main water supply had been cut off. News outlets report the fish being raised at the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery were killed Monday. Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby says employees noticed the valve…

Federal agency considers dropping wolf protections – again

June 15, 2018

Associated Press

Wolf numbers total about 3,800 in the western Great Lakes states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

DNR gets boost in efforts to improve public shooting ranges in Michigan – to the tune of $1.25 million

June 14, 2018

Michigan DNR

(Michigan DNR)The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved a total of $1.25 million over a five-year period for the Michigan DNR to provide up to 75 percent of funding for improvements to partner shooting ranges throughout Michigan. The DNR received these additional federal funds via the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (Pittman-Robertson Act), through which hunters and sport…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Maine oversees record year for piping plover hatchlings

Arizona refuge makes for uncommon family hunting experience

U.S. judge reinstates proposed listing of bi-state sage grouse as threatened

With grizzly hunts looming, still no decision on federal protections

Environmentalists celebrate as wolf pups born in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains

Summit Metro Parks letter spot-on about endangered species protection

USFWS: Duck numbers down in 2018

Governors say ban on land deals could hurt sage grouse

Illinois Raptor Center joins effort to lift osprey numbers

Hunter permits still being granted to bring back lion trophies from Africa

Grizzly relocated to grow numbers in northwestern Montana

Scientists continue battle to save bats from mysterious disease

First no-fee public shooting range opens in southern Wisconsin in more than 20 years

More than 2,000 pounds of red swamp crayfish confiscated; largest AIS seizure ever by DNR

Investigation: Michigan family poaches nearly 20 deer over 16 years in Iowa

Living with grizzlies just a part of life in northwestern Montana

Suit: Renewed federal protection needed for Louisiana black bears

At nearly 29,000, pelican population strong at North Dakota wildlife refuge

Piping plovers, common terns making conservation history on Presque Isle

Bolstering rare captive trout brood stock – through ‘cryopreservation’

Fisheries biologists look for answers, grass carp in Sandusky, Maumee rivers

DNA results show mysterious canine is a wolf

More than 50,000 rainbow trout killed when water supply cut off at Georgia hatchery

Federal agency considers dropping wolf protections – again

DNR gets boost in efforts to improve public shooting ranges in Michigan – to the tune of $1.25 million

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