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June 30, 2009
ND pheasant crowing counts down
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota pheasant numbers are down, and state wildlife officials say the harsh winter is to blame.
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June 30, 2009
New Wyoming Game and Fish laws to effect July 1
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – Listen up outdoors enthusiasts: New state laws to regulate elk feeding, antler collection and Internet hunting are among a slate of Game and Fish Department laws taking effect this July.
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Sales tax cash will keep Minn. forest wild
Grand Rapids, Minn. (AP) – Hunters and hikers have lost access to swaths of the northern Minnesota forest in recent years, but taxpayers are stepping in to keep nearly 300 square miles near the Mississippi headwaters as is: Wooded and open to the public.
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NV bobcat trapping season shortened
Reno, Nev. (AP) – Nevada wildlife commissioners voted Saturday to shorten the state’s bobcat trapping season amid concerns by wildlife advocates that the fur’s popularity may be causing overtrapping of the species.
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June 30, 2009
Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – More than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list – at least temporarily.
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Antelope season proposed in Custer State Park
Pierre, S.D.
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NM disabled vets can buy discount hunting license
Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico veterans with service-connected disabilities will be able to get discounted hunting and fishing licenses starting next Wednesday.
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Mont. winter bison quota set at 144 animals
Billings, Mont.
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Ind. hunters bag near-record number of turkeys
Inaianapolis (AP) – Indiana hunters bagged a near-record number of birds during wild turkey season this spring.
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Bighorn sheep hunt on Antelope Island gets OK
Midway, Utah (AP) – The Utah State Parks Board has decided that the hunting of bighorn sheep can be used on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake to prevent the spread of disease.
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Montana FWP panel to act on wolf quotas at July meeting
Helena, Mont. (AP) – Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will make final decisions on 2009 wolf quotas at a meeting July 8 at FWP headquarters in Helena.
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N. Idaho man banned for life from hunting
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho (AP) – A state judge has imposed a lifetime hunting ban on a northern Idaho man convicted for illegally slaughtering five deer.
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Mountain lion season on S.D. GF&P agenda
Pierre, S.D.
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Calif. denies legal protections for pika
San Francisco (AP) – State wildlife officials have rejected a petition seeking protections for the mountain-dwelling American pika under the California Endangered Species Act.
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Sage grouse endangered decision delayed ’til 2010
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Federal officials are again delaying whether to list sage grouse in 11 Western states as threatened or endangered _ leaving in limbo until at least 2010 a spate of industries that could face sweeping restrictions if the bird is protected.
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