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New York DEC Begins Emergency Rule-Making for Hydrilla Infestation Treatment

by Outdoor Hub May 9, 2012
New York DEC Begins Emergency Rule-Making for Hydrilla Infestation Treatment

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation adopted an emergency rule to allow for herbicide treatment to combat hydrilla, an invasive plant species that has plagued parts of the Cayuga Inlet since last summer, the agency announced today. “Immediate action is necessary to stop the spread of hydrilla to preserve native plants and indigenous [...]

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Bison Management Plan Discussion Set for May 24 in Montana

by Outdoor Hub May 9, 2012
Bison Management Plan Discussion set for May 24 in Montana

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will be hosting a series of public meetings around the state this month as a first step toward developing a long-term bison conservation and management plan for the state. In southwest Montana, interested persons may attend the meeting in Bozeman, which will be held on May 24 from 6-9 p.m. [...]

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Status Review of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

by Outdoor Hub May 9, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Status Review of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as threatened and designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This finding stems from a petition submitted last summer by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Coastal Plains Institute [...]

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Alligator Hunting the Focus of Next Conservation Q&A in Alabama

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is the largest reptile in North America. A fully mature alligator may grow to 14 feet in length and weigh as much as 1,000 pounds. In 1967, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the American alligator on the Endangered Species list. By 1987, the species was removed from the list and the alligator population has continued to grow.

Join the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) for an hour-long web chat on Friday, May 18, 2012, at noon to have your wildlife and fishing questions answered. The focus of this chat will be the upcoming alligator hunting season, which begins in August. Visit www.outdooralabama.com/chat, between noon and 1 p.m., to join the [...]

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Bear Searching for Home Gets Lost in Orlando

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
Bear Searching for Home gets Lost in Orlando

A young male Florida black bear that spent a couple of days in metropolitan Orlando was caught by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists about 3 p.m. Sunday and released into the Ocala National Forest that night without incident. FWC biologists said the bear is a healthy, young male between 2 and 3 [...]

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Drought Watch in Effect for Western, Central, and Eastern Maryland

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012

The Maryland Department of the Environment announced today that a drought “watch” is in effect for the Western and Central regions of Maryland. The previously announced drought watch for the Eastern region of Maryland also remains in effect. The newly announced drought watch is for Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Harford and Cecil counties, along [...]

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California DFG to Hold Public Meeting on Pacific Halibut Management

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012

The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) invites the public to attend a meeting to discuss the management of California’s Pacific halibut fisheries. The meeting will be held on May 16, 2012 at the Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District Conference Room, 601 Startare Drive in Eureka, from 6 to 8 p.m. DFG [...]

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California DFG and Orange County Successfully Prosecute First MPA Violation

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
California DFG and Orange County Successfully Prosecute First MPA Violation

A Riverside County man was fined more than $20,000 and sentenced to a week in jail for poaching lobsters inside a marine protected area (MPA). This is the first resource crime conviction since the MPAs off theSouthern Californiacoast went into effect onJan. 1, 2012. Marbel A. Para, 30, of Romoland pled guilty in Orange County [...]

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Louisiana Longleaf Pine Restoration Workshop Set for May 24

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012

Private landowners, forestry professionals, wildlife biologists and managers are invited to a Longleaf Pine Workshop on Thursday, May 24 in Sheridan, La. The event begins at 8 a.m. at the Lee Memorial Forest on LA 10, nine miles west of Bogalusa, and includes morning tours of the area, lunch and afternoon information sessions. Participants will [...]

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Camera Trap Video Offers Rare Glimpse of Africa’s Most Endangered Gorilla

by Outdoor Hub Reporters May 8, 2012
Camera Trap Video Offers Rare Glimpse of World’s Rarest Gorilla

The Wildlife Conservation Society released today the first quality footage captured of an extremely rare and thinly populated gorilla called the Cross River gorilla. According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Cross River gorilla is the most endangered of the African apes and one of the world’s most endangered primates. Only [...]

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Draft Stock Assessment Report on Southern Sea Otters Available May 9

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
Draft Stock Assessment Report on Southern Sea Otters Available May 9

A draft stock assessment report for the southern sea otter off the California coast will be available tomorrow, May 9, 2012. The Notice of Availability for the southern sea otter stock assessment report is available for viewing today at the Federal Register’s public inspection page here and will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow. [...]

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Safari Club International Talking Conservation on Capitol Hill

by Safari Club International May 8, 2012
Safari Club International Talking Conservation on Capitol Hill

Safari Club International (SCI) members will participate in more than 170 meetings this week with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on behalf of hunters everywhere. SCI’s lobby day on Capitol Hill represents the largest annual gathering of U.S. hunters in Washington, DC. This year’s focus will be working with [...]

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Ohio Conservation Education Coordinator Receives President’s Award

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
Ohio Conservation Education Coordinator Receives President’s Award

The Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) named Jen Dennison as this year’s President’s Award winner. Dennison works for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and has been Ohio’s Project WILD coordinator since 2000. Dennison has served on EECO’s environmental education certification committee from its beginning and also serves as an [...]

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New Jersey DEP Commissioner to Join Thousands in Watershed Cleanup

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012

DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and as many as 1,000 DEP staff will be joined by thousands of volunteers, many of them local schoolchildren, for the second Barnegat Bay Blitz watershed-wide litter and debris cleanup. The Barnegat Bay Blitz, organized by the DEP and the nonprofit New Jersey Clean Communities Council, will bring together volunteers representing [...]

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VICE Presents: Surviving Alone in Alaska, a Documentary

by Outdoor Hub Reporters May 8, 2012
VICE Presents: Surviving Alone in Alaska, a Documentary

In 1960, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior was established under Dwight D. Eisenhower. That sanctioned more than 19 million acres to protect wild beasts and fish, habitat, natural resources and a few scattered Native American settlements. The area was later renamed and expanded in 1980, though it still hosts very few [...]

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Conservation Victory for One of World’s Deadliest Animals

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
Golden poison frog

Conservationists are celebrating the establishment of a new nature reserve in Colombia that provides the first sanctuary for the endangered golden poison frog, an animal that also has the distinction of being possibly the world’s deadliest animal. Its poison is so toxic that even coming in contact with a paper towel that has touched the [...]

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Hayes Honored for Achievements in Conservation

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
Hayes Honored for Achievements in Conservation

In recognition of his remarkable leadership in marine resource conservation, the Coastal Conservation Association honored Bob Hayes with its Walter W. Fondren III Conservation Leadership Award during the organization’s 2012 annual board meeting in Houston. Hayes serves as general counsel for both CCA and the American Sportfishing Association, and has been an outspoken advocate for [...]

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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to Fund Montana Habitat, Research Projects

by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation May 8, 2012

Rejuvenating forage and controlling noxious weeds to improve habitat for elk and other wildlife are the main themes in a list of Montana conservation projects slated to receive 2012 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF funding commitment totals $257,011 and affects 14 counties: Broadwater, Fergus, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral, Missoula, [...]

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ASMFC Votes to Move Forward with Bunker Draft Amendment 2

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
ASMFC Votes to Move Forward with Bunker Draft Amendment 2

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) last week voted to move forward with a Public Comment Draft of Amendment 2 to the Atlantic menhaden fisheries management plan (FMP). ASMFC’s official vote this past Thursday in Alexandria, VA will open the window for public comment in addressing overall bunker harvest throughout the Atlantic States in [...]

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Oregon DFW Fish Screening Task Force to Meet in Enterprise

by Outdoor Hub May 7, 2012

Oregon’s Fish Screening Task Force will meet Thursday, May 31 in Enterprise at the Best Western Rama Inn, 1200 Highland Ave. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the agenda includes an update on projects and activities conducted throughout Oregon. On Friday, June 1, there will be a half day field trip to look [...]

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