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A Lone Wolf Travels Toward California from Oregon

by Outdoor Hub December 16, 2011

Recent news accounts have reported that a gray wolf has been wandering in southern Oregon. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) this animal is a 2 ½ year old male formerly from a pack in northeast Oregon. Since the animal has been collared with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device that [...]

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10,000 Washington Acres Protected in the Heart of the Cascades

by Outdoor Hub December 16, 2011

In the Cascade Mountains some 20 miles east of Ellensburg, a coalition of conservation partners has completed a four-year project to secure wildlife habitat and public access on 10,386 acres of forests by transferring it from Plum Creek to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The coalition was led by the Rocky Mountain Elk [...]

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Bald Eagle Recovery Reaches Milestone in New Jersey

by Outdoor Hub December 16, 2011

The dramatic recovery of the American bald eagle has reached a milestone in New Jersey, with more than 100 pairs now nesting in the Garden State, according to a newly released analysis of the species’ population. The survey by the DEP’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program counted 102 pairs of actively nesting eagles, plus 11 [...]

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New 2012 Maine Birder Bands Now Available

by Outdoor Hub December 16, 2011
New 2012 Maine Birder Bands Now Available

For the fourth consecutive year, birders across the state will have the opportunity to support non-game and endangered species conservation with the purchase of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Maine Birder Band. The Maine Birder Band program is intended to provide the Maine birding community an opportunity to support DIF&W’s non-game bird [...]

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Battle to Prevent Unwarranted Fishing Closures in California Continues

by Outdoor Hub December 16, 2011

Sacramento, CA –  Today the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO) announced that the legal challenge against the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process is not yet over. Coastside Fishing Club, one of the three petitioners in litigation before the San Diego Superior Court challenging MLPA regulations adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission for [...]

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1,500 Waterbirds Killed in Bizarre Incident in Utah

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
1,500 Waterbirds Killed in Bizarre Incident in Utah

Officials in Utah are estimating that about 1,500 Eared Grebes were killed late Monday night, possibly as a result of confusing a Wal-Mart parking lot in Cedar City with a body of water and landing on the asphalt during a storm. An additional 3,500 apparently dazed and confused grebes were rounded up through the night [...]

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Mote Marine Lab’s Sustainable Caviar Now Available at Whole Foods

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
Mote Marine Lab’s Sustainable Caviar Now Available At Whole Foods

Mote’s melt-in-your mouth Siberian caviar has been getting rave reviews since the first exquisite batch was produced in eastern Sarasota County in 2006. Now, Florida connoisseurs have a new source for this undeniable delicacy: Whole Foods Market. The caviar — being sold under a joint label with gourmet food distributor Marky’s — is available just in [...]

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Louisiana Commercial Alligator Hunter Fined

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
Louisiana Commercial Alligator Hunter Fined

A commercial alligator hunter from Sorrento was sentenced on Dec. 7 for alligator violations committed in Ascension Parish. Judge Marylyn Lambert of the 23rd Judicial District Court in Ascension Parish ordered Arnold Villeneurve, 65, to pay a total of $5,242 in fines. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited Villeneurve on Sept. [...]

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Indiana Park Hunts Make Inroads on Habitat Recovery

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011

Controlled deer hunts at state park properties are achieving the intended result of habitat recovery, but analysis of information collected this year indicates deer numbers remain above desired levels at many locations. Volunteer hunters harvested 1,546 deer during four days of controlled hunts at 21 state parks in November. That’s only the 10th highest total [...]

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Durrell Celebrates 25 Years of Conserving the Ploughshare Tortoise in Madagascar

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
Durrell Celebrates 25 Years of Conserving the Ploughshare Tortoise in Madagascar

As 2011 comes to a close Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating 25 successful years of saving species from extinction in Madagascar with the reintroduction into the wild of 20 captive-bred ploughshare tortoises, or angonoka, the world’s most threatened tortoise and the first species Durrell worked with in Madagascar. Recently 20 tortoises were moved from [...]

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New Jersey Commissioner Provides Progress Report on Barnegat Bay, Announces Agreement to Preserve Scout Camp

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today marked the first anniversary of Governor Christie’s comprehensive plan to restore Barnegat Bay by announcing an agreement to preserve the 436-acre Joseph A. Citta Boy Scout Reservation Camp in Ocean County and by providing a progress report on the state’s efforts to bring the bay back from [...]

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NSSF Seeks State Agency Proposals for Hunting Heritage Partnership Grants

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
NSSF Seeks State Agency Proposals for Hunting Heritage Partnership Grants

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, is now accepting proposals from state and regional wildlife agencies for Hunting Heritage Partnership (HHP) grants. In its tenth year of helping agencies fund projects that create new and expanded opportunities for hunting, NSSF has awarded 109 grants [...]

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Our National Wildlife Refuges: Prime Waterfowl Hunting on Public Land

by Union Sportsmen's Alliance December 15, 2011
Photo Courtesy of Steven R. Emmons for the Union Sportsmen's Alliance

Concerned over the unregulated shooting of egrets and other showy birds for the plume trade, President Theodore Roosevelt asked one of his advisors in 1903 if he could declare Pelican Island in Florida’s St. Johns River a bird sanctuary. With his advisor’s blessing, T.R. established the first piece of today’s National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) system. [...]

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Jim LePeak Named Michigan DNR Hunter Education Instructor of the Year

by Outdoor Hub December 15, 2011
Jim LePeak of Jackson County Named Michigan DNR Hunter Education Instructor of the Year

The Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Natural Resources Commission recognized Jim LePeak of Jackson County as the 2011 Hunter Education Instructor of the Year at the commission’s Dec. 8 meeting in Lansing. A resident of Munith, Mich., LePeak has volunteered his time to the DNR’s Hunter Education program since 1999, serving as an [...]

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House and Senate Bills are a Huge Step to Conserve Billfish

by Outdoor Hub December 14, 2011
House and Senate Bills Are Huge Step to Conserve Billfish

Bi-partisan legislation introduced by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL) gained a raft of additional co-sponsors in the Senate and House. Representative Steve Southerland (R-FL) agreed this week to co-sponsor HR 2706, The Billfish Conservation Act of 2011, that will help restore billfish populations that are badly depleted by commercial overfishing.  The [...]

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Join the West Virginia Elkins Area Christmas Bird Count in January

by Outdoor Hub December 14, 2011
Join the WV,Elkins Area Christmas Bird Count January

Local bird enthusiasts will take to the roads and woods during the 30th annual Elkins Area Christmas Bird Count on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. This event gives birders a chance to get together and have a good time while gathering information on bird diversity and abundance in the area.  Participants will meet at 8 a.m. [...]

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Bald Eagle Success Story Continues in Nebraska

by Outdoor Hub December 14, 2011

A record 90 active bald eagle nests were observed in Nebraska during the 2011 breeding season, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The previous record was 54 in 2007. The state’s first successful modern bald eagle nest was observed in 1991 in Douglas County. “The increase in the number of nesting bald eagles [...]

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Sportsmen Promote Adaptation Strategies in SAFE Climate Bill

by Outdoor Hub December 14, 2011

Prominent sportsmen’s groups spoke out in support of measures in proposed U.S. Senate legislation that would help minimize the impacts of climate change and variability on fish and wildlife, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced today. The Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act, S. 1881, would require federal resource agencies to plan for the [...]

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North Dakota Part of Sage Grouse Conservation Plan

by Outdoor Hub December 14, 2011
North Dakota Part of Sage Grouse Conservation Plan

While southwestern North Dakota is on the edge of the sage grouse’s native range, the state still has an important role in improving long-term prospects for this large upland bird. North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Drew Wrigley, along with North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director Terry Steinwand, attended a meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo., last week [...]

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Another Oregon Cow Killed by the Imnaha Wolf Pack

by Outdoor Hub December 13, 2011
Another Oregon cow killed by the Imnaha wolf pack

La Grande, OR — ODFW confirmed that another cow was killed by wolves from the Imnaha pack over the weekend. The yearling heifer was found dead on private land in Wallowa County. This brings the total number of confirmed livestock losses by Imnaha pack wolves to 19 since spring 2010. It is the fifth confirmed livestock [...]

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