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  Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor has tentative plans to review the state’s management of deer and elk farms in response to urgings from legislators, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and at least two deer-hunting groups. Judy Randall, deputy legislative auditor, said concerns about the possible spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from privately owned captive deer and elk to the... READ MORE 

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  Washington razor clam diggers can look forward to a six-day opening starting April 26 on various ocean beaches and will have an increased daily limit of 25 clams at Long Beach. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved the dig on morning tides at four ocean beaches after toxin test results show the clams on those beaches are safe to eat. State shellfish managers agreed to increase... READ MORE 

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  Both landowners and hunters with disabilities are reminded to consider enrollment in the Gun Deer Hunt for Hunters with Disabilities Program, which helps provide opportunities for everyone to enjoy hunting in Wisconsin. A complete list of sponsors will be available on the department's disabled deer hunt website after the June 1 deadline. Sponsors are then required to... READ MORE

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  Governor Matt Mead recently announced the Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. entered its final order upholding Wyoming’s wolf management plan which confirms Wyoming’s management of wolves. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will file notice in the Federal Register in the coming days. Now that wolves are delisted, wolf hunting will not occur in the Trophy Game Management Area, as there is currently not an... READ MORE

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  A trace of mountain lion DNA was identified in a blood sample taken from inside a home in Pescadero, confirming reports that a mountain lion entered an occupied home and took a dog off the bed where the homeowner was sleeping. On Monday, Apr. 17, 2017, a Pescadero homeowner called 911 at 3 a.m. to report... READ MORE 

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds 2016-2017 Spiny Lobster Report Card holders to submit online or return their cards by April 30, 2017, as required by law. The cards must be reported even if no lobsters were taken or no attempts were made to take lobsters. Information collected from the cards provides CDFW with data necessary to monitor and manage California’s spiny lobster fishery. Card holders should review their report cards carefully and check that the information recorded is complete and accurate. Any 2016-2017 Spiny Lobster Report Card holder who fails to... READ MORE 

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its April meeting approved a rule implementing changes to Collier County manatee protection zones that balances manatee protection with the needs of boaters. The revised manatee zones will add protections to some Collier County waterways where FWC’s data indicates the risk of manatee and boat interactions is higher, but they also will reduce regulations in... READ MORE

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  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is launching new programs to encourage people to help remove nonnative Burmese pythons from the Everglades ecosystem and surrounding area. Two new programs and a new Executive Order will provide people with incentives and expanded opportunities to remove these invasive constrictors. The Python Pickup Program is a new program designed to... READ MORE

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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will conduct its spring public auction of surplus and confiscated items May 1 at department headquarters in Frankfort. Surplus auction items include Polarkraft and Alumacraft boats, Mercury boat motors, four-wheel-drive Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks, a Case track-hoe, office equipment and more. Bidding on surplus items is open to everyone. Confiscated auction items include shotguns, rifles, pistols, bows, hunting equipment, fishing poles and more.  Under state law, only qualified Kentucky residents may bid on confiscated items that include... READ MORE

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  Maine Legislature Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recently voted on Sunday hunting and deer and moose bills. Bill LD 694, to allow Sunday hunting with deer rifles only, and LD 485 to allow Sunday hunting for migratory birds, got 8 to 2 ought-not-to-pass voted. Reps. Steve Wood and Tim Theriault voted in favor of the bills, as they have on all the Sunday hunting bills this session. The committee voted unanimously against LD 1041 that would have extended the no-firearms-discharge distance from the road from... READ MORE

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Aiken County’s Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve in SC will be open to the public on Saturdays during the month of May (6, 13, 20 and 27). Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Ecological Reserve consists of 10,600 acres owned by the U.S. Department of Energy. The area is located in Aiken County, along the Savannah River and south of... READ MORE

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  Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are proposing rules for Utah's 2017, 2018 and 2019 hunts that are almost identical to rules that have governed upland game hunting in Utah since 2014. They are recommending a few minor changes, though. The changes include the following... READ MORE

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