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   Arnold Coster Expeditions announced this week that three climbers, including Maria Strydom, had perished while on the mountain over the weekend.  Maria Marisa Strydom had many goals in mind when she set out to climb Mount Everest, and one of them was to show that vegans were not weak. The 34-year-old university lecturer from Australia announced her intent to climb the notoriously dangerous mountain – which had claimed 22 lives last year..READ MORE

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The state is continuing its efforts to restore the Pu‘u Ka Pele Forest Reserve on Kaua‘i and the newly out-planted koa trees within the previously burned and logged area, by carrying out an animal control hunt within a designated portion of the forest reserve.  This animal control will begin on June 6, 2016 and extend to the end of December 2016. For more information and to sign up to participate in this control hunt... READ MORE

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  A fish with a lot of “fingers” will be hands-off starting June 1.  The season for moi, or Pacific threadfin, will be closed from June through August in Hawaii waters.

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  The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved fisheries for 2016 on the Upper Salmon River and South Fork Salmon River. Seasons will open on June 18 in both rivers and will remain open until further notice. Limits on both rivers will be four fish per day, only two of which may be adults. The possession limit will be 12 fish, only six of which may adults. An adult Chinook salmon is 24 inches or more in length. The Upper Salmon River will be open from... READ MORE 

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Anglers fishing the lower Columbia River can catch and keep spring chinook salmon for four more days in May – including Memorial Day weekend – and up to 13 days in June under an agreement reached recently by fishery managers from Washington and Oregon.  Under that agreement, the fishery below Bonneville Dam will reopen May 27-30, close for three days, then reopen June 3-15, or until the annual harvest guideline is met... READ MORE

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  The recreational harvest of snook in Atlantic state and federal waters will close on June 1. Snook will reopen for harvest in Atlantic state and federal waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, on Sept. 1. Snook is also closed for harvest in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe County, through Aug. 31, reopening Sept. 1... READ MORE

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  On Sunday May 22 and continuing today, State wildlife officials on Kauai are responding to the discovery of 34 dead Wedge-tailed shearwaters in the seabird colony at Spouting Horn, Lawai area on the south coast. Most of the kills were found near the parking lot end of Lawai road. The (DOFAW) biologists say evidence so far points to dogs as killers of these native seabirds, which are ground-nesters. Unfortunately this is not the first time seabirds have been killed in this way... READ MORE 

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  The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Jason Reynolds of Warsaw became the most recent record-setting angler in Missouri when he hooked a spotted bass on Truman Lake on a jug line. The new alternative method record spotted bass, caught by Reynolds on May 11 weighed 2-pounds, 11-ounces with a length of 17 1/2 inches. Reynolds was using bluegill for bait to try to catch catfish, but instead caught a state-record spotted bass. I really can’t believe I caught a state--record fish, Reynolds said. I almost ... READ MORE

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FWP wildlife biologists have prepared surveys and population status of white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and bighorn sheep in northwest Montana.  This summary is available on the FWP website (FWP.mt.gov) or by calling FWP at 752-5501. Deer and elk populations are greatly influenced by winter and early spring weather.  White-tailed deer populations were low in 2010 following rough winters, but have steadily increased over the last 5 years due to mild winters and good survival of fawns. In 2016, fawn recruitment ranged from 37 fawns per 100 adults in the Swan (HD 130) to... READ MORE

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  Steven Charles Orr of Rochester, Washington, has set a new state record for the largest black rockfish caught in Washington state waters, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed.  The 10.72 pound fish measured 26.15 inches and was caught May 15 in Marine Area 1 near Ilwaco, Pacific County, while Orr was bait fishing with herring.  I thought I had a ling cod, Orr said. It was like fighting a big... READ MORE

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