In mid-January, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources net-gunned 40 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in east-central Utah and took them for the ride of their lives. Hobbled and bagged, each animal was clipped one-by-one onto a long cable, dangling from a helicopter. After a maximum of five had been safely attached, the chopper pitched and [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in
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Research Reef and the Isle of Wight Reef Created OCEAN CITY, MD – Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative (MARI) partners including the Ocean City Reef Foundation, MTA New York City Transit, the Town of Ocean City, CCA MD and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), placed 44 retired New York City subway cars off Maryland’s [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in
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DENVER, Colo. – Colorado’s big game season structure, Division of Wildlife budget projections and an update on Rocky Mountain National Park’s elk culling effort headline the agenda for the Colorado Wildlife Commission’s February workshop in Denver. The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Hunter Education Building [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in
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LAMAR, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is looking for land to lease in southeast Colorado for the 2009 hunting seasons. The DOW’s Big Game Access Program (BGAP) is in the third year of a three-year pilot program. This pilot is focused on deer and pronghorn hunting on private lands in the [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in
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Richmond, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) is conducting the First Annual National Archery in the Schools Program Tournament on February 28, 2009, at the Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, Virginia. The tournament is being held in cooperation with the Western Virginia Sport Show which will be held at the same [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in
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MADISON – More than 70,000 turkey harvest permits for the spring 2009 season will be sold in late March under a new and much improved first-come, first-served system. Procedures spread the demand for the popular permits over a week’s time and assure a level playing field for all hunters regardless of location and method they [...]
January 30, 2009 | Posted in
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW), the international program of hands-on learning and outdoors experience, announces its 2009 schedule of events for North Carolina. Instruction and participation offered through Becoming an Outdoors-Woman can include bird watching, camping and backpacking, canoe and kayaking, nature photography, wilderness survival, outdoor cooking, stream ecology, rock climbing, shotgun and [...]
January 29, 2009 | Posted in
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BREVARD, N.C. - Organizers believe the Pisgah Fly Masters, a casting and fly-fishing competition preparing for its second year on March 21-22, could emerge as a premier event with continued success. “Having the inaugural event under our belt helps,” said Emilie Johnson, “And I believe adding a youth category this year for anglers younger than 16 [...]
January 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the National Wild Turkey Federation will again team up to offer special hunts for youth who are first-time turkey hunters. And thanks to NWTF volunteers, about 130 more young people – up from 407 last year – will get a shot at one of the 39 mentored [...]
January 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges snowmobilers and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders to use extra caution this winter when operating their machines in ditches and other areas within road right-of-ways. Vehicle operators should reduce speed in construction areas (particularly at night) and be aware of such hidden dangers as equipment, silt fences, wood [...]
January 28, 2009 | Posted in
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