WASHINGTON, DC –What better way to celebrate Independence Day this year than by visiting a National Park? The National Park Service has the honor of preserving numerous areas that commemorate the birth of the United States and American Independence. The ideals and freedoms that were won during the American Revolution and guaranteed in the Constitution [...]
June 19, 2009 | Posted in
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AUSTIN, Texas — A new “how-to” video series from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department walks novice anglers through everything they need to know to get started in a sport that often is seen as a gateway to the great outdoors.
The 11-segment “Take Me Fishing 101″ series is hosted on the TPWD Web site and [...]
June 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Mark Damian Duda, Executive Director of Responsive Management, will present an overview of hunting participation in the United States and provide recommendations for hunter recruitment and retention. This presentation, with ample time for Q&A, features research from the Responsive Management/National Shooting Sports Foundation landmark study, The Future of Hunting and the Shooting Sports: Research-Based Recruitment [...]
June 19, 2009 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON – “Mom, Dad, I’m bored!” So goes the dreaded refrain of a kid with a case of the summer squirmies. No worries – national parks can shake the squirmies.
A new web feature, www.nps.gov/getaways, launching today, will highlight one, of the almost 400 national parks, every week this summer to help families find places to [...]
June 18, 2009 | Posted in
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LINCOLN, Neb. – Women of all experience levels may learn the skills of sailing and kayaking at a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman event July 25, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
The event, for ages 16 and older, will take place at Branched Oak State Recreation Area near Malcolm. Participants will be instructed in a [...]
June 18, 2009 | Posted in
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will sample the Crooked River below Bowman Dam for redband trout and mountain whitefish from Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26.
Biologists will be electrofishing the river between Big Bend and Cobble Rock campgrounds and between Lower Palisades and Greenwood campgrounds. During the [...]
June 18, 2009 | Posted in
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1,000 true muskies released in Lee Kay ponds
One of the largest sport fish in the country will soon be raised right here in Utah.
On June 16, a total of 1,000 true muskies from Nebraska were stocked into ponds at the Lee Kay Public Shooting Range in Salt Lake City.
They’re small now, but in three years, [...]
June 18, 2009 | Posted in
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The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is seeking volunteers in the Blythe area to participate in its Mourning Dove Banding Program.
The imprinted bands that are attached to birds’ legs are an important tool used by wildlife managers to help them evaluate mourning dove populations. Band recovery data is reported to the U.S. Fish and [...]
June 17, 2009 | Posted in
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NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today extended Endangered Species Act protection to more Atlantic salmon by adding fish in the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Androscoggin rivers and their tributaries to the endangered Gulf of Maine population first listed in 2000.
The decision is part of the ongoing effort to recover the imperiled [...]
June 17, 2009 | Posted in
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CPO Trainee Exam Scheduled for June 15-18 and June 22-25
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is seeking applicants for the position of Conservation Police Officer Trainee.
Applicant testing is scheduled for the weeks of June 15-18 and June 22-25 through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). Applicants can go to the [...]
June 12, 2009 | Posted in
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