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		<title>Firefighters battling remote fire near Craig Lake in Baraga County</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contact: Marquette Incident Coordination Center, 906-249-1497 Water-scooping planes have been called in from Minnesota to help fight a remote wildfire north of Craig Lake in Baraga County. The fire likely began as two separate lightning strike fires, which then merged together, said Paul Rogers, a fire prevention specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The fires were discovered around]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCI Foundation Completes First National-Scale Leopard Assessment in Botswana</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Groundbreaking research provides a science-based foundation for leopard conservation, sustainable management, and future monitoring. SCI Foundation has completed the first national-scale assessment of leopard density and distribution across Botswana, providing critical new data to support science-based wildlife management. From September 2022 through December 2024, SCIF and its partners caried out an unprecedented field effort across Botswana, surveying 20 sites with]]></description>
		
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		<title>Montana: Grizzly Bear Killed in Close Encounter in Trego Area</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the morning of Oct. 1, a landowner in the Trego area shot and killed a male grizzly bear. Fortunately, the landowner was uninjured in the encounter. The landowner had gone outside to investigate noises coming from his property when he encountered the bear at close range. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Montana Fish, Wildlife &#38; Parks, responded]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCI Disappointed by Court Decision Upholding Catalina Island Deer Eradication</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Safari Club International (SCI) expressed profound disappointment with a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruling that dismissed SCI and its litigation partners&#8217; claims against the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Catalina Island Conservancy in relation to a permit that authorizes the eradication of Catalina Island&#8217;s mule deer population. The court rejected SCI&#8217;s California Environmental Quality Act challenge as]]></description>
		
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		<title>Collared Wildlife Vital for Management Research</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy Wyoming Game and Fish This fall, hunters across the state may see mule deer, elk, pronghorn, moose and bighorn sheep wearing radio and GPS collars as part of ongoing research projects. While it is legal to harvest collared animals, hunters are asked to avoid targeting them just because they have a collar. These collars are part of important]]></description>
		
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		<title>Missing Cheboygan-area Man, 85, Found Safe in Cheboygan County</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Sept. 28, 2026, the Cheboygan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office received a complaint regarding an 85-year-old male who had been reported missing. The subject was known to have dementia and short-term memory issues. Through contact with the family and the investigation, deputies determined that the subject had left the area in his vehicle. He was last known to have been seen]]></description>
		
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		<title>DNR Hiring for April Conservation Officer Academy; Job Posting Now Open</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starting Thursday, the DNR will begin accepting applications for its next Conservation Officer Training Academy, which starts in April. Applications will be accepted until Nov. 3. This is a precertified law enforcement academy, meaning that qualified applicants must be at least 21 years old (by the time of hire) and meet one of the following requirements: Hold a current Michigan]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whitetails Unlimited Offers Whitetail Watch Signs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whitetail Watch is an anti-poaching initiative created by Whitetails Unlimited to improve hunter/landowner relations and reduce the crime of poaching. To curb this illegal activity, participating landowners will post Whitetail Watch signs on their property. These signs will serve as visible reminders to poachers that citizens are on the watch and suspicious activity will be reported to the wildlife law]]></description>
		
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		<title>Maine Game Warden K9 Locates Missing Montville Man</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Game Warden K9 Lucy and Game Warden Dory Kulis located a missing Montville man early this morning (Monday). At approximately 10:20 pm on 9/27/2026 Game Wardens were notified that Michael McCoy, age 46 of Montville was missing after he left his residence on foot with his two dogs at approximately 5:45pm and did not return. Later that evening, one of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tour the proposed Great Lakes Basin conservation project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sept. 28, 2026 Contact: Kerry Heckman (DNR), 517-643-1256 or Nathan Christie (Lyme), 906-789-9076 Straddling the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan watersheds and encompassing a wide range of forests, habitats, trails, rivers, lakes and trout streams, the Great Lakes Basin project is a truly exceptional part of Michigan. It is for these reasons that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is]]></description>
		
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