Category: Wildlife

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Montana Releases Wolf Numbers, RMEF Calls for Proper Management

MISSOULA, Mont.-The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation maintained its call for the science-based management of wolves as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) released its 2012 estimate of the state’s wolf population. FWP reports there are a minimum of 625 wolves in Montana, which amounts to a four percent drop since the last count in December 2011 and equates to a wolf population remaining well above the state’s management objective. Read more

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Michigan Grants for Dam Work Announced

The Department of Natural Resources has approved six Dam Management Grant Program projects totaling $2.35 million. This program was designed and launched in late 2012 to support Gov. Rick Snyder’s initiatives concerning local infrastructure needs, and was funded by General Fund dollars appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.
Grant recipients will use the approved funds to remove dams without an economic purpose or repair dams with an economic purpose that are an imminent public safety issue and are deemed in unsatisfactory condition or under order by the Department of Environmental Quality, Dam Safety Division. Read more

Wildlife

POMA Writing Contest for College Students Offers $500 in Outdoor Gear

Photo Credit: Courtesy of POMA

Do you love fishing, camping, hunting, the shooting sports or wildlife conservation? Do you want to work in the traditional outdoor sports industry as a writer, public relations representative, website designer, magazine editor, or even TV personality? If you do, tell us about your dream. Enter the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) “POMA<25, My Dream Outdoor Career” writing contest. Read more

Firearms, General, Hunting, Wildlife

Michigan’s Wild Turkey Success Story Continues

When Michigan began rebuilding its wild turkey population in the 1950s, Allegan County was the center of the effort. Birds were brought in from Pennsylvania and were released there. But as the population grew and expansion became a possibility, Michigan wildlife managers began looking north.
“A long time ago it was thought that turkeys needed Read more

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Supreme Court Reverses Devastating Decision to Forest Wildlife Habitat

Coraopolis, PA – The Ruffed Grouse Society applauds the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision to reverse a 9th Circuit Court ruling to further regulate forest management — a judgment that was potentially devastating to forest wildlife habitat. The reversal makes a strong statement against additional and unnecessary permitting of forest management practices and is good news for forest wildlife. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife
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