Purple Squirrel
It’s not quite April Fool’s Day, but someone took the bait – hook, line and sinker.
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Category: Wildlife
Goldfinch
Wolf Control Debate in Montana Continues
Ravalli County, Montana residents have urged their commissioners to allow shooting wolves on sight and to listen to science rather than anecdotes as they write a countywide predator control policy.
“The policy has become too extreme,” said Dan Kerslake, a rancher from Stevensville. “I think it should be based more on science instead of politics. Implementing a ‘kill all the wolves’ policy is too extreme, but you also can’t just let wolves run wild in your backyard.”
Bighorn Sheep Released in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. – Forty bighorn sheep trapped in Alberta, Canada, were released into the Pine Ridge near Harrison on Feb. 9, giving Nebraska a fifth subpopulation of this mammal popular among hunters and wildlife watchers. Read more
Scotts Pleads Guilty in Tainted Bird Seed Case
Washington –The recent decision by Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. to plead guilty to charges of distributing insecticide-tainted bird seed highlights the need for continued monitoring of the safety of the nation’s bird seed supply, says American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization. ABC is the only organization to have carried out independent, nationwide bird seed tests. Read more
No Wolves for Colorado
Federal wildlife officials have ruled out the use of wolves to control elk herds on wildlife refuges in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. This comes after they said the introduction of wolves to control elk populations was on the table. More here…
Hunter Exposed To Rabies By Field Dressing Deer
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that a Lancaster County hunter has undergone post-exposure rabies shots after harvesting and field dressing a deer on Jan. 20, in Valley Township, Chester County, that ultimately tested positive for rabies. Read more
Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Head to Wheeler NWR
Nine juvenile whooping cranes on their first ultralight-led migration south will now be taken to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alabama in the next few days.
The nine whooping cranes will be loaded up in travel enclosures onto vehicles Read more
QDMA’s “Quality Food Plots” Book Breaks Sales Records
BOGART, Ga. — Only five years since publication, the book Quality Food Plots has sold more than 15,000 copies, making it the top-selling and fastest-selling book ever offered by the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA). That rate puts the book among the
top-sellers in the hunting industry and likely the highest-selling book ever on food plots or deer habitat. Read more
Conservation Town Hall Meeting
State Senator Phil Pavlov will be hosting a conservation town hall meeting on February 27th, 2012 at the Donald E. Dodge Auditorium in Port Huron beginning at 7:00p.m. The Senator is pleased to host Rodney Stokes, Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, as well as members of his staff to provide insight into the Department and hear your concerns regarding conservation issues in our state. Please forward this e-mail to anyone whom you know would be interested in attending this meeting. More details to follow. Read more
Trophy Whitetails Up 400 Percent Over 30 Years
MISSOULA, Mont.Trophy whitetail entries from 2011 hunting seasons are beginning to pour into Boone and Crockett Club headquarters. But while the sporting world waits to see which states are hot or not producers of giant bucks, North America’s overall robust trend in whitetail entries is a story for all conservationists to celebrate.
B&C historical records show that trophy whitetails are Read more