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• Cost of Some Elk Hunts on Valles Caldera Could Jump

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:04

  In an effort to reach its congressionally mandated self-sufficiency of the Valles Caldera Preserve in New Mexico by 2015, managers of the preserve are considering a substantial increase in access fees for about 25 percent of elk tags, according to the Wil...

• Great Lakes Wolves Join Northern Rockies Wolves Back on Endangered Species List

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:02

  Two late September actions put gray wolves in the continental United States back on the Endangered Species List, reports the Wildlife Management Institute.  On September 23, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reinstated protections for wolves in th...

• Colorado Oil and Gas Commission Approves Wildlife Protection Rules

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:59

  In response to two laws passed by the Colorado state legislature in 2007, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) tentatively approved rules aimed at reducing the impacts of energy development on fish and wildlife. House Bills 1298 and 1341...

• White House Wildlife Policy Conference Seeks Conservation Bridge to Next Administration

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:51

  The October 2-3 White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy, held in Reno, Nevada, brought about 500 participants to discuss some of the most important issues confronting wildlife conservation and the continent’s hunting heritage.  ...

• Bobwhite Initiative Fledges—Grows Rangewide, Lays Foundation

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:44

  The Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) was founded by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) and its technical arm, the Southeast Quail Study Group Technical Committee, to restore declining quail populations to 1...

• Landscape Benefits Exceed Farm Program Expectations

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:33

  A recently completed study of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) has quantified and documented a number of environmental benefits of these two programs in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States, accordin...

• Gulf Hurricanes Devastate Wildlife Refuges, Impact Migrating Waterfowl

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:31

  National Wildlife Refuges along the Gulf of Mexico were hit hard by hurricanes this September, according to the Wildlife Management Institute.  The 20-foot storm surge that hit the Texas Coast in front of Hurricane Ike inundated wetlands in the Texas Che...

• Worth Reading

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:20

  If David McCullough wrote it, it’s worth reading.  His books read like front-page news, but with detail, trustworthy accuracy and interior-page sidebars that add scope and clarity to the setting, circumstance and players.  It isn’t possible not to b...

• Michigan DNR Moves Fast and Effectively to Deal with CWD Report

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 09:30

  On August 25, Michigan became the 15th state to discover the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) within its borders.  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) identified the disease in a female three-year-old white-tailed deer born and ra...

• House Passes Environmental Education Bill

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 09:13

  In response to the recent movement documenting the growing disconnect of children and nature, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the No Child Left Inside Act of 2008 (H. R. 3036) this month.  The bill, introduced by Representative J...

• Kempthorne Announces Changes to Endangered Species Consultation Process

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 09:10

  In late August, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, announced changes to the consultation process under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  The announcement was made in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad...

• Young Forest Habitat in Upper Great Lakes Region: Build It, Wildlife Will Come

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 09:04

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently awarded a grant to implement the Upper Great Lakes Woodcock and Young Forest Initiative.  The grant, awarded to the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), will be administered through the FWS’s Webless Mi...

• 74th North American Conference to Feature Reservoir Fisheries Workshop

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:58

  Human-made reservoirs typically are managed for a multitude of uses, many of which conflict with fish production.  However, they are important to society, especially where natural lakes are few and far between.  Next March, during the 74th North America...

• Request Now for Meetings, Events and More at North American Conference

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:50

  Individuals, organizations, agencies, committees and prospective exhibitors wishing to have a place at the 74th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference are urged to make their requests as soon as possible.  The 74th North American will b...

• Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Seeks National Coordinator

  Created: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:58

  The Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Program (CLfT) of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation (The Foundation) and the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) announces a search for a National Coordinator.  ...

• Hunting for Answers about Hunter Recruitment and Retention

  Created: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:27

  A national, Internet-based survey is about to be launched to assess current efforts, programs and activities targeted at increasing or enhancing hunter recruitment and retention (R&R) in the United States. This R&R assessment survey, developed by the Wild...

• Recommended Reading

  Created: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:25

  My least favorite book about market hunting—and maybe about hunting in general—was written about that activity in Illinois.  Now, my very favorite book on the market hunting also centers on Illinois.  ...

• Court Decision Cancels Wolf Hunts

  Created: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:00

  Plans for wolf-hunting seasons in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have been halted after a judge issued a preliminary injunction on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision to remove the species from the endangered species list.  The decision, made o...

• 74th "North American" Announced

  Created: Sunday, 13 July 2008 19:00

  “Refining the Relevance of Resource Management” will be the theme for the 74th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, which will be held March 17 through 21, 2009, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, in Arlington, Virginia....

• CRP Provision of Farm Bill Starting to Look Like Mr. Bill

  Created: Sunday, 13 July 2008 19:00

  Under increasing pressure from agricultural interests to address rising food prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) appears to be considering allowing a penalty-free, early release of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), acc...