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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. β€œThe

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What is the State Bird of South Dakota?

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Since then their range has spread across the United States and southern Canada, and they remain a sought-after game species. Despite these robust numbers, their populations are declining on our continent, falling about 32% between 1966 and 2010. Ring-necked Pheasants are native to Asia, brought over in the 1880’s.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to. They may have also had hunting dogs with them as well. 78(1):61–78. literature citation therein Bradford, William. ca 1630–1647. Crawford, R.D.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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The Storks of Africa

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In 2010, a remarkable and previously unrecorded phenomenon occurred when thousands upon thousands of African Openbills appeared from nowhere and spread throughout South Africa, even to the far southern tip of the continent and remote Karoo semi-desert regions where they had never been recorded before.

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Could have done better? Confessions of a year-lister.

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Spoonbills nested in Britain for the first time for 300 years in 2010, when a small colony became established at Holkham in North Norfolk. This was an interesting sighting, as it’s only in recent years that these striking birds have started over-wintering in East Anglia.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. That’s what you do with other game, right? More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts.

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