 | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fort Niobrara
National Wildlife Refuge Completes River Recreation Management Plan
Menominee Indian
Tribe Celebrates First Sturgeon Season in More than a Century
United States Celebrates
World Wetlands Day
Service Issues Call for
Proposals to Tribes for Grants to Conserve Fish and Wildlife on Tribal
Lands
Indiana Biologist
Receives National Award for Work on Grand Calumet River
Service Statement in
Response to U.S. District Court Decision on Wolf Reclassification
Student Art Contest
Deadline Approaching |
| National Parks Service
National Park Service
Employees Honored with Awards for Outstanding Service and Valor
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| Ducks Unlimited
New Education
Partnership Highlights World Wetlands Day |
| Rolex/International Game Fish Association
Teams from across the
globe lining up for prestigious Rolex/IGFA Offshore Championship
Tournament
 |
| Alabama
Family Fishing Areas
Reopen – Visit Alabama’s State Public Fishing Lakes
Forever Wild Board
to Meet February 9 |
| Alaska
Subsistence Halibut
Fishery Mail Survey |
| Arizona
Arizona's only three wild condor chicks doing well
Bald eagle workshop set for Flagstaff |
| Arkansas
Weekly Fishing Report
What’s Open For Hunting
AGFC working to resolve landowner
and deer dog hunting issue
AGFC licensing system
undergoes overhaul
AGFC gives Gurdon local
lake and new opportunities
Flood-damaged White River
fishing facility to be rebuilt
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| California
DFG Offers Full Slate of Clinics to Improve
Hunters’ Success in 2005 |
| Colorado
DOW RESEARCHER
BEGINS MOUNTAIN LION STUDY
BIGHORN SHEEP RETURN
TO PARK RANGE |
| Delaware
ARMY CORPS, DNREC
FORMALLY KICK OFF REHOBOTH-DEWEY BEACHFILL PROJECT |
| Florida
FWC CONCLUDES FEB.
2-4 MEETING IN PANAMA CITY BEACH
FWC AND FISHERMEN WILL
EXPLORE NET TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER
FWC PROPOSES RULE TO
MANAGE THE COMMERCIAL BLUE CRAB FISHERY
FWC MOVES TO POLISH
SPECIES LISTING PROCESS
FWC PROPOSES VESSEL LIMIT FOR
PERMIT AND POMPANO
FWC REMOVES MINIMUM
ACREAGE REQUIREMENT FOR FARMERS NEEDING TO CONTROL DEER
FREE HUNTER SAFETY
COURSES OFFERED |
| Georgia
Public Meetings to be
Held on Georgia Deer Management Plan
Mark Whitney Selected as
New Assistant Chief of WRD Game Management
Lt. Col. Homer Bryson
Selected as New Assistant Chief of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement
Place Your Bid Now!
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| Idaho
Ice-Fishing Derby A
Success
IDFG To Host Big Game
Recommendation Meetings In Mid-February
Ask Fish & Game
Tax Checkoff And Wildlife
Plates Support Programs
More Mountain Goat,
Bighorn Sheep Permits In 2005
Idaho Fish And Game
Researchers Honored
Fish And Game Works For
More Sage-Grouse
Fall Steelhead Anglers
Report Success
More Trout For The
Treasure Valley |
| Illinois
IDNR ANNOUNCES
OPENING OF CACHE RIVER VISITORS CENTER
ILLINOIS STATE PARKS
POPULAR SITE FOR WEDDINGS |
| Iowa
IOWA FISHING REPORT
Taxes and Wildlife
|
| Kansas
FISHING INFORMATION NIGHT AT FORT HAYS
HIGHWAY-BASED WILDLIFE TRAILS OFFER NEW RESOURCE
WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, BIOLOGY MEETINGS SCHEDULED
GROUPS JOIN TO PROMOTE FISH ART CONTEST |
| Kentucky
Elk Hunting to Expand
to Public Hunting Areas in 2005
Licenses for Disabled Hunters
and Anglers
8 KDFWR Law Enforcement Cadets
Graduate DOCJT Basic Training
Johnson Leads KDFWR Aquatic
Education Efforts |
| Louisiana
AGENTS RESCUE INJURED
BOATER FROM FATAL BOAT CRASH
LOST HUNTER FOUND ON
RUSSELL SAGE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA |
| Maine
Warden Service
Colonel Reminds Snowmobilers to Ride Right, Ride Safe
Supplemental Feeding
of White-Tailed Deer During Winter |
| Maryland
Governor Ehrlich
Announces Purchase of Conservation Easement
Maryland Park Service
Advises Against Recreational Activity on Deep Creek Lake
Governor Ehrlich
Makes Good on Promise; Continues to secure additional Federal Funds for
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts |
| Michigan
Weekly Fishing Report
Gutierrez Named
Conservation Officer of the Year
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| Minnesota
Trout Brook Project
will Benefit Brook Trout
Coyotes Sightings No
Cause for Concern
DNR needs items to help
establish game warden museum at Camp Ripley
Minnesota Ski Pass
required to use grants-in-aid trails for cross-country skiing
North Shore forest
management plan comment period extended
Governor makes wetlands
high priority in DNR budget
Conservation Officers'
Tales - February 2005 |
| Missouri
Regional quail
meetings set for April
Black Island joins list
of Missouri conservation areas
Agencies join forces to
aid imperiled pallid sturgeon
Nixa man's quail
obsession endures 67 seasons
NRA issues Youth Hunter
Education Challenge
Apply now for turkey
hunts at Caney Mountain CA |
| Montana
Nongame Wildlife
Programs Need Your Support
Getting To Know
Montana's Avalanche Center Experts
Trapper Education Class
Set In Missoula
FWP Is Seeking Public
Comment On Projects In And Near Spring Meadow Lake State Park
Becoming An
Outdoors-Woman Upland Game Bird Clinic
Wolverine Season To
Close In Wolverine Management Unit 3
Montana Fish, Wildlife
And Parks Commission To Meet Feb. 10 In Helena |
| Nebraska
ARTISTS: TIME IS GETTING
SHORT FOR HABITAT STAMP CONTEST ENTRIES
MANDATORY BOATING
EDUCATION CLASSES SET FOR 14-17 YEAR OLDS
MITCHELL MAN RECEIVES
PROBATION, FINES FOR KILLING BALD EAGLE
NEBRASKA POND OWNERS
REMINDED OF FISH STOCKING PROGRAM
NGPC, UNL TO SPONSOR
CONSERVATION EDUCATION SKILLS WORKSHOP
REMEMBER WILDLIFE WHEN
DOING YOUR STATE INCOME TAXES
SPRING TURKEY PERMITS
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 14 |
| New Jersey
DEP OYSTER REVITALIZATION PROJECT BRINGS WARMTH TO THE
DELAWARE BAY
Delaware Bayshore Birding
and Wildlife Trails Site Nominations Wanted
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| Nevada
Register Boats Now to Prepare for Summer
Hunters Should Go Online to Check Their Hunter Education Records
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| New Mexico
Weekly Fishing Report |
| North Carolina
Private Stewardship Grants Offer Landowners A Way to Help
Rare Species
New Black Bear Documentary Available From Wildlife
Commission
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| North Dakota
Spring Turkey Season
Applications Available
Game and Fish Recommends a Feb. 19 Spring Light
Goose Opener
New State Record
Brown Trout Caught
Game and Fish Reports 2004 Bighorn Sheep, Moose and
Elk Harvests |
| Ohio
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
BEGIN IN MARCH FOR OHIO HUNTER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS
A RECORD NUMBER OF
DEER TAKEN DURING OHIO’S 2004-2005 DEER HUNTING SEASON
OHIO HUNTING AND FISHING
LICENSES GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 15
Ohio’s Old-Growth
Habitats Protected
RECORD NUMBER OF
OHIOANS VOLUNTEERED IN OHIO STATE PARKS LAST YEAR |
| Oklahoma
Crawford receives
national conservationist of the year honor
Friends of the NRA
support youth programs
Wildlife Heritage Center
Museum in Antlers nears completion
Winter Bird Survey forms
due Feb. 9 |
| Oregon
ODFW still on track
with wolf plan
Columbia River spring
chinook seasons set for sport anglers and commercial fishers |
| Pennsylvania
COMMISSION SEEKS
APPLICANTS FOR BOATING FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM
GAME COMMISSION DELIVERS ANNUAL REPORT TO
HOUSE COMMITTEE
COMMISSION MOURNS
LOSS OF MEMBER |
| Rhode Island
DEM SAYS CONDITIONS
AT PULASKI STATE PARK IN GLOCESTER EXCELLENT FOR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING |
| South Carolina
TWO MILLION RED DRUM STOCKED BY DNR IN STATE'S COASTAL
WATERS
HUNTING TRADITION CONTINUES AT WEBB WILDLIFE CENTER
FRESHWATER FISHING TRENDS
SALTWATER FISHING TRENDS:
S.C. WEEKLY TIDETABLE |
| South Dakota
Changes Await Spring
Turkey Applicants
CWD Update
Experience the Mickelson
Trail on the "Snowshoe Shuffle" Walk in the Park
Find GFP Officials And
Publications At February Sport Show
Remember Deadline For
Wildlife Seasonal And Executive Positions Near
America’s Great Backyard
Enjoy "Eagles and Bagels" at Oahe Downstream
Recreation Area |
| Texas
Golden Alga
Surfacing, TPWD Steps Up Monitoring Efforts
TPWD Seeks Public
Comment About Proposed Regulation Changes
TPWD Looking at Potential
Expansion of Buck Restrictions
Process in Place To
Suspend Coastal Fishing During Freeze
Redfish Bay Scientific
Area Extension Proposed
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes
TPWD Calendar
Stay Tuned |
| Utah
Shed antler hunters
must know the law
Fisheries Experiment
Station: not your typical fish hatchery
Reward offered in elk
poaching case
Ice fishing clinic
hooks new women
Weekly Statewide
Fishing Report
Hunter safety
instructors needed in Northern Utah
Deer-vehicle
collisions — an on-going problem
Moose moved after
confrontation with girl |
| Vermont
2004 Was the Safest
Year Ever for Vermont's Hunters
FIRST SIGNS OF SUCCESS
FOR SEA LAMPREY CONTROL
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| Washington
Meeting set on salmon-fishing plan for Grays Harbor
Canadian Seafood Company Sued for Geoduck Theft
Application deadline is Feb. 28 for central Washington
upland game bird habitat funds
Sport spring chinook seasons set for Columbia River |
| West Virginia
West Virginia's
Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey Completed
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| Wisconsin
Deer population
status meetings schedule around state
193,000 permits issued
for 2005 spring turkey season
Free Turkey Hunter
Education Clinics Offered Statewide
Anglers’ investments make
for great Wisconsin fishing |
| Wyoming
PAYMENTS INCREASED
FOR WALK-IN AND HUNTER MGT AREAS; SIGN UP THROUGH MAY 1
LANDER’S BOB TREBELCOCK
AWARDED AS “WILDLIFE OFFICER OF THE YEAR
RUSS POLLARD RETIRES FROM
G&F TO SERVE AIR GUARD FULL TIME
G&F Calendar
ASK THE GAME & FISH |
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