A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate today to increase the price of the federal duck stamp to $25. The current price of $15 was set more than 20 years ago, in 1991. Since its enactment in 1934, the federal duck […]
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Parents, teachers and youth group leaders across America are invited to engage children in putting their creative skills to work in the 2014 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest, an integral part of the ninth annual national Endangered Species Day
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Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden earlier this week. Booked into the Delta County jail in Cooper were Eli Stephens, 18, and Dalton Haddix, 21,
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Coyotes are always testing the humans around them, experts say. The small canine is testing humans when they wander into someone’s yard. They’re testing them when they nibble on pet food on a porch. They’re testing them when they see
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A shadowy figure in a wave near children swimming at a southern California beach has experts disagreeing. Discovery Channel shark expert Jeff Kurr calls it a great white shark, but shark expert David Shiffman believes it was a dolphin. The
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On New Year’s Eve in 2010, Charlie Ciotta called his son a few hours before midnight to wish him an early happy new year. They talked about safety, and the 29-year-old promised he wouldn’t drink and drive. Just hours later,
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This is a video clip we showed last year but it’s worth another look as the big trout season is just a couple of months away. Watch how slowly the Corky sinks. Amazing.
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Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh is shooting down the plan to arm some Boston patrol officers with military-style rifles — setting up a potential showdown with the department which has backed the controversial measure, citing a need for high-powered weapons in
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Connecticut gun owners are rushing to register certain firearms and ammunition magazines that will be considered illegal contraband in the new year. People have been lining up early in the morning at the state Department of Emergency Services and Public
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A duck hunter was rescued from the Niagara River, after falling out of his boat just off the shores of Grand Island, when two strangers came to his aide. Dave Wahl was hunting nearby with his nephew Riley, when they
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Five persons were killed in different incidents of violence and mishaps. According to details, in Sheikhupura a candidate for the slot of UC 77 Chairman shot a villager dead when he refused to cast his and other family members vote
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America’s military is marching toward a greener future. It actually has nothing to do with changing the uniforms to better protect troops in battle. Instead, this latest move has it more concerned about protecting the environment. That’s because starting in
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When a 5-year-old pit bull named Blue attacked and killed a small Jack Russell terrier at the Animal Friends shelter earlier this year, the staff gave him a second chance because he was friendly and affectionate with people, was responding
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Gun control caused the Holocaust.” That’s an argument, rather unhelpfully phrased, that American gun-rights supporters have been making for decades. There’s no way to prove it. In fact, most of the time it’s not even clear what alternate history is
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will honor the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with a year-long commemoration of the Act that has been so successful in stabilizing populations of species at risk, preventing the extinction of many
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An off-duty Texas game warden was shot Sunday evening while bow hunting on Cooper Wildlife Management Area in Delta County. Listed in stable condition in intensive care at Dallas’s Parkland Hospital Monday is Game Warden Chris Fried, 31, of Cooper.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing an amendment to the Parks and Wildlife Code that would make it illegal to use noxious or toxic substances to disturb or collect nongame wildlife as well as prohibiting the possession of
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Lake Fork produced its second Toyota ShareLunker of the season December 27. The fish is also the second entry into the program during the current season. On December 30 Lake Athens produced its second ShareLunker ever, a 13.76-pound fish caught
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As we reported last week, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is hosting a series of meetings in January to “scope” public thoughts on potential regulation changes. While no official proposals are made at these meetings (that will be
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The U.S. Border Patrol will evaluate the use of three helium-filled surveillance balloons along the Texas-Mexico border that were originally used by the Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan. Standing beneath a 52-foot-long tethered balloon on Thursday in Penitas,
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