Wildlife

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – Maine is receiving more than $16 million for wildlife conservation and recreation. The funding was announced Thursday by Senators Susan Collins and Angus King. It comes from the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program as part of $1.5 billion distributed nationwide. More than half of Maine’s total funding is going toward …

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In his May 5 Thursday Opinion essay, “Those Anacostia turkeys are a miracle of conservation,” Keith Urbahn neglected to mention the factors and efforts by true conservationists (non-hunters) that brought wild turkeys back from the brink of extinction after hunters slaughtered them with reckless abandon. One element of the species’ recovery was the Great Depression. …

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Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Paul Thillen was surprised earlier this summer to see a large tom turkey waddle by his south Minneapolis yard — just feet from a busy interstate on-ramp. Then, a few days later, he watched a deer cross the same spot. It got …

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Cute baby bunnies are a staple of springtime, but taking young rabbits out of yards and into homes will likely do more harm than good. Well-meaning people often put young wildlife’s health in danger when they intervene in a wild animal’s natural process of growing up, according to a press release from the North Carolina …

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VT Fish & Wildlife Urges Us to Remember Nongame Wildlife Tax Checkoff MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermonters can express their passion for wildlife conservation by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Fund on their state income tax form this year, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The fund helps protect some of Vermont’s most threatened …

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A WILDLIFE photography enthusiast has captured some stunning shots of mandarin ducks in Spital. Steve Baird, of Colmore Avenue, now has plenty of time to pursue his passion after retiring from engineering. He has captured the female ducks on several occasions but finally managed to capture the colorful male when three arrived on the fishing …

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Pennsylvania would receive $22 million annually, compared to the $1.5 million in federal funding it currently collects. Delaware would receive $12 million annually, compared to the $555,081 federal state wildlife grant it most recently obtained. And New Jersey, which currently collects about $1 million annually in federal grants for wildlife conservation, would receive $15 million …

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Four popular Northern Colorado state wildlife areas no longer require a special pass to access after the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission created an exemption for the areas at its November meeting. Bellaire Lake, Dowdy Lake, West Lake and Poudre River state wildlife areas were among 24 areas that received an exemption to the Colorado …

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