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The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) does not have the authority to ban high-fence deer hunting. Conservation groups cite concerns about the...

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry decided to reinitiate a spring bear hunt due to growing public safety concerns about the large population in the province – estimated...

Two senators from South Dakota and Minnesota introduced a bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing regulation on lead ammunition and fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances...

British Columbia’s provincial government contracted individuals to cull wolves via helicopters in an effort to assist in the recovery of endangered caribou herds, which have experienced massive population decline in...

The new USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) designates $370 million of federal funding to support 115 projects in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The projects are also estimated...

Alberta announced plans for its first spring snow goose hunt in order to combat overabundant populations (a fall hunt is already in place). Nesting colonies of snow geese can contain...

Hundreds of Cassin’s aucklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) — a small white-bellied seabird — have been washing up dead on the shores of the Pacific ocean from British Columbia down to San...

New York became the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing – better known as fracking – after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the process last week. Fracking currently occurs in other...

On November 5, 2014, Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research Center scientists and partners with the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado State University, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Jefferson County Open...

A federal judge has placed gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan back under Endangered Species Act protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service originally de-listed the species in 2011....