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	<title>Winded Bowhunter &#187; Wildlife News</title>
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		<title>Bison Quota Set at 144</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/hunting-tips-hunting/2009/06/25/state-winter-bison-quota-set-at-144-animals/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=state-winter-bison-quota-set-at-144-animals</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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BILLINGS (AP) — Montana wildlife commissioners have set a tentative bison hunting season for next winter that would allow hunters to take up to 144 bison.
 
The figure is unchanged from last year, when only a single bison was taken.
 
Yellowstone’s bison population was driven down sharply two winters ago — from 4,700 animals to about 3,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Litigation Begins Over the Delisting of Wolves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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SCI is closely reviewing two separate cases filed in two different courts on June 2, 2009 to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s rule to delist the wolves of the Northern Rocky Mountains, with the exception of the wolves of Wyoming.  In federal district court in Montana, Defenders of Wildlife and 12 other wolf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Suspends Earn-a-Buck</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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West Bend, Wis. (AP) — Bowing to pressure from hunters and legislators, Wisconsin wildlife officials finally decided Wednesday to mothball its contentious “earn-a-buck” program and look for other ways to control the state’s deer population.
 
The Natural Resources Board voted to suspend the program indefinitely everywhere except chronic wasting disease areas. The board also decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mtn. Lion Encounters&#8230;Run? Stand your gound?</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/survival/2009/04/25/mtn-lion-encountersrun-stand-your-gound/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mtn-lion-encountersrun-stand-your-gound</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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Reno, Nev. (AP) — There has been a recent study on fatal encounters between humans and mountain lions, suggests one conventional wisdom – never to try to run from one of the big cats!
 
Staying put may make a person more desirable as potential prey and prompt an attack, said researchers at University of California, Davis.
 
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$57.8 Million to Support Conservation Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced more than $57.8 million in grants to 27 states to support conservation planning and acquisition for the habitat of threatened and endangered wildlife and plants. The grants were awarded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
 
“The successful conservation of threatened and endangered species requires a partnership between the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bison Added To FWP&#8217;s Special License Drawings</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/hunting-tips-hunting/2009/04/03/bison-added-to-fwps-special-license-drawings/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=bison-added-to-fwps-special-license-drawings</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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The deadlines to apply for FWP’s special license drawings are May 1 for bison, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat; and June 1 for elk, deer and antelope.
The May 1 deadline for bison is new this year.
Applying for special big game hunting permits and licenses is a lot easier these days for the growing number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Wolf Management</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/conservation/2009/04/02/idaho-wolf-management/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=idaho-wolf-management</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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After they were nearly wiped out in the lower 48 states, wolves in Idaho were declared endangered in 1974 under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s 1987 recovery plan for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains included reintroducing them in central Idaho in 1995 and 1996.
 
Since then, Idaho has been involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gray wolf delisting formalized</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/conservation/2009/04/02/gray-wolf-delisting-formalized/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=gray-wolf-delisting-formalized</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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The federal government&#8217;s second attempt at removing endangered species protection for the gray wolf in the Northern Rockies will be published today, with environmental groups already promising a legal challenge.
 
&#8220;The science on this is clear,&#8221; said Ed Bangs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Helena. &#8220;Wolves are recovered.&#8221;
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolf bill voted down by Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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HELENA &#8211; A bill that aimed to give Montana sole authority over wolves in the state was voted down on the Senate floor Tuesday, with several senators expressing fear that passing the bill could derail the current delisting effort.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Joe Balyeat, R-Bozeman, tried to beat back those fears, saying the bill clearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana has big bighorns</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/hunting-tips-hunting/2009/03/18/montana-has-big-bighorns/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=montana-has-big-bighorns</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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Almost a third of the bighorn rams that hunters have taken over the past three years in Montana qualify for the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system record book.
 
Hunters and conservationists interested in sheep say that makes Montana one of the best, if not the best place to hunt trophy bighorns.
 
See six record rams taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gray Wolves Delisted Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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U.S. Department of the Interior Press Release, March 6, 2009 here
SCI Commends Interior Decision Affirming Wolf Delisting!  Read entire article here

Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to Delist Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rockies 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today affirmed the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerial surveys show Yellowstone elk numbers up</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/conservation/2009/03/04/aerial-surveys-show-yellowstone-elk-numbers-up/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=aerial-surveys-show-yellowstone-elk-numbers-up</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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Big Sky News Service
Aerial surveys conducted last month indicate the northern Yellowstone elk population is up compared to past years, but overall, wolf restoration has reduced the herd by 60 percent, state and federal agencies said this week.
The annual winter elk survey revealed 7,109 elk almost evenly split between Yellowstone National Park and land just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus Bill Invests in Conservation to Boost the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.windedbowhunter.com/conservation/2009/03/03/stimulus-bill-invests-in-conservation-to-boost-the-economy/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=stimulus-bill-invests-in-conservation-to-boost-the-economy</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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The federal economic stimulus bill signed into law by President Obama on February 17 includes critical investments in conservation, environmental protection, and renewable energy. This funding will benefit the environment and support local economies. Specific funding includes:
- $285 million to improve habitat and modernize facilities across the National Wildlife Refuge system;
- $290 million for watershed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10-Year Action Plan on Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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In mid-January, the Bush administration released the 10-year Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan, which was informed by the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy held last October. The plan summarizes a wide range of challenges, including funding, access, recruiting and retaining hunters, climate change, and energy development, and offers 58 specific actions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Species Act Memo from President Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rudy</dc:creator>
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President Obama visited the Interior Department today to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first Interior secretary. He got a warm reception from employees. He reminisced about his first visits to national parks as an 11-year-old, which, btw, was the same time Obama&#8217;s vice president, Joe Biden, was first entering the Senate as a very [...]]]></description>
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