Tuesday, May 21, 2013

PENNSYLVANIA NEWS: Legislative Proposals to Further Politicize Wildlife Management

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In Pennsylvania, there are a few bills designed to replace science-based wildlife management with political management. Introduced by Re...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Forthcoming book of interest: DEERLAND

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On April 2, 2013, Lyons Press will release DEERLAND: America’s Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness. The U.S. is now ho...
Friday, September 28, 2012

PENNSYLVANIA NEWS: Legislature Considers Hindering Game Commission's Authority

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The Pennsylvania state legislature is considering enacting a law (HB 2073) that would subject Pennsylvania Game Commission actions to the In...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

MICHIGAN NEWS: Deer Excluded from Rare Forest

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Deer are being fenced out of a Tenhave Woods, 15 acre nature reserve that protects one of only 10 known sites of wet-mesic flatwoods in Mich...

USA NEWS: More EHD Cases

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Additional cases of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) are appearing throughout the U.S.  We now have reports from: Wisconsin Eric Lobn...
Monday, September 10, 2012

MISSOURI NEWS: Referendum on Urban Hunt

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Another community is using the petition process to halt urban deer management. There will be no bowhunting for deer in Cape Girardeau thi...

MINNESOTA NEWS: Duluth Cull Continues Quietly

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Deer are still creating problems for residents in Duluth.  However, the magnitude of the problem has been dropping over the past seven years...

NEW JERSEY NEWS: Petition to Continue Deer Cull

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I cannot think of a prior example of a community petitioning to continue a deer cull, but that is happening right now in Essex County. Af...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

WISCONSIN NEWS: October CWD Hunt Scrapped by Governor

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Wisconsin will give up trying to control a contagious disease affecting the state's deer population. Gov. Scott Walker on Friday rejec...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

RESEARCH NEWS: Another Recent Study Questions Deer-Lyme Link

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A recent study has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, questioning the link between deer and Lyme disease...