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Howard Meyerson
After more than 25 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Wildlife
Feds duck controversy, restore prize for stamp art to 6-year-old girl
Six-year-old Madison Grimm, of South Dakota, has been reinstated as the 2013 Federal Junior Duck Stamp champion in the annual art contest held by the US. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her oil painting of a canvasback duck was chosen from … Continue reading
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Tagged Duck Stamp, Madison Grimm, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife, Wildlife art
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South Dakota girl disqualified, national duck stamp competition
Madison Grimm, a six-year-old South Dakota girl who was announced as the US Fish and Wildlife Service winner of its annual junior duck stamp competition, recently got some bad news. Her entry was disqualified. FWS officials were unavailable for comment, … Continue reading
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list all across the lower 48 states. The decision will result in individual states taking over management of the wolves, according to a story … Continue reading
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Tagged Endangered Species, Gray Wolves, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Wildlife, Wolf
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Crash Course: Wind turbine bird, bat deaths to be monitored?
By Howard Meyerson LANSING, MI – Michigan wind power operators may soon be able to get a state permit to collect and count the number of birds and bats that are injured and killed by turbines each year, but they … Continue reading
Surging Firearm Sales: Michigan eligible for record federal wildlife funding
By Howard Meyerson Michigan’s deer, grouse and other wildlife programs are eligible for record federal funding in 2013. Ammunition, firearm and archery sales all surged in 2012. That rise in sales is translating to record payouts to hunting and wildlife … Continue reading
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Tagged Ammunition, Archery, Deer, DNR, Firearms, Hunting, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Pheasant, Pittman Robertson, Waterfowl, Wildlife, Woodcock
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Lookin for a few good bears: Study tracks travel in southern Michigan
By Howard Meyerson Dwayne Etter is looking for a few good bears – denned bears, that is. Now that it is winter he hopes to collar some. Black bears are moving into southern Michigan and Etter is tracking their whereabouts. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bears, Black Bear, DNR, GPS Collars, Nature, Southern Michigan, Wildlife
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New Report: Pharmaceuticals in drinking water, serious concern
Pharmaceuticals in drinking water has become an issue in recent years. It takes 99 years for them to leave, according to a new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, a story in Great Lakes Echo reports today. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance for the Great Lakes, Environment, Great Lakes, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, US EPA, Water Quality, Wildlife
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Boardman River washout: fish, wildlife impacts not serious
By Howard Meyerson Wildlife and fish habitat on the Boardman River was hit hard by a five foot deep surge of water on October 6 when a 20-foot draw-down of Brown Bridge Dam pond got out of control. State and other officials … Continue reading
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Tagged Boardman River, Brown Bridge Dam, Conservation, Environment, Fish, Nature, Rivers, Trout, Wildlife
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Collaborative Conservation: How hunters help birds
By Howard Meyerson Talking “turkey” would have meant precisely that in the 1930’s, an era when wildlife biologists managed lands for individual species. But state, federal and private (NGO) wildlife managers say the parlance and philosophy of wildlife management has … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Conservation, DNR, Ducks Unlimited, Environment, Grasslands, Hunting, Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan Audubon Society, National Forests, National Wild Turkey Federation, Nature, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wetlands, Wildlife
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