Category Archives: Species Management

Historic agreement will conserve millions of acres for monarch butterflies and other pollinators across the United States

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News Release   April 8, 2020 Contact: Georgia Parham       Efforts to stem the decline of monarch butterflies took a giant leap forward today with the completion of a historic agreement between the U.S. … Continue reading

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Michigan Governor Vetoes of Bad Deer Management Bill

December 23, 2019 | by National Deer Alliance Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed House Bill 4687, which would have removed the Natural Resources Commission’s authority to regulate deer baiting and feeding. More specifically, baiting and feeding bans in the state’s … Continue reading

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Endangered Species Overreach A new rule won’t put more fish and wildlife at risk

 By The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Aug. 16, 2019 6:51 pm ET A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. PHOTO: HANDOUT ./REUTERS Perhaps you’ve been reading that … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Hosted ‘Midwest CWD Collaboration Meeting’

Washington D.C. (August 1, 2019)- The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies was pleased to see biologists from several Midwestern states, members of Wisconsin Tribal Nations, plus state and federal conservation groups meet last month to discuss chronic wasting disease … Continue reading

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Asian carp DNA found near Lake Michigan

Leonard N. Fleming, The Detroit News Published 9:42 p.m. ET May 19, 2019 The DNA of six Asian carp were detected in Illinois just a few miles from the shore of Lake Michigan, sounding alarm bells among those hoping to … Continue reading

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