Category Archives: Wildlife Legislation

Is Anyone Paying Attention? We’ve Lost 9.7 Million Acres of CRP Land in Five Years

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

By K. McDonald on March 7th, 2013     SWCS Conservation NewsBriefs The amount of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), at 27.1 million acres, is down by 26 percent, or 9.7 million acres in the past five years, to … Continue reading →

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Biofuels Converting U.S. Prairielands at Dust Bowl Rates

Posted on March 1, 2013 by admin

By Joe Hitchon WASHINGTON, Feb 23 2013 (IPS) – The rush for biofuels in the United States has seen farmers converting the United States’ prairie lands to farms at rates comparable with deforestation levels in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia – … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Stressed Out

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

Posted on January 30, 2013 by greatlakesoutdoors As I write this, it’s almost 60 degrees outside.  Its January 30th.  I live in Michigan.  This isn’t right. No doubt, our warming climate is not only weird, but it poses’ a huge … Continue reading →

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Could the Farm Bill Devastate America’s Birds?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin

By JIM LYONS, MARK REY and ERIC WASHBURN Published: December 10, 2012 Washington STRETCHING across the Upper Midwest is a 276,000-square-mile expanse full of wetlands and grasslands. This vast area — known as the prairie pothole region and extending from … Continue reading →

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Minn., Wis. wolf hunts show different approaches to management

Posted on October 30, 2012 by admin

by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio October 29, 2012 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s first-ever regulated hunting season for wolves opens this weekend. Wisconsin’s wolf hunt has been under way for almost two weeks. When it comes to wolves, Minnesota … Continue reading →

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