National Park Plans to Cull Its Herd of Elk
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Sharpshooters will be used to cull an elk population that roams and sometimes rampages through Rocky Mountain National Park, according to park officials.
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A controversial annual cull of hedgehogs in Scotland may be about to end as wildlife groups withdraw support.
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US wildlife authorities said they will remove wolves from the endangered species list in three states and want to de-list the animals in three more regions, paving the way for hunting the creatures for the first time in decades.
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By Rick Steelhammer  rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com  FRENCH CREEK - As John Wines waved his arms to distract Junior, the 6-year-old bull elk, Darrell Barlow darted through the elk enclosure's gate with a bucket of grain, deposited it in a feeding trough, then made a hasty retreat.
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A proposed quarantine facility for Yellowstone National Park bison to eventually provide herd startups for Indian reservations and wildlife refuges is being considered, state officials say.
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The state's attempt to balance wind power generation with wildlife protection on a western Maryland mountaintop is under attack from both sides.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT  WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Friday he has scrapped a proposal that critics said would protect fewer rare plants and animals from extinction.
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Moose populations in western Wyoming have fallen so low that the Game and Fish Department is considering closing the hunting season in parts of the region.
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By JOHN BRENNAN Mountain View Telegraph  The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a plan to fence off a popular hiking and biking area in the East Mountains.
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By Idaho Statesman, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 19--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will propose delisting Rocky Mountain wolves as endangered in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming by the end of January.
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A Tennessee elk and bison ranch and a national deer farmers' group are challenging Kentucky's law banning deer or elk from being transported into the state.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make it easier to kill wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains to protect other wildlife and domesticated animals.
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By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 2--The federal government on Friday announced its plan to protect bald eagles after the bird flies off the endangered species list later this month.
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State Game and Fish officials will help staff members at Carlsbad Caverns National Park remove exotic fish and amphibians from the pond at Rattlesnake Springs.
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The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday his agency will start removing federal protections from gray wolves in Montana and Idaho by January, regardless of whether Wyoming has submitted an acceptable plan to manage its own wolves by then.
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The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl.