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White-tail Deer Population Surveys Begin in Cape Girardeau

Last week the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) completed the first of a series of white-tail deer population surveys. This project will be ongoing over the next few months in partnership with the Cape Girardeau Police Department and the Southeast…[more]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation
12-21-2012

MDC Seeks Recycled Christmas Trees from St. Louis Area to Benefit Fish and Anglers

Christmas trees can have a second life after the holidays by providing home for fish—and an advantage for anglers.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is accepting used natural Christmas trees to create fish habitat in Lake 35…[more]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation
12-19-2012

Donated Christmas Trees Get Second Life as Fish Habitat

Ask any Arkansas fisherman and you’ll get a multitude of answers about how they feel when it comes to underwater structure. Anglers may curse those logs and branches that snag their brand new lures, but they know that structure is…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
12-14-2012

How’s Your Habitat?

Looking for a way to improve habitat on your land? Hinge cut openings are a relatively cost-effective way to create more wildlife habitat diversity in low quality forested areas. Hinge cutting is simply done by cutting halfway through the tree.…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
12-14-2012

MDC Offers Incentive Payments for CRP Enrollment, Enhancements

Landowners in 54 Missouri counties can receive $300 per acre in incentive bonuses for enrolling new land in the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), and those with existing CRP contracts could receive payments exceeding $200 for management practices that enhance…[more]

By Jim Low, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
11-29-2012

Conservation Officials Work with Hunters to Monitor Deer Herd

Conservation officials say they don’t plan immediate measures to compensate for deer losses to hemorrhagic diseases, but they will look carefully at harvest information, reports of sick deer and hunter surveys when considering future hunting regulations. They note hunters’ key…[more]

By Jim Low, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
11-27-2012

Introducing Biofuels Education at the Secondary Level in Oklahoma

Every year in high schools across the country students learn about the Pythagorean theorem, mathematical equations and formulas. They are then asked to regurgitate the information in a classroom setting.

Helping students find practical uses for these theories,…[more]

By Sean Hubbard, Oklahoma State
11-21-2012

Research on OK Black Bears Shows Much Higher Population Estimates

Winnie the Pooh loves honey, but the black bears in Oklahoma prefer glazed donuts.

According to researchers in the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (FWRU), day-old donuts are the bait of choice when trapping bears in…[more]

By Sean Hubbard, Oklahoma State
11-01-2012

Alien Invaders

Red fire ants, thousand cankers disease, kudzu, zebra mussels and emerald ash borers are just a few of the invasive species that cost the U.S. up to $130 billion annually in both damage and preventative measures. Add to that a…[more]

By Robert J. Korpella
10-24-2012

Experts Call for Wildlife Conservation Network

It’s time to establish a national network for wildlife conservation, bringing together state, federal and private initiatives to coordinate planning and work toward common goals, according to 11 prominent wildlife biologists and policy experts. They wrote their opinion in the…[more]

Indiana University


10-24-2012
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