September 2012

Wildlife disease experts warn that the prolonged drought affecting much of the nation will likely spur a substantial outbreak of enzootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), reports the Wildlife Management Institute. According to experts at the University of Georgia's Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), wildlife managers in the entire Missouri River drainage as well as the Piedmont regions of North Carolina and West Virginia should prepare to see their white-tailed deer herds "get hammered" by this year's rash of EHD.

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In his opening remarks to the Idaho Wildlife Summit, Governor Butch Otter enthusiastically said that every citizen in Idaho benefits from the presence of fish and wildlife in the state, and that it?s time for all Idahoans to share in both charting the course ? and bearing the cost ? of conservation in the state, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. With that background, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDF&G) used a combination of professional facilitation, inspirational speakers, video technology and instant public input to engage thousands of residents in a lively dialog...

The Johns River Basin in northern New Hampshire was recently recognized as a working forest project that provides an excellent example of people and organizations collaborating to support conservation and forest stewardship. In a ceremony that took place in August, the ambitious habitat restoration project led by Wagner Forest Management received the prestigious Two Chiefs' Award, bestowed by the heads of the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service for "the very best partnerships and projects occurring across the country." A joint press release from the two...