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Massachusetts has year's 1st human case of West Nile virus
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has its first human case of West Nile virus this year, state public health officials said Wednesday. The mosquito-borne disease was detected in a woman in her 80s who was likely exposed in Middlesex County, according to a statement from the...
Vermont's early bear hunting season is underway
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's early bear hunting season is underway. The season opened on Wednesday and runs through Nov. 12. One exception is that nonresident hunters using dogs are not permitted to bear hunt in Vermont until Sept. 15, according to the the Vermont...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Inquirer. Aug. 31, 2021. Editorial: Afghans are welcome here On Friday, Afghan refugees began arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, and elected officials, including Mayor Jim Kenney, have rightly expressed “solidarity with...
Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories – like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America – birds of prey are in decline worldwide. A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of...
Wolves in Idaho, Montana could get federal oversight
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups asked the Biden administration to reinstate a federal monitoring program to oversee the management of gray wolves in Idaho and Montana following changes in wolf hunting laws in the two states intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers. ...
Genetic mapping boosts hopes for restoring prized lake trout
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Scientists have traced the genetic makeup of lake trout, a feat that should boost efforts to rebuild populations of the prized fish in the Great Lakes and other North American waters where they've been hammered by invasive species, overfishing and pollution,...
Oregon OKs killing 2 more wolves, citing attack on cow
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized the killing of two more wolves in eastern Oregon, several weeks after the state fatally shot two young wolves from the same pack. The Lookout Mountain pack was suspected of injuring or killing...
Vermont's Canada goose hunting season opens Sept. 1
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Canada goose hunting season takes place next month to help control the population of the birds, according to the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. The statewide season runs Sept. 1 through Sept. 25, and happens before the arrival...
Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow
FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over...
Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air. That...
