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McCain concerned about slow pace of wildfire prevention efforts
By JULIE TARALLO - PRESCOTT NEWS Senator John McCain Expresses Concern Over Slow Pace Of Wildfire Prevention Efforts In Northern Arizona
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Press review Forestry worker mauled and badly injured by grizzly attack in remote B.C. forest
Photoby Jonathan Hayward Katie DeRosa, Victoria Times Colonist - vancouversun.com Published on: March 24, 2017 DRAINEY INLET, B.C. — A Campbell River husband and father has serious injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear in a remote logging camp north of Vancouver Island.
Press review Trump budget deepens cuts to USDA
21-03-2017 - Capital Press President Trump’s budget request released on Thursday calling for a 21 percent cut in USDA discretionary funding is drawing concern from the ag community.
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Today marks the UN's International Day of Forests (dailymail.co.uk)
21-03-2017 - An annual occasion that honours the world's most precious woodlands.
Press review Prince William is talking sense – trophy hunting is crucial to conservation
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, feeds a 5-year-old black rhino called Zawadi Getty Richard Emslie, Michael Knight - Friday 18 March 2016 - independent.co.uk A few individuals legally hunted each year is a small price to pay for the transformative benefits trophy hunting brings
Press review Spiders Eat Up to 880 Million Tons of Insects Each Year (livescience.com)
Photo: Davide Hill By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | March 15, 2017 Each year, about 27 million tons of spiders consume somewhere between 440 million and 880 million tons of insects, new research finds.
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Senate passes bill ending Obama-era land rule
By Devin Henry - 03/07/17 - thehill.com The Senate on Tuesday voted to end a land management rule finalized in the closing days of the Obama administration.
Press review Poachers kill one of Africa's last remaining 'big tusker' elephants (theguardian.com)
Photograph: Tsavo Trust Agence France-Presse in Nairobi - Monday 6 March 2017 One of Africa’s oldest and largest elephants has been killed by poachers in Kenya, according to a conservation group that protects a dwindling group of “big tuskers” estimated to be as few as 25.
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Better enforcement of illegal logging law needed, as EUTR turns 4
3 March 2017 - clientearth.org Today marks the four-year anniversary of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), the EU’s law to address illegal logging.
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Pennsylvania deer tests positive for fatal disease
By Myles Snyder - ABC27 News Published: February 28, 2017, HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A captive white-tailed deer has tested positive for a chronic wasting disease, the state’s second positive case in three months.
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The Scientist: “Hunters are the true conservationists of our country. Here’s why.”
February 10th,2017 - by @Meadow Kouffeld - themonocular.com Meadow Jean Kouffeld is a Regional Biologist with the Ruffed Grouse Society, as well as an avid hunter and conservation activist.
Press review End of the free touring?
15 February 2017 - The forestry introduced in February: a large tours Fejér county in Hungary chargeable - read the page feol.hu
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Scientists have discovered that living near trees is good for your health
By Chris Mooney – July 9. 2015 - washingtonpost.com In a new paper published Thursday, a team of researchers present a compelling case for why urban neighborhoods filled with trees are better for your physical health.
Press review Invasive wild pig populations continue to grow, spread through United States
Current estimates put the U.S. wild boar population at approximately 6 million. Photo by Guido Bissattini/Shutterstock Feb. 2, 2017 - upi.com - By Brooks Hays According to the new report, $1.5 billion is spent in the United States each year to repair and prevent damage done by wild pigs.
Press review New Southland record after red deer stag sells for $80,000
Photo: David Stevens stuff.co.nz - BRITTANY PICKETT - February 3 2017 The record books will need to be changed after a Southland stud sold a velvet stag for $80,000 at auction.
Press review Tom Vilsack: Invest in American jobs with wildfire budget fix (knoxnews.com)
Jan. 17, 2017 - Another severe fire season has come and gone.
Press review World's largest tropical peatland found in Congo basin (theguardian.com)
Photograph: Simon Lewis/University of Leeds Wednesday 11 January 2017 - Georgia Brown Carbon-rich peatlands could store three years’ worth of world’s total fossil fuel emissions, say scientists
Press review Trump Agriculture Secretary pick still unclear
wisfarmer.com - Jan Shepel, Correspondent Jan. 11, 2017 Washington, D.C. — With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration only a week-and-a-half away there was still no word on who he would pick to serve as Agriculture Secretary and that’s causing concern among the leaders of the nation’s farm groups.
