Interior proposes 1977 migratory bird seasons rules
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service proposes hunting frameworks for migratory birds for the 1977 78 seasons. Director Lynn A Greenwalt announces the plan published in the Federal Register detailing species to be hunted daily bag and possession limits shooting hours season lengths opening and closing dates with minor regional changes.
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Interior Department
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lynn A Greenwalt
Federal Register
Wild Horse Herd Size Rises 18 Percent in Challis Unit
The BLM reports a Challis Planning Unit herd of 575 wild horses after an aerial survey, including 104 foals, up from last year. No immediate roundup or closures announced as plans are reviewed, with proposed migratory bird and falconry season changes under study and public comment to follow.
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Salmon, Idaho
Mississippi
Central
Atlantic
Alaska
IFG Grants Support Idaho Wildlife Study
Senator Frank Church announced that the Fish and Wildlife Service approved a grant of 48237 dollars to the University of Idaho College of Forestry Wildlife and Grange Sciences. The funds finance a study and inventory of wildlife habitat on public lands in North Idaho.
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Washington
Frank Church
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Interior
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Grange Sciences
University of Idaho
Idaho
Wildlife damage complaints rise 39 percent in 1976
Idaho Fish and Game reports 593 property damage complaints by wildlife in 1976 up from 424 in 1975 led by beaver with 302 cases. Bears pheasants and deer were notable contributors while the department spent 35000 to respond, still short of the 1971 peak with 702 complaints.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Department
Elk Calves in Idaho in Excellent Condition Report
Idaho Department of Fish and Game researchers in the Locisa drainage study area report 41 pound average day-old elk calves in May and June with 27 calves captured and 22 fitted with radio collars. Of these, five were killed by black bears, one injured by unknown predators, and the rest monitored weekly as the bear trapping phase ends this summer.
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Boise
UPI
Coolwater-Glover Ridge
Idaho
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Department of Fish and Game
Locisa
Fisheries Water Nearing "Critical" Temperature
Idaho officials warn hot drought conditions lowering river oxygen levels threaten fish. Whitefish deaths occur in the Snake River below Swan Falls Dam and in Big Wood River channels. Reservoirs in southeast Idaho may hit critical levels by August 10, with southwest Idaho within 10 to 20 days.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Fish and Game
Joseph Greenley
Idaho
Snake River
Swan Falls Dam
Big Wood River
Magic Reservor
Fish Creek
Carey
Silver Creek
Big Wood
U.S
Allen
Royce
Williams
North
Region 2
Walt Browne
Five Million Smolts Get Free Transport From Corps
Boise reports the Fish Run project moved over 2,000,000 Snake River and 3,000,000 hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead smolts to the Pacific Ocean by air, truck, and barge. Operated from Lower Granite and Little Goose dams, the effort compares to 3,600,000 fish over the previous five years. The Corps will halt amphibious-air use and assess the approach before resuming in about two years. Total project cost reaches 3,600,000 with 784,600 spent to date.
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Boise
UPS
Snake River
Pacific Ocean
Corps of Engineers
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Granite
Little Goose
Snake
Wild Turkey National Bird Interest Grows Rapidly
Ben Franklin once proposed the wild turkey as the national bird and current interest remains strong. Tom Rodgers of the National Wild Turkey Federation reports membership rising from 7,000 in August to 25,000, a 257 percent jump in one year. The Idaho membership is not listed, but hunting interest has increased since the species was introduced 16 years ago. The federation is based in Edgefield, South Carolina.
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Ben Franklin
Tom Rodgers
National Wild Turkey Federation, Incorporated
Rodgers
Idaho
Federation
Edgefield
South Carolina
Peregrine Falcon Reintroduction Shows Early Success
In Idaho the endangered peregrine falcons transplanted from Fort Collins to the Snake River Canyon have fledged and hunt on their own. The cross fostering program used prairie falcon nests with adoptive parents and was a joint effort by the BLM and Cornell University’s Peregrine Fund. Their winter stay depends on food supply, says Dean Bibles.
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Boise
API
Snake River Canyon
Dean Bibles
Bureau of Land Management
BLM Bibles
Fort Collins
Colorado
Trout Loss Investigation At Grace Hatchery
Grace Fish Hatchery near Soda Springs faces an ongoing probe into the deaths of about 600000 small trout after Clorox disinfectant entered the hatchery waterlines. Fisheries and engineering bureaus work to determine how domestic lines leaked into pond and raceway supplies. Fingerling rainbow and cutthroat trout from Wyoming and Henrys Lake areas were affected.
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Grace
UPL
Fisheries and Engineering Bureaus
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Grace Fish Hatchery
Wyoming
Snake River
Henrys Lake
Fireweed: An Edible Flower With Color and Honey Value
Bonner County outdoors piece on fireweed detailing its bright pink blooms on disturbed ground from July to August, edible young greens, preparation tips, and its role as nectar for bees and forage for wildlife including grizzly bears. It notes fireweed’s wide distribution from Greenland to Mexico and its rapid post fire growth.
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Dave Finkelnburg
South Idaho
Idaho
Alaska
Greenland
North America
Mexico
Europe
Asia
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Mike Anderson
State Conservation Agency
IFG
Turkey
Falcon
The
BLM
Cornell University
Peregrine Fund
Bibles
Soda Springs
Fisheries Bureau
Bonner County
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