Hunting & Trapping

Lower minimum age brings new generation of hunters

Lowering the minimum age to hunt big game with a firearm in New York state from 16 to 14 last year has had a huge impact on nurturing a new generation of sportsmen. According to DEC figures, 15,651 hunters participated in the...

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Doc explores carbon trading business

VANCOUVER, B.C. - There is a scene in the new documentary "Carbon Hunters" where actor Harrison Ford has a chunk of hair ripped off his chest with hot wax, all in the name of helping save rainforests.

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Botanical arts borrows the precision of science

Nov 22, 2009 (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Brooklyn art collector Isaac Sutton's love of nature and concern for the environment led him to a crossroads in his collection....

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Endangered species sold for hunting

The scimitar horned oryx, one of the endangered species kept at Tipperary, has been sold to a hunting safari. The accidental shooting of a rare African species of pygmy hippo in the Northern Territory outback sparked peoples'...

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Why Tigers Are Endangered

Habitat Loss, and Prey Depletion May Drive Tigers to Extinction Tigers are slipping away, and the world may lose this beautiful, iconic species unless threats to its existence are eliminated. Several subspecies of tiger have...

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Hoof rot plagues some elk

| Larry Gitch spent three August weekends in the Boistfort area in Lewis County scouting elk."I would say in 60 percent or better of the animals, I would see hoof rot," said Gitch, a Vancouver resident who had a master hunter...

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Vail Daily travel: A new Hawaiian bliss

NIIHAU, Hawaii --Tell people you're going to Niihau, and they invariably exclaim, "No way!" Or, "Do you know the Robinsons?" Yes, way, and I do not know the Robinsons. And even though now I've been to Niihau, I can't really say...

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Fatal shooting of student splits community known for love of the outdoors

FERRUM, VA. -- Jessica Goode needed to clear her head. It was Tuesday afternoon, her senior project presentation was due by Friday and it wasn't going well. She wanted to be in the one place where she always felt better: the...

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Fight to protect California condors from lead ammunition moves to Arizona

It has been 22 years since the last 22 California condors ( Gymnogyps californianus ) were collected from the wild and placed in captive breeding programs. The species, which nearly went extinct due to habitat loss, poaching,...

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Reading History in Names of Lancashire Alehouses

Horses, Dogs, Deer and Roman Farming Methods History is discovered in ancient documents or from artefacts dug up by archaeologists. When they said ‘Britain’s bread hangs by Lancashire’s thread’ they were referring to industry,...

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