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DEC Adopts Chronic Wasting Disease Regulations in Response to Pennsylvania Discovery
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NY Department of Environmental Conservation
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Feb 06, 2013
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Disease
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted changes to its Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) regulations that prohibit people from importing into New York state certain parts of white-tailed deer or elk taken in the state of Pennsylvania, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. This revision finalizes the emergency rule implemented last October.
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Gov. Deal Honors Three Companies as 2012 Forestry for Wildlife Partners
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division
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Feb 07, 2013
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Forests,
Habitat
Gov. Nathan Deal recognized three corporate forest landowners today for their stewardship in land management and practices benefiting the state’s wildlife.
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OSM Announces More Than $300 Million Available to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines
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OSM
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Feb 26, 2013
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Funding,
Environmental Cleanup,
Energy,
Water,
News
The U. S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) today announced the availability of more than $305 million in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grants to states and tribes—90 percent of the more than $339.4 million available for distribution—to eliminate environmental hazards caused by past coal mining. OSM administers the grants in accordance with the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), which requires OSM to make AML funding available to eligible states and tribes.
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AMJV Partners Release Cerulean Warbler Best Management Practice Guide
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Matthew Cimitile
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Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013 03:43 PM
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Report,
News,
Priority Species,
Forests,
Habitat
Cerulean Warbler management guidelines for enhancing breeding habitat in Appalachian forests have been released.
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Eagle Release Draws Attention to State’s Endangered Species Protection Law
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New Jersey DEP
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Mar 05, 2013
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State,
Environmental Policy
The Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife today released a rehabilitated bald eagle at a Morris County golf course to draw attention to the 40th anniversary of the state’s endangered species protection law. The annual state income tax check-off provides critical support to efforts such as this.
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Undercover Wildlife Operation Cracks Down on Poaching in North Carolina, Georgia
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USFWS, USFS, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division
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Mar 05, 2013
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Federal,
News,
State
State and federal wildlife officials announced today an undercover operation involving more than 80 wildlife violators and as many as 900 wildlife violations detected.
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Disease Deadly To Bats Confirmed In Georgia
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GA. Department of Natural Resources
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Mar 12, 2013
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Disease
The disease that has killed millions of bats in the eastern U.S. has been confirmed for the first time in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that bats with white-nose syndrome were found recently at two caves in Dade County.
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FY13 RFP - Q&A CALL REMINDER
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Matthew Cimitile
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Mar 21, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013 12:33 PM
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Our Work,
Projects
The Appalachian LCC will host its first of two Question and Answer sessions for the FY13 RFPs currently open on Monday, March 25th at 2PM EDT.
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Federally Endangered Bat Found in North Georgia: First Indiana Bat in Almost 50 Years
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USFWS Southeast
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Mar 26, 2013
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Disease,
Habitat,
Endangered Species
In May of last year, a federally endangered Indiana bat woke from hibernation in her Tennessee cave and traveled to a north Georgia forest. This rite of spring may have gone unnoticed except for the fact that the tiny bat carried a transmitter the size of a toothpick.
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National Strategy Will Help Safeguard Fish, Wildlife and Plants in a Changing Climate
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DOI
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May 01, 2013
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Habitat,
Climate Change,
Conservation,
Ecosystems,
Report,
News
In partnership with State and Tribal agencies, the Obama Administration today released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision makers address the impacts that climate change is having on natural resources and the people and economies that depend on them. Developed in response to a request by Congress, the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is the product of extensive national dialogue that spanned nearly two years and was shaped by comments from more than 55,000 Americans.
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