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EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators – ABC News

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EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators – ABC News

The agency's assistant administrator, Alexandra Dunn, said in a statement that the EPA had worked with the Agriculture Department “to ensure there are safe and effective tools for farmers and ranchers to protect livestock.”

I think concerns are overblown. Potassium cyanide has a short half-life when it's exposed to oxygen. It's unlikely to be passed from one animal to another. It's been used for nearly a century in one form or another, with a good safety record.

It's a good tool for predator management and healthy ecosystems when foothold traps are not a practical alternative in very remote country, where it's not practical to check a trap line every 24-48 hours. Where used, potassium cyanide trap-lines are checked at least once a week. Dogs and other domestic pets should not be allowed to run off-leash. They do enormous damage to ecosystems.

New Hampshire Bill Sets Stage to Ban Recreational Trapping | Sportsmen’s Alliance

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New Hampshire Bill Sets Stage to Ban Recreational Trapping | Sportsmen’s Alliance

New Hampshire State Representative Kathyrn Stack has introduced legislation, House Bill 1504, to establish a committee to study a ban on recreational trapping. The committee would be required to begin meeting within 45 days of the enactment of the law and to submit its recommendations to the legislature by Nov. 1, 2020.

Committee members will be made up of two senators and three representatives. The panel will be empowered to seek information from any individual or organization with information relevant to the committee’s objective. Sportsmen and women can expect to see a flood of animal-rights and anti-trapping propaganda if this is enacted. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department was created to study and implement the best wildlife management practices to conserve wildlife and habitat while providing recreational opportunities to New Hampshire sportsmen. It employs the state’s top wildlife biologists who have consistently found that recreational trapping is of public benefit. House Bill 1504 would circumvent this process.

North American Birds Are Shrinking, Likely a Result of the Warming Climate | Audubon

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North American Birds Are Shrinking, Likely a Result of the Warming Climate | Audubon

Every year, David Willard, collections manager emeritus at the Field Museum, measures the lifeless bodies of birds that die from building collisions in Chicago. Since 1978, this has been his routine every spring and fall, when millions of migrating birds pass through the city to reach their seasonal homes. All told, he’s gathered some 70,000 avian individuals from 52 species.

In a study published today in Ecology Letters, researchers from the University of Michigan and the Field Museum put to use Willard’s 40 years of data and found that North American migratory birds have been shrinking throughout the decades, likely a result of the warming climate. As their bodies have gotten smaller, most of the species have also developed longer wings. 

America’s Wildlife Values Research TeamColorado State University – Fish and Wildlife Agency Culture Survey Data for NYS Division of Fish and Wildlife

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America’s Wildlife Values Research TeamColorado State University – Fish and Wildlife Agency Culture Survey Data for NYS Division of Fish and Wildlife

 

As part of the America’s Wildlife Values Project, NYS Division of Fish and Wildlife participated in a survey of agency culture that measured employees’ perspectives on fish and wildlife management and the culture of your agency.