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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE RENO, Nev. — Hunters interested in applying for Nevada’s big game tags, can begin online application at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 19, when the online applications go live on www.huntnevada.com. Hunters that applied online in the past will be sent a postcard reminding them it is time to apply.  Those hunters...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE Today the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its decision on the petition for listing greater sage-grouse. The decision was “warranted but precluded” which would place greater sage-grouse on the list of “candidate species” across its range in the 11 western states and two provinces.   In addition, the USFWS announced...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE RENO, Nev. — Like many communities across the West, those in Nevada have seen residential and commercial development reach into wild lands. As it has elsewhere, that development has had a direct impact on numerous wildlife species and their habitats. Ironically, while some species suffer from the impacts of urban development the...
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With winter storms dropping snow in the high country, the holiday season is an excellent time to take the kids outside for some snowy fun. It’s also a good time to teach the kids, and anyone else who’s interested, about Nevada’s wildlife.
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Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) game wardens are investigating a rash of illegally killed big-game animals around the Reno area over the past month, and are seeking the public’s help to solve these poaching cases. “We’ve been swamped,” said Rob Buonamici, chief game warden at NDOW.  “Between many cases locally and multiple poachings near Elko,...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners (NBWC) will hear recommendations to adopt changes to several regulations including new language defining certain antelope, elk and deer physical descriptions for hunting, and changes to the hunt units available for the Moapa Valley limited entry fall and spring turkey hunts at its Dec. 4-5 meeting...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE On Tuesday, November 17, a concerned sportsman called Nevada Department of Wildlife’s (NDOW) Operation Game Thief with a report that two cow elk were found dead at Young American Creek near the Bruneau River.  This area is part of Hunt Management Unit 071. “The two cow elk were shot in the head with...
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The winning entry in the annual art contest was selected by a panel of seven judges including two wildlife commissioners. Klinefelter’s painting of two northern shovelers near a patch of reeds will now grace Nevada’s 2010-2011 State Duck Stamp.
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NDOW NEWS RELEASE: Animals found shot, left to rot in similar circumstances Game wardens from the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) are looking for information on two animals found shot and left to waste a couple miles from each other near Cold Springs in the last two weeks. “There are some very odd similarities between these two...
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SUBMITTED PRESS RELEASE Private land owners in Nevada often have a hot-cold relationship with hunters. Some hunters show proper courtesy by asking permission, always closing gates, and respecting private property. But others not so much – and ranchers, farmers and other landowners may sometimes wonder what they can do to deal with the issue. Part of...
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