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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Glastonbury, Environmental Cleanup, Energy Resources, Agriculture, Environmental Politics
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Black bear once captured in Orlando, captured again in Tampa
He's a year older but none the wiser. The Orlando black bear who traipsed up a tree in Orlando's Parramore neighborhood causing a mini-panic last year has once again been captured, only this time in a Tampa subdivision. The estimated 300-pound male...
Tags: Wildlife, Ocala National Forest, Parramore, Environmental Issues, Tampa
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Soaring to recovery: Indiana weighs removing peregrine falcon from endangered species list
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana wildlife officials could remove the peregrine falcon from the state's endangered species list this summer after what wildlife officials say has been a successful recovery. Nearly 300 nesting pairs of falcons are living...Tags: Wildlife, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Christie's plan 'most important charity auction'
“The Great Gatsby’s” leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, is using his current screen sway for environmental good -- again. Together with Christie’s next week, DiCaprio will co-host “the most important environmental charity ever...Tags: Wildlife, Mexico, Leonardo DiCaprio, Auction Service, Petroleum Industry
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Michigan governor signs bill blocking wolf hunt repeal attempt
Staff Writer -- bhubbard@petoskeynews.comMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday shifting the power to designate a game species to the state Natural Resources Commission and potentially solidifying a future wolf hunt in Michigan. The bill has the secondary effect of blocking a...Tags: Rentals, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Regional Authority, Government, Energy Resources
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Suspected rebels kill 26 elephants in Central African Republic: WWF
ReutersDAKAR (Reuters) - Gunmen believed to be part of the rebel force that seized power in Central African Republic in March have killed at least 26 elephants in a raid on an internationally-protected wildlife park, campaigners said on Friday. The slaughter...Tags: National Parks, World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife, Africa, Central African Republic
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Hunter safety class is Saturday at Markham Park
Sun SentinelThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has a free hunter safety course from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday May 11 at the Markham Park Target Range at 16001 W. State Road 84 in Sunrise. Participants must successfully complete the online portion of...Tags: Hunting, Wildlife, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Water district slashes offer for Palm Beach County's Mecca Farms
The payback keeps shrinking for Palm Beach County's $100 million investment in Mecca Farms — the failed home for The Scripps Research Institute. Plummeting property appraisals sunk a $55 million proposal for the county to sell the land last year to...
Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Palm Beach Gardens, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Conservation
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Fishermen want looser limits as red snapper makes comeback
WASHINGTON Over 18 years of running Old Dixie Seafood in Boca Raton, Larry Siemsen has seen supplies of locally caught red snapper dwindle and prices double, thanks to decades of over-fishing and recent federal restrictions to help the popular fish...
Tags: Seafood, Mexico, Fort Lauderdale, Honduras, Dining and Drinking
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Lawsuit seeks to stop expansion of large pork farm near Buffalo River
mlandis@ky3.comJASPER, Ark. -People come from miles around to take-in the beauty of the Buffalo River. However, neighbors are afraid the river could become a pig-sty, thanks to a new pig farm built in the area. "It was a bit of shock to us to realize this could...Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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A Heart To Heart With Stefanie Powers Of 'Looped'
The Hartford Courant"There are lots of decisions you make that, if you think twice, you won't do them," says Stefanie Powers. The actress, best known for the popular TV detective series "Hart to Hart" with Robert Wagner, can't say exactly why she said yes when she got the...Tags: Valerie Harper, Entertainment Events, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Robert Wagner, TheaterWorks
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Helicopter carrying biologists makes emergency landing in Everglades
A helicopter carrying three biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was forced to make a hard landing in the Everglades on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. No one was reported injured in the emergency landing, said...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Science and Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
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