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Non-native snail turns up in Truckee River in NV
Reno :: NV :: USA | 10 hours ago
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A nonnative snail has turned up in the Truckee River in Nevada for the first time, and wildlife officials are hoping it doesn't harm the river's trout population or spread to Lake Tahoe. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said tests have
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NE Nevada leaders want to kill coyotes, not study
Elko :: NV :: USA | 18 days ago
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County commissioners in rural northeast Nevada say they'd rather kill coyotes than study them. Predator-control advocate Mike Laughlin, of Elko, is among those upset about a state Department of Wildlife proposal to use a $3 fee on hunting tags to
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Unwanted pet desert tortoises spur new rule in NV
Reno :: NV :: USA | 21 days ago
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Nev. (AP) An increase in unwanted pet desert tortoises in Nevada is prompting a new state regulation. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials say residents seeking to acquire a desert tortoise as a pet will be restricted to having a single one
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Desert tortoise pets: You can have just one
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 24 days ago
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Nevada's pet tortoises are about to be put in solitary confinement...Under a new state regulation set to take effect next week, pet tortoise owners will only be allowed to keep one of the animals at a time. The goal is to cut down on backyard
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Governor names new Nevada Department of Wildlife director
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 month ago
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A longtime wildlife biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife has been named the agency's new director after the last one was forced out in part because of ongoing disputes between conservationists and ranchers. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced
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Nevada Senate takes up anti-bear-hunt bill
Carson City :: MI :: USA | 2 months ago
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Nev. (AP) Just two years after the first legal black bear hunt in Nevada, a legislative hearing Thursday pitted passionate supporters and opponents of the hunts at fierce odds. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony for more than
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4-lb. goldfish, nonnatives, invade Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Nev. (AP) Researchers at Lake Tahoe are raising new concerns about nonnative, warm-water fish invading the mountain lake's chilly waters, including giant, minnow-gulping goldfish weighing as much as 4 pounds. Studies in the mid-2000s prompted funding
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Wildlife groups, mines help rehab NV wildfires
Winnemucca :: NV :: USA | 3 months ago
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Nev. (AP) Some wildlife conservation groups and mining companies are pitching in to help fund the rehabilitation of more than 500 square miles of northern Nevada's high desert rangeland that burned in a series of wildfires over the past year. About a
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Mountain lions in political crosshair
Gardnerville Ranchos :: NV :: USA | 3 months ago
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A move to make mountain lions an unprotected species has put the big cats in the middle of a debate. Nevada Division of Wildlife A silent predator emblematic of the Nevada wilderness is at the center of a political debate that has split top levels of
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Nev. bill to ban bear hunting enters legislature
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 3 months ago
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A new Nevada Senate bill proposes prohibiting bear hunting in the state. Scott Sady / Provided to the Tribune About 50 Native Americans gathered in Carson City, Nev., Monday to support a bill that would prohibit bear hunting, a move that Lake Tahoe
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