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Palm Beach County symposium focuses on iguana issues
PALM BEACH COUNTY — More than 100 people showed up at the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service building west of West Palm Beach Tuesday to learn about everything iguana. There was information ranging from what plants are most vulnerable to an iguana palate to how to harass and euthanize them if they become a nuisance.
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Calif. ag leader says lions 'have to be controlled'
San Benito County ranchers and agriculture officials contend the area's mountain lion population has been rising for years and poses a growing threat, but the state neglects to keep precise counts on the species and maintains the numbers have remained steady in recent decades.
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Teen lost in woods for 3 days out of NH hospital
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An Eagle Scout who spent three nights alone in New Hampshire's White Mountains has been discharged from a hospital.
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Gov't revokes rule limiting species protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species.
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Possible record N.Y. brook trout caught
ST. REGIS — John Gereau, managing editor at Denton Publications and avid outdoorsman, caught the potential record breaker April 26 while fishing the St. Regis Canoe Area in Franklin County.
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Montana kayaker sets record with plunge over Palouse Falls
It took Tyler Bradt four trips to Palouse Falls before he did it. He first laid eyes on the Southeastern Washington waterfall in March on a trip to Hood River, Ore., from his home state of Montana.
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Study: Soft plastic lures harm trout, salmon
AUGUSTA (April 27): The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife strongly encourages anglers to protect Maine's fish by changing from soft plastic lures to biodegradable ones.
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Kenyan man bites snake in epic struggle
A Kenyan man bit a python which wrapped him in its coils and dragged him up a tree during a fierce three-hour struggle, police have told the BBC.
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Georgia deer farm owner fined $70,000
The owner of a Washington County deer farm must pay fines totaling $70,000 in a civil case that could also yield the confiscation of about 1,000 fallow and red deer, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
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Wisconsin board OKs suspension of buck rule
West Bend — Keith Warnke opted for a bit of humor to open his presentation Wednesday to the Natural Resources Board. Considering the topic was deer management — something that rises to the highest level of seriousness in Wisconsin — the attempt at levity was appreciated by most in attendance.
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Is swine flu 'the big one' or a flu that fizzles?
ATLANTA — As reports of a unique form of swine flu erupt around the world, the inevitable question arises: Is this the big one?
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New York, Sacramento airports lead in bird strikes
WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.
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JFK airport shares space with wetlands — and birds
NEW YORK — Sprawled along the edge of a giant coastal wetlands area, John F. Kennedy International Airport shares airspace with thousands of birds — many of which wind up as carcasses on the runways after colliding with aircraft.
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New England fishermen lose millions saving weakest fish stocks
BOSTON — The winter flounder, a bottom-dweller with both eyes on the right side of its head, isn't the most profitable New England fish but it's suddenly become one of the most important — and fishermen say that's all wrong.
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Hero dog's medal sold at UK auction for $35,700
LONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out scores of survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.)
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California fair closes because of a lack of ammo
The Raahauge's Shooting Sports Fair, a hands-on gun show where you can shoot all the latest firearms on the market, has been cancelled for 2009. The Sports Fair is normally held the first weekend in June each year at Mike Raahauge Shooting Enterprises in Corona. Mike Raahauge said the fair was cancelled because it had become impossible for all the firearm makers to get enough ammunition for this event.
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13 injured in Tenn. fish fry accident
PARIS, Tenn. — Authorities say a man on a four-wheeler lost control after having a seizure and plowed into a crowd along a Tennessee parade route, injuring 13 people — including an 18-month-old.
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Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.
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Unseasonable conditions in Northern California roil waters
The temperature tantrum in Northern California this week has turned Saturday's opening of the trout season into a search that might resemble the old "shell game." Record hot temperatures, in some cases 25 degrees higher than typical, have unleashed snowmelt into most rivers and streams. That has many rivers high, cold and difficult to fish, especially along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
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Franklinton angler lands record crappie
March 30 is a day that Franklinton angler Ronnie Emory Jr. won't soon forget. In just a few hours after launching his boat in a private pond in Granville County, he and a fishing buddy, Jeff Williams, reeled in 43 white crappie, one of which is now a North Carolina freshwater fishing state record, according to a recent N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission release.
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