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VDWR budget shortfall: Wildlife management, fish stocking threatened; higher fishing & hunting license fees possible

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) is experiencing an unexpected budget shortfall that could threaten wildlife management, policing, fish stocking and wildlife ...
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Why Are Hunting Limits So Strict? An Oregon Official Reveals the ‘Surplus Principle’ Behind the Data

Wildlife managers must calculate specific statewide bag limits to ensure an animal’s annual growth never tips into a permanent decline. Age ratios and population numbers that traverse states are only ...

This Unique Blackwater Swamp Could’ve Been a Mine. Now It’s Becoming a Wildlife Management Area

The Georgia DNR will acquire 4,000 acres of land that was formerly a proposed mining site. It will now be a wildlife ...

In a Wild Corner of the West, Elk Are Everywhere and Causing Conflict

Where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet, elk are straying from public to private lands, causing conflict and concern. If the ...

WA Fish and Wildlife sold thousands of licenses in 2025. How many were revoked?

Why does Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife revoke licenses? The Revised Code of Washington outlines numerous reasons ...