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Off-duty rafting guide Kimberly Appelson was ejected from a boat on Colorado’s Arkansas River on July 11, and is presumed dead. In an effort the find the body, the river level will be lowered next week to permit better access to a hazard where they suspect her body to be lodged. http://www.summitdaily.com http://thenewsasithappens.com Two rafting outfitters have agreed to certain limits to their activities on the stretch of the Taylor River owned by Jackson-Shaw of Texas. This includes reducing rafting activities when rafting could damage the bottom of the river. denverpost.com Attempts to guarantee rafting outfitters access to navigable rivers have died in state government. The bill was HB 10-1188 (Clarify River Outfitter Navigation Right). Twenty ballot initiatives were ready to launch, presaging an election day show-down. But Jackson-Shaw, new owner of the contested two-mile stretch of river, says it will continue mediation with Scenic River [...] Polar bear parts and Atlantic bluefin tuna may still be traded internationally, as a result of a recent Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar. A U.S representative says that first attempts to list species are often unsuccessful. csmonitor.com nytimes.com winnipegfreepress.com google.com/hostednews/afp focustaiwan.tw asahi.com/english/ Outfitters will rally in Jackson on Saturday to bring attention to the drop in elk populations and, correspondingly, fewer hunting opportunities. kivitv.com trib.com billingsgazette.com Private landowners, water experts, and private boaters see a lot in House Bill 1188 that they don’t like. The sponsor, Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton, thinks that if she can get the bill through the Senate Judiciary Committee, it will make it through the full Senate. It has already passed the House 40-25. durangoherald.com The bill did make [...] Sen. Mary Olson, DFL-Bemidji, has authored a resolution in teh U.S. Congress to direct the Coast Guard to amend rules requireing a “six-pack” license of small fishing craft operating on inland lakes in Minnesota. pineandlakes.com Humane Society International, Sierra Club BC, and other environmental groups are taking out full-page ads in newspapers, seeking to end the hunting of grizzly bears and the white spirit bear, a type of black bear carrying a recessive gene. Scott Ellis, general manager of the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., says that bookings for hunts are [...] Cities, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, will hear a U.S. proposal to ban trade in polar bear parts, including trophy bear skins. The Nanavut government has recently cut the bear allotment in the Baffin Bay region. The Humane Society International and the International Fund for Animal Welfare claim that polar bear hunts [...] Quebec Innu hunters are apparently crossing the border into Labrador and shooting caribou from the George River herd and the endangered Red Wine herd. Outfitter Ray Broughton says fewer than 100 Red Wine caribou are left. He is calling for law enforcement to step in. The Assembly of First Nations states that the Innu have the [...]
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