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Local Inuit claim the Baffin Bay polar bear population is on the rise, but scientists disagree. Environment Canada claims that “there is available evidence for conservation concern,” and has banned the export of fur, claws, skulls and other polar bear products from this area. Hunting outfitter Titus Allooloo says his company will probably lose $300,000/year from [...] A man from Olmstead, Minnesota, found a 21-day hunt on the Web and wired $6,000, which he never saw again. The site was reportedly for Beattie Lake Outfitters in Canada. The man reported that he talked to people connected to the site before sending the money. kaaltv.com Let this be a lesson: The Web can be a [...] Elmer and Joseph T. Payne of Lethal Impact Outfitters pleaded not guilty to 15 counts, including felonies, in association with their outfitting business. Charges include trespassing by guiding hunts on private land without permission from the landowner. Lotsaguides.com had covered the original guilty plea of the father/son team in September, stemming from game violations. While they [...] Climate change makes for an uncertain future for people in the hunting, fishing, rafting, skiiing, and birdwatching business, according to multiple speakers at a forum in Glenwood Springs on Thursday, January 21. Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups, the forum posed questions and challenges. Ken Murphy of Rock Gardens Rafting says [...] The Idaho House State Affairs Committee agreed to increase the sticker price for canoes and rafts by $20 for in-state boaters, and $4 for outfitters, guides, and out-of-state boaters. The intent is to generate funds to fight the spread of invasive mussels. See story at fox12idaho.com and details on the Idaho Invasive Species Fund at parksandrecreation.idaho.gov [...] The World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC, an international NGO that monitors trade of wild plants and animals, say that polar bears are not threatened by trade in their parts, calling into question the U.S. move to have polar bears designated as extremely endangered worldwide. The true threats to polar bears are greenhouse gas emissions and [...] After finishing my solo hunt of the Gospel Hump Wilderness and Nez Perce National Forest with only a handful of chanterelles to show, I’ve worked hard to get some meat in the freezer. My regular deer and elk tags ran out the season without scoring, but I still had a doe tag, good until the [...] The extended cold weather in Florida has killed snook by the thousands, leading to protections for Florida’s most popular inshore gamefish. By executive order, the Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission extended the snook closure through September. ESPN. See more coverage of this and related issues. Robert F. Kennedy, famous environmental activist, dropped a bombshell at a Waterkeeper Alliance fundraising event at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel: He said that 90% of fish in Alberta are inedible. This was apparently a surprise to the many people who eat Alberta’s fish, and to get their livelihoods from guiding anglers. Banff mayor John [...] Northwest Territories department of Industry, Tourism and Investment has set aside $150,000 to assist polar bear outfitters, whose business has collapsed in the wake of the U.S. ban of polar bear parts. Outfitters may use the money to market their services more widely, including all-expense paid trips to U.S. hunting trade shows. The program is similar [...]
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