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Fisherman found dead in Osceola lake
An Osceola County commercial fisherman died late Monday or early Tuesday when he fell overboard while trying to untangle nylon fishing lines, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. William Platt, 64, was found floating in the Lake...
Tags: Fishing, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Osceola County, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Florida Atlantic University, Environmental Issues, Golf, Conservation, Shootings
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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Florida International University, Conservation, Florida City, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Parkland to implement teen's program to save wildlife
A program to protect wildlife from the perils of discarded fishing lines, conceived and developed by a Parkland teenager, has so impressed officials that the city is implementing it in two of its major parks. The city will soon introduce fishing line...Tags: Environmental Issues, Stoneman Douglas High School , Conservation, Fort Lauderdale, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Mich. Natural Resources, DTE work to move osprey nest from utility pole to safer location
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — DTE Energy and state Natural Resources crews want to move a nesting pair of ospreys from a utility pole near Rockwood Landfill in Monroe County's Berlin Township to a safer perch nearby. WDIV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/...Tags: DTE Energy Company, Environmental Issues, Television Industry, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation
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Video: Portland police pursuit quack down caught on dash cam
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Videos, Police/Emergency, Humor One driver in Portland, OR should make a hefty donation to his or her local wildlife conservation group after a family of ducks got the person out of a speeding ticket. A Portland police officer... -
Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?
Channel 2 NewsLast week, National Marine Fisheries Service officials made the decision to consider listing a harbor seal population in Lake Iliamna as endangered or threatened--yet another piece of wood on the controversial fire that is the Pebble Mine project. In...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, National Marine Fisheries Service , Environmental Politics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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State warns of coyote dangers after attack on Chihuahua
State wildlife officials, concerned about a coyote that killed a pet Chihuahua last month, put up warning signs Tuesday in WillowWood, the southwest Orange County neighborhood where the little dog was attacked. The signs read: "Coyote in Area. Don't...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ocoee, Wildlife
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Bill would protect water-authority lands from artifact looters
Treasure hunters have long pilfered arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on state lands, risking jail time if caught. But a loophole in state law meant that looters didn't face consequences for their thievery on Lake County Water...
Tags: Archaeology, Environmental Issues, Kissimmee, Ocala National Forest, Executive Branch
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Arkansas mountain snail dropped from endangered list
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A dime-sized snail found only on Mount Magazine in western Arkansas has become the first invertebrate to be delisted under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that the Magazine Mountain...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Wildlife
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Black bear once captured in Orlando, captured again in Tampa
He's a year older but none the wiser. The Orlando black bear who traipsed up a tree in Orlando's Parramore neighborhood causing a mini-panic last year has once again been captured, only this time in a Tampa subdivision. The estimated 300-pound male...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Ocala National Forest, Conservation, Parramore, Tampa
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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Glastonbury, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Environmental Cleanup, Natural Resources
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