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Sturgeon for Tomorrow (SFT) Program is seeking individual citizens, as well as groups, businesses and organizations to step forward to help protect one of the most valuable resources in Michigan.

Each spring, mature lake sturgeon, a threatened fish species in Michigan and rare throughout the United States, briefly leave Black Lake in Cheboygan County, seeking spawning sites in the Black River. The sturgeon is highly prized in our culture and when spawning on the shallow rocky beds, become vulnerable to poaching.

For over a decade the Sturgeon Guarding Program has proven that citizens who watch over the river and report any suspicious activity have greatly reduced the unlawful take of this valuable fish, thereby assuring protection and growth of the species.
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is notifying citizens that a captive white-tailed deer in Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first confirmed case of CWD in Missouri.

Anyone bringing a cervid (deer, elk, moose, or caribou) carcass from Missouri, or the 16 other states or two Canadian provinces where CWD has been detected, must follow North Carolina processing and packaging regulations (PDF).

States where CWD has been detected include Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Illinois, Utah, West Virginia, New York, Kansas, Michigan, Virginia and Missouri. It has also been detected in Canada’s Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces.
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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

* Numbers add up to legal trouble: Tarrant County Game Wardens Clint Borchardt and Chelle Mount were checking fishermen along the West Fork of the Trinity River on February 21. The first of two boats they checked had four fishermen. The section behind the last seat was filled to the top of the transom with 122 white bass. The second boat had two fishermen and 64 white bass in their ice chest. All six fishermen received citations for over the limit of white bass.

* Crappie fishermen come up short: Polk County Game Warden David Johnson was patrolling Kickapoo Creek for water safety violations on February 22 when he noticed several boats taking advantage of the crappie bite up the creek. While making contact with three subjects, a water safety inspection was conducted. When a personal flotation device was pulled from below the front deck, the warden noticed a holding basket full of crappie. Several citations were issued for possession of undersized crappie and no fishing license.
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife is looking for information in the recent poaching of a pronghorn antelope. The pronghorn carcass was discovered on Thursday, March 4 by utility workers along a ditch road northwest of 24 and F Roads in Grand Junction.

Wildlife officers say the pronghorn was likely shot in another location and then dumped along the canal road. The horns and skull plate had been removed and the remainder of the carcass was left to rot. Due to the condition of the carcass, it is likely that the pronghorn was dumped in the area between Monday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 3.

Killing and removing only the horns or antlers of an animal is a felony in Colorado and wildlife officers are anxious to find anyone with information about this crime.
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