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Outdoors blog archive for April 19, 2016

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

Washington wolf packs and their territories, updated in March 2016. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Wolves kill calf south of Asotin 27 

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Wolves recently killed a 4-day-old calf in Asotin County, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed today. "The department’s investigation determined that the calf was killed by one or more wolves yesterday (April 18) in a 90-acre fenced calving area on…

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Prairie dog. (Associated Press)

Drones could ease Montana prairie dog plague

WILDLIFE -- Wildlife biologists may be going to the air to save burrowing critters. USFWS wants to use drones to deliver plague medication to prairie dog colonies in Montana Prairie dogs are a vital part of the diet of endangered black-footed ferrets, but the burrowing…

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