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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved regulations banning canned hunts and implementing trapping standards for mountain lions during its May meeting. These changes are the first in more than 50 years regarding the management of mountain lions in Texas and move the state toward more modern hunting and trapping standards.

Texas has been an outlier as the only state that did not have any regulations for mountain lion trapping and hunting. Now, the state has established a rule to prevent live mountain lions from being left in traps.

Iowa's blackout plates became the most popular specialty plates as soon as they were first released in 2019.

RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) invites those filing a 2023 North Carolina state tax return to donate all or a portion of their refund to the N.C.

New Bern resident, and Clemson alum, David H. Allen has been named recipient of the 2023 Thomas L. Quay Wildlife Diversity Award.

On the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act, The Gazette will spend the next two months delving into some of Iowa’s own at-risk species. And we’ll highlight the armies of researchers and advocates working to bolster their populations.

A project at the White Memorial Conservation Center will use cameras to collect data on the big brown bat, and the public can help.

Mark Stevens is always looking for ways to keep life interesting.

This Friday, May 19, is Endangered Species Day, and it also marks the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, a landmark piece of legislation that…