Rules around wildlife photography in Canada’s Northwest Territories news to local photographer
A photographer from Inuvik, N.W.T., got an unexpected phone call soon after recently using his drone to make a video
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U.S. government signs new land swap for Alaskan wildlife refuge road
U.S. Interior Department has already signed a new land swap agreement for a King Cove road, southwestern Alaska, days after
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Finnish petition to ban fishing nets in endangered seal habitats gathers 50,000 signatures
A citizens’ initiative calling for a total ban on fishing nets in habitats used by the endangered Saimaa ringed seal
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Fishing ban lifted near habitat of endangered ringed seals in southeast Finland
The annual springtime ban on fishing with nets on Lake Saimaa in southeast Finland ended on Monday. Saimaa is the
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Finland’s wolf population up 10 percent
Finland’s wolf population is currently estimated to be between 185 and 205 specimens, according to a report complied by Luke,
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Unique freshwater Alaska seals require special conservation efforts, study finds
New research on the United States’ only known population of freshwater seals has found they’re unique, suggesting special conservation efforts
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Territorial governments in Arctic Canada plan more rigorous caribou management
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and N.W.T. Environment Minister Robert C. McLeod met with officials and hunters in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, earlier
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Thin ice hampers survey of rare seal dens in southeast Finland
Researchers tracking the endangered Saimaa seal population of the Finnish lake district (southeast Finland) say that conditions are good for
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Sweden’s wolf numbers slide, illegal hunting blamed
The number of wolves has been reduced from 355 last winter to 305. Marcus Öhman, the head of wildlife management
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Why some northerners will welcome Sweden’s relaxed shoreline protection rules
The rules for shoreland protection will be eased in the more scarcely populated parts of Sweden, according to the four-party
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Career criminal was snatching eggs from rare birds around the world – including in Northern Quebec
When U.K. border officials nabbed 56-year-old smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum at Heathrow Airport in June, he was sporting an unseasonably heavy
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Constitutional challenge mounted for Indigenous man charged with illegal caribou hunting in Atlantic Canada
Innu Nation hunters who are in provincial court in Labrador, Atlantic Canada this week are making a constitutional challenge against
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Protestors target Texas company planning seismic survey in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
A group of Native American protestors went to the offices of SAExploration in Houston, Texas Monday to object to work
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Deep snowbanks bode well for Finland’s rare Saimaa seals
The endangered Saimaa seals of eastern Finland may be able to nest this spring without human help. In recent years
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Relocating bears won’t fix conflicts with humans, say environment officials in northwestern Canada
Relocating problem bears cannot be seen as a solution to Yukon’s rising number of human/bear conflicts, warn conservation officers with
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