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December 2008

  • MAKE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS YOUR NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION
  • EXOTIC PETS ILLEGAL IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • 2009 LICENSES AVAILABLE BY MID-DECEMBER
  • WOODCOCK AND WATERFOWL HUNTERS MUST GET HIP!
  • CITIZEN SCIENTISTS CAN HELP COUNT EAGLES
  • RESOLVE TO SIGN UP FOR HUNTER EDUCATION
  • UPCOMING STORIES IN MASSACHUSETTS WILDLIFE MAGAZINE
  • NEWS AND NOTES--Public Meetings Scheduled; Wildlife Habitat Grant Deadline Approaches; Results From 2008 Deer Season For Paraplegic Hunters

November 2008

  • MONTEREY LAND CELEBRATION WITH GOVERNOR PATRICK
  • AVOID INVASIVE PLANTS FOR HOLIDAY DECORATING
  • IMPORTANT ARCHERY DEER SEASON REMINDER
  • WILDLIFE HABITAT GRANT REMINDER
  • HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
  • BROODING OVER TURKEYS
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 2008

  • LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM: UPCOMING APPLICATION PERIOD AND INFORMATION SESSIONS; 2008 HIGHLIGHTS
  • AUTUMN OUTDOOR SAFETY TIPS
  • REMAINING ANTLERLESS DEER PERMITS ON SALE OCTOBER 6, 2008
  • WANTED: JUNIOR DUCK STAMP ARTISTS
  • 2008 FALL TROUT ALLOCATIONS AND STOCKING
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • NEWS AND NOTES—Forest Management Site Walk, Phillipston; Preliminary Bear Season Numbers; Deer Heads Needed For Ongoing CWD Monitoring; CORRECTION: Paraplegic Deer Hunt Dates; Falcon Chick & Eaglet Banding Results for 2008

September 2008

  • JULIUS SWEEPS 2009 MASSACHUSETTS CONSERVATION STAMP CONTESTS
  • MIGRATORY GAME BIRD REGULATIONS SET
  • COME TO THE 12th MASSACHUSETTS OUTDOOR EXPO FOR FAMILIES!
  • 2008 ANTLERLESS DEER AND BEAR PERMIT UPDATES
  • COASTAL FISHING EXCURSION FOR OUTDOORSWOMEN
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • NEWS AND NOTES- Squirrel Season Error in Abstracts; Wonders of Wetlands Workshops for Educators; Forest Management Site Walk in Peru; Deer Hunting Opportunity for Paraplegic Hunters


August 2008

  • OVER 6,100 ACRES WILDLIFE LANDS PROTECTED IN FY 2008
  • FRANCIS W. SARGENT CONSERVATION AWARD PRESENTED
  • 2009 ARCHERY AND PRIMITIVE FIREARMS STAMP WINNER SELECTED
  • ROAD FENCING PARTNERSHIP PROTECTS RARE TURTLES
  • REMEMBERING DENNIS MCNAMARA
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS & PUBLIC HEARINGS
  • FOREST MANAGEMENT SITE WALKS IN WINDSOR, JULY 18
  • NEWS & NOTES-Early Goose Season Dates Set With Increased Bag Limit; Forest Management Site Walk in Middlefield; 2007 All Season Deer Season Figures

July 2008

  • NEW OUTDOOR RECREATION MAP PUBLISHED
  • BATS IN THE BELFRY
  • WILDLIFE VIEWING SITES POSTED ON LINE
  • CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UNDETECTED IN BAY STATE DEER
  • NEW HUNTERS! SIGN UP NOW FOR COURSES
  • ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT DEADLINE JULY 16, PERMIT DRAWING EVENT JULY 31
  • FOREST MANAGEMENT SITE WALKS IN WINDSOR, JULY 18
  • QUABBIN DEER HUNT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS

June 2008

Mid June Newsletter

  • JUNE IS TURTLE MONTH
  • COYOTE FIGURES FOR 2007-08
  • WILDLIFE VIEWING SITES POSTED ON LINE
  • TERN CAM ON LINE!
  • 2008 MASSACHUSETTS ENVIROTHON WINNERS ANNOUNCED
  • ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT DRAWING AND GAME RECIPE CONTEST, JULY 31
  • HELP MASSWILDLIFE COUNT TURKEY FAMILIES
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • NEWS & NOTES-Aquatic WILD Workshop for Educators; State Record Bullhead Caught; Spring Turkey Season Preliminary Figures; Forest Management Site Walks Reminder; Sign Up For Youth Pheasant Hunt

Early June Newsletter

  • REPORTING FISH KILLS
  • FREE FISHING WEEKEND JUNE 7 & 8
  • MASSWILDLIFE FOREST MANAGEMENT SITE WALKS
  • PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NON-NATIVE AQUATIC HITCH HIKERS
  • YOUTH ARTIST FROM MANSFIELD WINS JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST
  • HUNTING PERMIT APPLICATIONS DUE JULY 16
  • HELP MASSWILDLIFE COUNT TURKEY FAMILIES
  • JUNE OUTDOORSWOMAN WEEKEND PLANNED
  • LOOK OUT FOR LOONS!
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

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May 2008

  • LEAVE YOUNG WILDLIFE ALONE!
  • INVASIVE PLANT GUIDE REPRINTED
  • CLUBS AND TEENS! SIGN UP FOR A PHEASANT HUNT
  • NORTHERN FOREST WOODCOCK INTITIATIVE HONORED BY INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
  • RECORD BREAKING BROOK TROUT CAUGHT IN ASHFIELD
  • WILDLIFE WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS
  • FAMILY FISHING OPPORTUNITIES
  • JUNE OUTDOORSWOMAN WEEKEND PLANNED
  • SHOOTING SPORTS DAY FOR OUTDOORSWOMEN
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

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April 2008

  • VERNAL POOL SEASONAL NOTES AND PUBLICATIONS
  • COLDWATER FISHERIES RESOURCES LIST ON THE WEB
  • 2009 WILDLIFE STAMP STAMP ART DEADLINES
  • SALMON FRY STOCKING REMINDER
  • BOAT SMART. BOAT SAFE. WEAR IT!
  • SHOOTING SPORTS DAY FOR OUTDOORSWOMEN
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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March 2008

  • BAT MORTALITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • TROUT STOCKING BEGINS MID-MARCH
  • BEARS AND BIRDFEEDERS
  • SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR TAX FORM
  • MIDWINTER WATERFOWL SURVEY RESULTS
  • HELP STOCK SALMON FRY!
  • CANID SHOT IN SHELBURNE IS CONFIRMED A WOLF
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS

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February 2008

  • FRESHWATER SPORTFISH AWARD WINNERS RECOGNIZED
  • YOUTH ARTISTS! ENTER THE JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST BEFORE MARCH 15
  • SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR TAX FORM
  • MASSACHUSETTS WATERFOWL FEEDING SURVEY RESULTS
  • WOOLSEY HONORED BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
  • 2008 BECOMING AN OUTDOORSWOMAN WORKSHOP SCHEDULE POSTED
  • CONSERVATION CONFERENCES MARCHING IN
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS

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January 2008

  • PRELIMINARY EAGLE COUNT FIGURES
  • A NEW DIRECTION TO PONDS AND LAKES IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • BROODSTOCK SALMON USHER IN THE NEW YEAR
  • FRESHWATER SPORTFISHING AWARD CEREMONY- FEB 9, WORCESTER
  • 2007 PRELIMINARY ALL SEASON DEER RESULTS
  • OUTDOOR SHOW SEASON UNDERWAY!
  • UPCOMING MEETINGS
  • NEWS & NOTES- Fall Turkey Tally, Environmental Education Awards Nominations Needed, Calendar of Events

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Last Updated: January 15, 2009