Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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Recent News About Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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If you see them, lettuce know - Beware the Water Chestnut!
t’s spooky season, so we’re highlighting invasive species that lurk around Virginia. Seriously, a plant with horns is pretty scary and if you saw the damage two-horned trapa (Trapa bispinosa), commonly known as water chestnut, can do to a freshwater body such as tidal rivers, streams, ponds, reservoirs, lakes and wetlands, you would be terrified
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2022 Take of Passage Peregrine Falcons for Falconry
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) completed a Final Environmental Assessment for the take of passage (first year birds) Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) during 2008.
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Solving the Appalachian Monkeyface Mussel Mystery
Solving the Appalachian Monkeyface Mussel Mystery
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Tune Up and Sight In Your Bow on September 11
Tune Up and Sight In Your Bow on September 11
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Try Targeting Something New in the Woods… Mushrooms!
Try Targeting Something New in the Woods… Mushrooms!
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Saddle Up for the Next Deer Season?
Saddle Up for the Next Deer Season?
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First Class Officer William Bostic Named 2021 Conservation Police Officer of the Year
First Class Officer William Bostic Named 2021 Conservation Police Officer of the Year
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On the Quest for Rare Species on the Tidewater Loop of the VBWT
On the Quest for Rare Species on the Tidewater Loop of the VBWT
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Good Hunter Landowner Relations – A Must For Our Future!
Good Hunter Landowner Relations – A Must For Our Future!
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Introduction to Turkey Hunting Online Seminar Part 2 on March 16
Introduction to Turkey Hunting Online Seminar Part 2 on March 16 at 6:30 PM
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25th Anniversary of Elk Reintroduction in Kentucky
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries issued the following announcement on March 4Join our friends at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Elk Reintroduction in Kentucky! Apply for the Kentucky Elk Hunt Drawing at app.fw.ky.gov/Solar.
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The Many Benefits of Virginia’s Non-Game Program
Many Virginians may be unaware of how beneficial the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ (DWR) non-game program is to all wildlife species. Jeff Cooper, a non-game bird project coordinator for DWR, gives an example of the program’s plusses.
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2022 Recreational Fishing, Aquatic Wildlife, and Boating Regulation Cycle
The Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has begun its biennial process for changing the regulations guiding recreational fishing, aquatic wildlife management, and boating.
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Winter Wildlife Festival on January 1
DWR is a proud sponsor and partner of the Virginia Beach Winter Wildlife Festival, a month-long celebration of Virginia’s coastal wildlife.
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Don’t Discount the Goose Breast
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries issued the following announcement on Dec. 2“Come on, there’s no way that’s not a backstrap from a deer.
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Restoring the Wild with a Quail-Friendly Wildlife Corridor
Restoring the Wild with a Quail-Friendly Wildlife Corridor