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		<title>Auction for remaining permit to participate in elk hunt underway until July 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The auction period for the final permit to participate in Tennessee’s first-ever managed elk hunt is now underway and will continue until July 25. The successful bidder will join four Tennessee residents who had their names selected in a computer drawing from almost 13,000 entries for the hunt scheduled Oct. 19-23 at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 22 deadline approaching for 2009 WMA Big Game Quota Hunts application period</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The July 22 application deadline for 2009 Wildlife Management Area Big Game Quota Hunts I is approaching, reminds the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). Sportsmen have until midnight (CDT) on July 22 to submit their applications.  The application period began June 17. Applications are available and will be accepted at any TWRA license [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special meeting of TWRC to be held July 15 via conference call</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. &#8211; A special called meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will be held via conference call on July 15 at 10 a.m. (CDT).  The only item on the agenda is a rule which establishes bear dog training sessions in the Cherokee National Forest. Commission members will address concerns of the U.S. Forest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Tennessee closes all public caves to protect bats in Southeast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; Caves located on land owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and other state lands in Tennessee will be closed for a year in an effort to prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) among the state’s bat population. The TWRA and state agencies agreed to close all caves on public property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWRA completes comprehensive assessment of potential impacts to wildlife from changing climate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has released a report entitled “Climate Change and Potential Impacts to Wildlife in Tennessee,” a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on climate change and its expected impacts on fish and wildlife and the habitats that they occupy.  For the remainder of this century, Tennessee’s climate is projected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWRA announces changes in statewide season deer and fall turkey quota hunt systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has announced a significant change in the statewide special season antlerless deer and fall turkey quota hunts this year. The statewide special season antlerless deer and fall turkey quota hunts will become a first come, first served system, a shift from the traditional drawn quota hunt.  There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Situation causes TWRA to remind anglers not to transfer fish from one body of water to another</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; On New Year’s Eve 2008, Jack Paul Watson landed a 5 lb., 14 oz. spotted bass on Parksville Lake.  The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) later confirmed that this spotted bass was the largest one ever landed in Tennessee, but that is not the end of this story. “Until a few years ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two new fishing records close calendar year</title>
		<link>http://newscourant.com/2009/02/03/two-new-fishing-records-close-calendar-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports that two new state fishing records were established to close out the calendar year in December, including one that surpasses a mark that was established last April.  The new records are for spotted bass and gizzard shad. Preston Taylor, III of Bristol, used a T.D. minnow to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWRA offers tips for home firearms safety</title>
		<link>http://newscourant.com/2008/12/29/twra-offers-tips-for-home-firearms-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Taylor Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is urging everyone who received a firearm as a gift during the holiday season to handle them in a safe and responsible manner. Hunters know the importance of firearm safety while in the field.  Firearms in the home need to be treated with equal respect. Tips for home [...]]]></description>
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