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CCA-NC cuts ties with lobbyist

The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina has ended its relationship with lobbyist Dean Plunkett, who admitting May 2 to having an improper relationship with a staff member of Rep. Thom Tillis (R-Charlotte), the N.C. General Assembly’s Speaker of the House. […]

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Commission moves toward opening more opportunities to take hogs, coyotes

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission took a step toward implementing a rule Thursday that allows for the taking of coyotes and feral swine by hunting on private lands at night with a light.

The rule would also allow the hunting of feral swine and coyotes on public lands from ½ hour after sunset to ½ before sunrise with a light by permit only. Night hunting is one means of controlling localized populations of coyotes and feral swine, both of which are non-native to North Carolina and destructive to the landscape. […]