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Drive against fish tanks in Kolleru fails

Edit The Times of India 06 May 2016
"We are bound by the court orders as we cannot allow the fishermen to harvest fish in ilegal ponds," Sravankumar, forest range officer, told TOI ... The forest department deployed a 40-member team to the village to keep a vigil against further encroachments in the plus five contour and also against harvesting the crop in the tanks until the court decides on the matter....

Thirsty tiger finds a Samaritan in Pinkoo

Edit The Times of India 05 May 2016
There are eight tigers in Kondhali and Kalmeshwar forest ranges, which is home to the famous Katlabodi tigress and various other wildlife species ... All efforts to contact deputy chief conservator of forest (DyCF), Nagpur division G Mallikarjuna and range forest officer of Kondhali Sudhir Choudhary proved futile. RFO of Kalmeshwar Manoj Mohite, however, said that the water hole comes under Kondhali range....

3 foresters hurt in teak mafia attack

Edit The Times of India 05 May 2016
Three foresters, attached to Kharbi forest range under Painganga Wild Life Sanctuary in Yavatmal district, were injured in assault by teakwood smugglers on Tuesday evening ... The foresters intercepted the six-member gang....

Rhino poaching attempt foiled in Kaziranga

Edit The Times of India 05 May 2016
Barely two days after the killing one rhino, poachers made another attempt in Kaziranga national park on Tuesday evening, but they were foiled by the forest guards ... Kaziranga divisional forest officer Suvashish Das said that Mushahari hailed from Dimapur in Nagaland. "They (poachers) were about to kill a rhino at Bagori forest range of the park....

Bid to kill rhino foiled

Edit The Times of India 05 May 2016
Kaziranga divisional forest officer Suvashish Das said ... "Poachers were about to kill a rhino in the Bagori forest range of the park....

Forest guard trainees visit zoo, Kursura museum

Edit The Hindu 05 May 2016
Forest guard trainees from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh came on a study tour to the city. The trainees, led by Forest Range Officer LP Soni, visited the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary and the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park on Wednesday....

Tiger skin seized, four smugglers nabbed

Edit The Times of India 05 May 2016
Chandrapur. A tiger skin, worth around Rs 15 lakh, was seized and four interstate smugglers were nabbed by the sleuths of the local crime branch during a late night picketing on Gondpipri-Ashti road on Tuesday ... The police have handed over the skin and the accused to Dhaba forest range for further investigation ... Sources in the forest department informed that the skin is more than 15 years old trophy ... RELATED....

Heat wave delays tendu leaf collection

Edit The Hindu 04 May 2016
However, the tendu leaf collection has not yet commenced in several forest ranges in Khammam and Palvancha divisions. Barring Sattupalli, the tendu leaf collection is yet to be picked up in the remaining three forest ranges – Thallada, Dammapeta and Karepalli in Khammam forest division, sources said. A target of 9,700 standard bags of tendu leaf collection has been fixed for the Khammam forest division comprising eight units....

Trench to restrict wild elephants in Raigarh

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
Forest department is planning to dig a three km long trench between Kapu and Kandraja to ensure that the herds are confined within Kapu forest range....

Gahirmathaflush with baby ridleys

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
"After breaking from the eggs, these hatchlings started racing towards the sea," said Subrat Patra, the forest range officer of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary ... A large number of baby turtles were also born in the hatcheries of the forest department, said Patra ... ". ....

1 killed, 2 hurt as storm lashes Khonsa

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
Itanagar. One person died and two others were injured in a storm which lashed Khonsa townhip, the headquarters of Tirap district, early on Sunday. Many houses were also damaged in the storm, said an official report released here on Monday ... P Duggong, the district disaster management officer, said ... The offices of the ADC, Forest Range, PWD sub-divisional and the SB1 building are also under the constant threat of landslide, the ADC said. ....

Landslides in Arunachal Pradesh district, no loss of life

Edit DNA India 02 May 2016
-->. Although no casualities have been reported yet, Hayuliang area has been totally cut off ... There was, however, no report of any loss of life ... The offices of the additional deputy commissioner, forest range, PWD sub divisional and SBI building are under landslide threat, Towsik said ... ....

3,828 Olive Ridley hatchlings released into Bay of Bengal

Edit The Hindu 01 May 2016
According to Avanigadda Forest Range statistics, an unprecedented number of 3,828 hatchlings were released into the Bay of Bengal since April 24, arguably with a record rate of survival of the eggs collected along the coast in the jurisdiction of the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) ... In early April, the forest authorities with the support of the ......
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