{"id":8817,"date":"2014-07-23T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=8817"},"modified":"2014-07-22T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T22:44:07","slug":"twra-announces-application-period-for-2014-peregrine-falcon-trapping-for-use-in-falconry-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2014\/07\/23\/twra-announces-application-period-for-2014-peregrine-falcon-trapping-for-use-in-falconry-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"TWRA announces application period for 2014 Peregrine Falcon Trapping for use in Falconry is Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-46127\" title=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency.gif\" alt=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" width=\"127\" height=\"124\" \/><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The 2014 application period for the trapping of a peregrine falcon to be used in falconry is underway, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The TWRA will award this permit to the winner of a draw to be held on Wednesday, August 27th. Falconers may go to TWRA\u2019s website under the Hot Topics section and locate the print-ready application and also view the requirements.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148613\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Peregrine-Falcon.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148613\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148613\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Peregrine-Falcon-480x319.jpg\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peregrine Falcon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Resident and non-resident master and general falconers are eligible for participation in the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Completed applications must be postmarked by August 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Peregrine falcons may only be taken under the authority of the drawn permit from counties located in the TWRA\u2019s Region I (West Tennessee). This year will be the fourth year that a permit will be issued in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Tennessee its first permit allowing the trapping of one Peregrine falcon for the use in falconry in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The population of Peregrine falcons, through state and federal conservation efforts, has recovered enough since their near-extinction in the early 20th century to allow for a limited take of these birds for the use in falconry.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Walter Cook at <a href=\"mailto:walter.cook@tn.gov\">walter.cook@tn.gov<\/a> or 615.781.6647.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; The 2014 application period for the trapping of a peregrine falcon to be used in falconry is underway, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced. The TWRA will award this permit to the winner of a draw to be held on Wednesday, August 27th. Falconers may go to TWRA\u2019s website under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4006,549,284,4005,261,608,973,3832,4007,228],"class_list":["post-8817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-falconry","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency","tag-twra","tag-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service","tag-walter-cook","tag-west-tennessee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8819,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817\/revisions\/8819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}